Best of the Month - July Bookshelf

This month to have a pretty eclectic array of books, even a foray into non-fiction which is rare for me. I will say that all of this months reads were good and my choice for Best of the Month was not an easy one, what a fabulous problem to have, no?

The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali

I ended up choosing the book that introduced me to a part of history that I had only been briefly aware. The world of a young Iranian girl who fell in love during a tumultuous time in Iran's political history. Eventhough this is a work of fiction the author, Iranian herself, peppered many facts of the uproar that was 1950's Iran to give the reader a birds eye view of the times. 

I understand that to some the idea of a book with its roots in a politically charged Iran does not say fun reading but I promise that the love story woven into this tale is as sweet as the delicacies described within.

Happy reading all!