14.Apr.2009 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns is Khaled Hosseini’s second novel, the first being The Kite Runner, which I did read last year. If you loved The Kite Runner, you’d love this book. I think they are about the same level. In fact, I had some dejavu while reading A Thousand Splendid Suns. Both are set in [...]
13.Apr.2009 Sunday Salon and Mailbox Monday
Two posts in one! Am I efficient or what? :P I spent this Sunday savoring A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. I finished it early this morning. So the review will come soon. This week, I spot Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See at Basement Books for $3.95 so I just [...]
12.Apr.2009 Fables Vol 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
I read Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall last month, fell in love straight away, and couldn’t wait to pursue the rest of the series. Legends of Exile is really the first in the series (1001 Nights of Snowfall is the prequel). Here we get introduced to Bigby the Big Bad Wolf (though he assumes body [...]
07.Apr.2009 Burnout by Rebecca Donner
Burnout is a short graphic novel published by Minx, who looks like it publishes a line of graphic novels that are targeted to young readers. Written by Rebecca Donner and illustrated by Inaki Miranda, I especially like the art style in this book. It has simple lines, but neat, and shows expressions of the characters [...]
04.Apr.2009 The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The story in The Color Purple is told through a series of diary entries and letters. Somehow this worked well for me, since I could have short attention span sometimes, and reading diary entry or letter means it’s hardly longer than 2-3 pages at a time. The narrator, Celie, is a black woman who lives [...]
02.Apr.2009 Herding Cats II: Attack of the Hairball
1 April 2009 – 31 December 2009 Renay is hosting the Herding Cats II challenge. I didn’t join the first one, but now I will! Rules: 1. Make a list of five books you love. Directions: Five. I’m as serious as a beached whale. All titles must be books you’ve read in 2007, 2008 or [...]
01.Apr.2009 Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
“It was, with no attempt at covering itself, the naked heart of a woman calling out to her man.” ~p34 Snow Country is a literal translation of the Japanese title Yukiguni (雪国, read ゆきぐに). The name comes from where the story takes place, rural Japan that receives a huge amount of snow in the winter. Snow [...]
