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Mahbod Seraji

Last year I reviewed Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji, which is now in its fifth printing and second edition.

Check out some of the honors the book has received:

Villanova University One Book Selection

Broward College wRites of Spring 2010 Selection

American Book Seller Association Outstanding Debut Selection

Book Reporter Bets On Book

Top 25 Book Club Favorite List for 2009

Indie Next Notable

50 Bay Area Notable Book of 2009

Why am I telling you all this?  Naturally, the author wants to celebrate by offering my readers 3 copies of the book in a giveaway!

The giveaway is global and will run through August 31.

1.  All you need to do is tell me why you are interested in reading Rooftops.

2.  You can get a second entry for Tweeting, Facebooking, or otherwise spreading the word about the giveaway.

Good Luck.

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Everyone knows I’ve been raving about Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji (click on the link for my review). I even had the pleasure of interviewing Mahbod Seraji as well.

There’s been some exciting news about this debut novel. From Broward Community College to the Villanova One Book Program, the book is making its way into students hands across America. Rooftops was selected as Indie Fall and Winter 2009-2010 Book Group favorites, Santa Cruz’s Community selection for October, and a September pick for LiteraryMatters.

Rooftops also is being published in nine different languages, and most recently selected for translation into Italian.

Of course, you’re probably wondering what all this has to do with you, except that another fantastic author is making readers everywhere happy.

Well, Mahbod Seraji has decided to join the Book Blogger Appreciation Week celebration and offer copies to 3 lucky readers of Savvy Verse & Wit.

To Enter:

1. Leave a comment on this post.

2. If you purchase any of the books, using my Amazon affiliate links this week (Sept. 15-19), that’s 5 extra entries (just send me an order #/invoice).

3. Tweet, blog, Facebook, or spread the word about the giveaway for additional entries, just leave me a comment about it.

Deadline to enter is Sept. 20, 2009, at 11:59PM EST.

Double your chances and Check out the BBAW Sponsored Giveaway for this book too.


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Interview with Mahbod Seraji, Author of Rooftops of Tehran

September 2, 2009

Mahbod Seraji, author of Rooftops of Tehran, kindly took time out of his schedule to answer a few interview questions. If you missed my glowing review of Rooftops of Tehran, you should check it out. It is one of the best books I’ve read this year. Please give Mahbod Seraji a warm welcome. In Rooftops [...]

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Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji

August 18, 2009

Mahbod Seraji’s debut novel Rooftops of Tehran is a beautifully crafted journey set in Tehran, Iran, during the tumultuous 1970s. Pasha Shahed is a teenage boy who in the summer before his last year of high school faces the reality of his homeland, the despair of irrevocable change, and his first love. With the secret [...]

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