Sometimes when I am reading a novel, I find myself already writing the review and making comments on it in my head while I’m reading. I’m never sure if I’m doing the novel a disadvantage and preventing myself from enjoying it more, or if it happens because something about the novel isn’t quite clicking, therefore leading me already try to analyze what is not working. Basically, am I being overcritical because I am not enjoying it, or am I not enjoying it because I’m being […]
A Romance? Historical Fiction? Who Knows?
Through some rabbit hole on the internet, I stumbled across the name Anya Seton and a fancy cover for her book, The Turqouise. Intrigued, I waited patiently for the inter-library loan snail to bring it to me, and boy was I surprised when the book delivered was a battered hardcover bound with actual thread and smelling of an octogenarian’s basement. While slightly put-off, I accepted it anyway and went home to discover the strange and satisfying pleasure of reading an old book. I ripped my fare share […]
Skewer the rich
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan was the April Mocha Girls Read book club selection. The story revolves around the romance between Rachel Chu and Nicholas Young. The two NY based professors are in love. Nick invites Rachel to spend the summer in Singapore with his family. Nick is the best man for his friend Colin Khoo’s wedding. The plan is to get the big event over with and travel around Asia. Sounds fun, right? However, Nick fails to explain exactly how extensive and wealthy […]
More New York-based contemporary romance
Francesca “Frankie” Cole’s parents went through a fairly harrowing split when she was fourteen. Her father cheated with a much younger woman, left her mother as a broken-down wreck and walked out without ever looking back. Frankie was the one who had to try to pick up the pieces with the devastated parent she had left. After a period of mourning, her mother seemed to decide that enough was enough, cut her hair, lost a lot of weight and started borrowing her daughter’s clothes, determined […]