Suzanne Kamata, the author of Losing Kei has written a book that I kept forgetting was fiction while I was reading it. A couple of times I had to stop myself and remind myself that I was not reading a memoir. I can’t remember this happening to me before which bodes well with the book [...]
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker is an amazing debut novel. I was struck immediately with the gorgeous cover. It’s covers like this that make me want to pick up a book immediately. And then I started reading fantastic reviews and knew that I needed to read it. I was worried that [...]
I am going to try to attempt this book review of Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriguez without the book which I had to return to the library already. We shall see how this goes.
Kabul Beauty School is the memoir of Deborah Rodriguez, a hairdresser, who shortly after [...]
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson is the prequel to Peace, Locomotion which I recently reviewed. I’m not sure which one I enjoyed more. But that’s the beauty of it. I don’t think I have to put one book above the other. Both books could be read on their own but together they are a beautiful story. [...]
After discovering Deborah Ellis after reading The Breadwinner series, I soon realized that I wanted to read everything that she’s written. I’ve got a ways to go. This prolific author has more than a dozen books under her belt. Lunch with Lenin and Other Stories is one of her newest books published this past fall.
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