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bluelily3

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 5:12 pm
I'm reading "The Dim Sum of All Things" by Kim Wong Keltner. Here's the summary from my local library site:

Have you ever wondered:Why Asians love "Hello Kitty"? What the tattooed Chinese characters really say? How to achieve feng shui for optimum make-out sessions? Where Asian cuties meet the white guys who love them? Then you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll realize this book is better than a Broadway production of Cats when you read scenes that include:twenty-something Lindsey Owyang mastering the intricacies of office voicemail and fax dialing, an authentic Chinese banquet where Number One Son shows off his language skills by speaking "Chinglish", dating disasters with grandsons of Grandma's mahjong partners, and the discovery that the real China looks nothing like the pavilion at Disney World? All the while Lindsey is falling in lust with the "white devil" in her politically correct office. But will Grandma's stinky Chinese ointments send him running? Or will Lindsey realize that the path to true love lies somewhere between the dim sum and the pepperoni pizza?


Okay, so the summary sounds really stereotypical, and some reviewers on Amazon think so too, but love it and think it's hilarious. heart
 
PostPosted: Thu May 06, 2010 4:39 am
I just got my copy of God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens a few days ago, and I've dived right in mrgreen  

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PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2010 8:36 pm
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Its hilarious!  
PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 4:58 pm
I'm reading Luscious Lemon by Heather Swain, and so far I think that it's really good. I'm still only halfway through, I like it. It's so...real. There is quite a bit of "worldliness" in it, as my fellow Christians would say, but I'm not built the way a lot of Christians are. To me, it's just human nature. Anyway, here's the link if anyone is interested. 3nodding
Luscious Lemon on Amazon
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PostPosted: Tue May 18, 2010 9:32 pm
The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines. It's a great twist about of the standard fairy tales.  
PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2010 1:11 am
I read Dawn of the Dreadfuls (prequel to Pride & Prejudice & Zombies) yesterday, and I'm now reading Phantom by Terry Goodkind.  

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PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2010 8:01 pm
I currently finished Secrets of my Suburban Life by Lauren Baratz-Logsted  
PostPosted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 2:29 pm
I'm currently reading The Sight by David Clement-Davies and Under the Dome by Stephen King.  

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 3:56 pm
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I read Dawn of the Dreadfuls (prequel to Pride & Prejudice & Zombies) yesterday, and I'm now reading Phantom by Terry Goodkind.


i just finished Phantom and although i loved the first book in the series, i was disappointed by this one.

there is no beginning or end!

it
s as bad as the Wheel of Time.  
PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:08 pm
i'm reading the oddessy by homer (off and on because of life)  

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:48 am
titankronos9
i'm reading the oddessy by homer (off and on because of life)


cool!

i did some serious classical reading over the summer too, mostly Dante's Divine Comedy in Ciardi's translation.  
PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 12:54 am
The Seer and the Sword, it was quite good. Its one of the few books that has been able to keep my attention cover to cover.  

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:46 pm
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I read Dawn of the Dreadfuls (prequel to Pride & Prejudice & Zombies) yesterday, and I'm now reading Phantom by Terry Goodkind.


Both of those books were good. cool


Killing Rocks by D.D. Barant. Hurray for parallel universes and alternate timelines!  
PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:54 am
i just finished The Tower at Stony Wood, by Patricia McKillip (2000)

like her other books, it is lyrical but with a great deal of mystery about who is who and what it all means

and there are bards and magic

and selkies

and bakers  

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