I want to press a copy of The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight In Heaven by Sherman Alexie into the arms of my good friends. The Lone Ranger And Tonto Fist Fight In Heaven is comprised of vignettes pertaining to reservation life, which though often bleak has an undercurrent of hope. There are 22 […]
Review of One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
January 27, 2010
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 […]
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 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 […]
Review of The First Man In Rome by Colleen McCullough
January 10, 2010
The First Man In Rome by Colleen McCullough is a door-stopper of a book. Without the 100 page glossary, it clocks in at 931 pages. The premise of The First Man In Rome is that it details the rise to power of Gaius Marius, also known as the third founder of Rome. There’s politics, sex, […]
Review of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig
November 24, 2009
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig is an adult historical fiction romance. It alternates between modern day England and Post-Revolutionary France. The Secret History Of The Pink Carnation alternates between three main characters, Eloise, Amy Balcourt, and Richard Selwick. It’s basically a spin-off of The Scarlet Pimpernel. I felt the Secret […]