Monthly Archives: September 2007

after reading Red Azalea, i quickly went to B&N and bought myself this copy to add to my Anchee Min collection.  I had grown more interest in the woman behind Min’s small character in Red Azalea, but one of the … Continue reading →

book, 5 stars wow. i am a fan of this book.  i always recommend this book to all of my friends…at one point, i bought this book for all my suitemates, and there were lots of us living there… the … Continue reading →

book, 4 stars this is told by first person, a Zimbabwean mother writing a letter to her daughter who is to study abroad in Harvard. she tells her stories of people around her, each having specific lessons that will enrich … Continue reading →

 book, 3.5 stars published in 1954, this book noted the changing times in India after their independence from Britain’s colonization.  mainly, this was a story of a woman who married into a low strata, a man of agriculture, who rented a … Continue reading →

book, 1 star man, i really didn’t like this story. it was as if the narrator was a robot.  i realize he’s known for being an “exit author” who doesn’t let his influence show, but i felt as if he was … Continue reading →

Ethan Frome was published 1911, the story set in a small town of New England.  the plot is fairly simple.  there is Ethan, who supposedly stayed for “too many Starkfield winters.”  he married his cousin who had taken care of his sick … Continue reading →

 really liked this book. granted, i’m not the biggest fan of post civil war literature, but for some reason, this female author rocks the scene. summer is about a woman, Charity (a name which bears so much symbolism in the … Continue reading →