YA Buddy Readers' Corner ♥ discussion

This young adult novel by Sheba Karim, author of Skunk Girl, is a funny and affecting coming-of-age story for fans of Jenny Han, Megan McCafferty, and Sara Farizan.

Shabnam Qureshi is facing a summer of loneliness and boredom until she meets Jamie, who scores her a job at his aunt’s pie shack. Shabnam quickly finds herself in love, while her former best friend, Farah, who Shabnam has begun to reconnect with, finds Jamie worrying.

In her quest to figure out who she really is and what she really wants, Shabnam looks for help in an unexpected place—her family, and her father’s beloved Urdu poetry.

That Thing We Call a Heart is a funny and fresh story about the importance of love—in all its forms.

Chapter 3 (view spoiler)[ that was one heck of a story to make up! (hide spoiler)]

up to chapter 17 (view spoiler)[ well I'm glad that her and jamie finally kissed, and I'm glad that she's made up with farrah, it was quite sad that something as simple as a headscarf came between them. She doesn't have long left with Jamie now though. (hide spoiler)]

chapter 27 (view spoiler)[ well, jamie turned out to be a proper arse hole didn't he. (hide spoiler)]

I got accepted to read this one, so I'm going to try and join. I don't know if I'll read any tonight though.