Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas
Read for: This review by raych on books i done read
Well, this book is exactly what the title says it is…a memoir of growing up Iranian in America. It was a nice short little read and it was enjoyable. The chapters were [...]
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Book Review: Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas
Book Review: Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
After reading The Tipping Point and Blink I was very excited when I got an email from the library letting me know that it was my turn to read this newest of Gladwell’s books. This one is about outliers, an observation that is numerically distant from the rest of the data. Using [...]
Book Review: Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot
Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot
I love Meg Cabot. I hadn’t really read very much chick lit until I had my first baby and one of the first authors I picked up then was Meg Cabot (the other was Sophie Kinsella). I have since come to love most chick lit (even the extra cheesy stuff!)
The [...]
Book Review: St. Urbain’s Horseman by Mordecai Richler
St. Urbain’s Horseman by Mordecai Richler
Read for: Orbis Terrarum Challenge – Canada
This is either the third or fourth book I’ve read by Richler. I like his books because although they are definitely can lit they aren’t as depressing as some books in this genre tend to be. This one was no exception. Richler’s novels (at [...]
Book Review: Child of the Prophecy by Juliet Marillier
Child of the Prophecy by Juliet Marillier
Third in the Sevenwaters Trilogy, (See reviews for Daughter of the Forest and Son of the Shadows)
This story is told from the point of view of Fainne who is the niece of the narrator of the second book and the granddaughter of the first. Through-out the first two books [...]
Book Review: Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
Read for: What’s in a Name Challenge – Book title with a relative in it
This is the second novel in the Sevenwaters trilogy (First novel – Daughter of the Forest). It tells the story of Sorcha’s (the narrator of the previous novel) youngest daughter. Although the novel is part [...]
Book Review: The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki
The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki
Read for: Orbis Terrarum Challenge – Japan
The Makioka Sisters is a story about the four Makioka girls. The eldest two are married and the younger two are not. The story centres around finding a husband for the 3rd sister (who is almost past marriageable age) and the attitudes of the [...]
Another Challenge!
I just found this challenge and it looks like fun. I’m in! It’s the What’s in a Name Challenge. There are six books to be read.
A book with a profession in the title
A book with a time of day in the title
A book with a relative in the title
A book with a body part in [...]
Weekly Geeks: Childhood Favourites
April 2nd was International Children’s Book Day. And April is National Poetry Month. In celebration, I have two lovely options for you this week:
Option A: Be a kid!
You could read a picture book (or two or three) and share what you read.
Write up a post sharing your favorite books from childhood
Write up a post about [...]
Book Review: Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier.
Read for: Once Upon a Time Challenge
This is a novel based on The Six Swans fairy tale. In the fairy tale a king with 7 children (six sons and one daughter) gets remarried to a jealous woman. The new queen turns her step-sons into swans who can only return [...]
