One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is a smattering of short stories within the context of a larger story. Basically an earth quake hits some town in California, so I think nine people are trapped in the Indian Consulate office. These people are all panicking and unhappy until Uma, a grad student who reads […]
Review of American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
January 21, 2010
What can I say about American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang which has not already been said? I suppose if you haven’t read this Printz-winning graphic novel, I could try and sum it up for you. Basically there are three stories which interweave. There’s Jin Wang who is the new kid at a school […]
Review of Graceling by Kristin Cashore
January 18, 2010
Graceling by Kristin Cashore exudes awesome. It just pours off of each and every single page. In the world within Graceling there are seven kingdoms. Each of these kingdoms are ruled by royalty. Within this world certain people are graced. Being graced means you are exceptionally talented at something. Katsa, the main character, is graced […]
Thoughts on the Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran
January 15, 2010
I feel as though it’s quite easy to take some tribe most Americans, myself included, have never heard of and turn them into savage captors. I mean, isn’t it ingrained in us to just accept what authors write as fact, especially when writing a book “based on a true story.” The treatment of the Maori, […]
Review of Blood Promise by Richelle Mead
January 14, 2010
I am not going to post the official synopsis because it contains spoilers, rather here is my unofficial synopsis of Blood Promise by Richelle Mead: Rose leaves St. Vladimir’s to go to Siberia. In Siberia she meets lots of people, adventures ensue. Lissa stays behind. Lissa meets new people. Hijinks ensue. I am a bit […]
Review of Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop
January 13, 2010
Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop is the first book of the Black Jewels trilogy. Honestly, I sort of have a love/hate relationship with Daughter of the Blood. I felt certain aspects of the book were fascinating, i.e. the whole Jewels ranking, Saetan, Jaenelle’s powers, the island of dead kids. Other parts of this book […]