Posts in: Books
- Have you read any good books lately?
- I’m seeking suggestions. I’m not looking for tech books (although, if you can recommend an amazingly kick-ass JavaScript book, I’d appreciate it). I’m looking for good stories with lyrical prose that leaves you in a mood once you close the back cover. Genre-wise, I’m open to anything but science fiction. I will make an exception, though, [...] [6 Apr 2007]
- Recommended: “Third Girl From the Left”
- The Free Sh*t Fairy invited me to read and review a copy of Marta Southgate’s “Third Girl From the Left.” Here is my review. (Cross-posted on BlackFeminism.org). Rarely can a book manage to be both funny and serious. Martha Southgate has managed to do just that with her novel, “Third Girl from the [...] [27 Sep 2006]
- A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
- Rohinton Mistry wrote a masterpiece with this book. Set in India during the 1975 State of Emergency under Indira Gandhi, A Fine Balance is the heartbreaking story four people whose lives were profoundly interwined and profoundly changed by the cultural norms and the government’s choices. Ishvar and Om leave the cruel, caste-based violence of their rural [...] [3 Aug 2006]
- What’s your favorite book?
- The New York Times released the results of writer’s survey: What Is the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years?. Their answer: Beloved. I agree — not that I’ve read scads of books to compare. Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer-prize winner is just incredibly rich, complex and multilayered. It’s one of a few books that [...] [19 May 2006]
