This was one of the best books I’ve read in a long time but it was a tough, emotional read so I would be hesitant to recommend it without that warning. This isn’t a happy book even though there were moments of joy throughout. But the feelings of sadness and despair outweighed those for me and I was left thinking about this book for days afterwards.
Continue reading “A Woman is No Man”The Wangs vs. the World
I clearly missed something with this book because I found nothing funny about this “hilarious” and “outrageously funny” novel. In fact, if I didn’t have to read this for a book club I was hosting, I would have stopped at around 15%. But I soldiered on. And in the end, while I didn’t hate this book as much as I thought I would, I didn’t particularly like it and found myself confused by all the great ratings.
Continue reading “The Wangs vs. the World”We Have Always Been Here
I chose this book for one of my reading challenges this year based on nothing more than the good reviews it was receiving. I didn’t know much about it and was hoping that I wouldn’t be disappointed. Wow, was this a good book and I am so glad that I read it. I have already recommended it to a few friends and am eager to hear what they think.