A new venture has begun. A new book group has been formed. My partners in crime are David of Absorbed in Words, Michelle of su[shu], and Claire of kiss of cloud. We are going to pick a book every quarter on Asian literature–books set in Asia or by Asians. Hence the name: The Asian Book Group.

I’m hosting the first book of this year’s quarter: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, winner of 1932 Pulitzer Prize.

Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) is American writer who spent the majority of her life in China. In 1938, she became the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, “for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces.”

We’d love to open the invitation to you who are interested to read it too. We’re going to post our thoughts some time in late March, say, between 25-31 March 2010. No official sign up. Just a good old fun “read together”. Hope to see you then :)