The Bibliophile's Compass

2021 Hell of a Book by Jason Mott | US | 323 | 🏆🏆🏆🏆 2021 Objects of Desire by Clare Sestanovich | US | 224 | 🔗 Check this list for Today in Bookish History for June: https://fable.co/list/2067ba4d-156b-4ab9-9cc3-350565bf7a9b/share

2016 The Muse by Jessie Burton | UK | 416 | 2018 The Peacock Summer by Hannah Richell | UK | 400 | 2019 Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park | South Korea | 240 | 🏆🏆🏆 2022 The Angel of Rome by Jess Walter | US | 288 | 2022 Thrust by Lidia Yuknavitch | US | 352 | 2022 Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen | US | 256 | 🔗 Check this list for Today in Bookish History for June: https://fable.co/list/2067ba4d-156b-4ab9-9cc3-350565bf7a9b/share

2023 Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo | Italy | 224 | 🏆 2023 The Imposters by Tom Rachman | UK | 352 | 2023 The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis | US | 416 | 🏆 2024 I Am Rebel by Ross Montgomery | UK | 240 | 🔗 Check this list for Today in Bookish History for June: https://fable.co/list/2067ba4d-156b-4ab9-9cc3-350565bf7a9b/share

Title : Like a Love Story Author : Abdi Nazemian Publication Year : 2019 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐💫 Pages : 432 Source : audiobook @storytel.tr Genre : literary fiction, coming-of-age, queer, historical fiction, romance, young adult, LGBT Like a Love Story Abdi Nazemian’s book follows three friends — Reza, Judy, and Art — three outsider teenagers trying to survive high school, family expectations, first loves, and the AIDS crisis in 1980s New York. Reza is still navigating his sexuality and is not yet out, while Art is openly gay and politically active, refusing to hide himself even in a deeply homophobic and frightening historical moment. There was a great deal I appreciated in this novel. First, I found Nazemian’s portrayal of Reza, an Iranian immigrant who moved from Iran to Canada and then Canada, adjusting to a new life in America, especially moving. Reza has to navigate a new country, a new school, a new stepfather and stepbrother, and, most importantly, the painful process of under...