Samaya in How to Win A Breakup:#BlogchatterA2Z

This year too, I decided to write about something I relate to the most. I didn’t do a theme reveal because I wanted to create a special surprise moment with everyone. So here goes.

My A to Z this year will feature fictional characters from movies, books, and series. I’ve chosen to put special emphasis on the fact that they are fictional because, though we often find them deeply relatable, they are, at the end of the day, not real.

That’s why this year, I’ve titled my series The A to Z of Never Never Land.

I start with the letter S: Samaya from the young adult novel How to Win a Breakup by Farah Heron.

The story follows our protagonist, Samaya, as she carefully plots her revenge against her ex-boyfriend who dropped her suddenly like an old purse, never looking back.

Samaya was an absolute treat to read, thanks to her vibrant personality and strong, distinctive identity. She is a brilliant maths whiz who is passionately into gaming, yet she remains deeply emotional and sensitive at the same time. As I turned the pages, all I could think about was how incredibly cool she was. To me, she quickly became an icon.

What I loved most was that she wasn’t written as meek or forced into any tired stereotype. Even though she worked hard chasing top marks and good grades, she never lost her emotional maturity or depth of feeling.

Samaya was heartbroken, a Canadian Muslim girl with Indian roots, but she stayed unapologetically herself while still allowing herself to be beautifully vulnerable.

Farah Heron never portrayed Samaya as an infamous “tomboy.” Instead, she beautifully showed that a girl can be exceptionally good at studies, madly in love with someone, and completely obsessed with video games—all at once.

Reading about her extraordinary energy and the serious focus she brought to every gaming battle felt so refreshing and empowering.

On top of everything, she also had an amazing sense of style and totally rocked every outfit she wore.

Samaya along with the author Farah Heron gave me belief that we as girls/women have power to break out of this BOX the society puts us in.

This post is a part of Blogchatter A2Z Challenge 2026

I’m a developer with a degree in philology and linguistics. Here’s how these two passions have shaped each other, and me.

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This post was inpired by the monthly #indiewebcarnival theme chosen by Zachary Kai.

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Ich habe eine Idee aus dem Englischen in die deutsche Blogosphäre als #Blogparade geholt: "Was sind die ältesten Dinge, die Du besitzt?“
Falls Ihr auch liebgewordene alte Dinge habt, postet Sie mit #AlteDinge

https://www.arminhanisch.de/2026/01/die-aeltesten-dinge/

Danke an @82mhz für de Inspiration und Deinen Text!

And „Thanks a lot!“ to Thomas Rigby @hryggrbyr, yours is the first post I found. Hope you like this #BloggingChallenge going multi-lingual.

What do centuries-old stones, a self-winding watch and child's sock have in common?

Such time capsules often hide in our cupboards: lost treasures, family heirlooms, old diaries or dry pressed flowers. It is not their monetary value that matters, but the stories they tell.

After reading similar posts from @AlexWolfe, @daj and @hryggrbyr, I started to think of my own list.

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