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Honestly, I’ve finished and I feel like there’s a lot to talk about but I don’t know what to say… I’m going to do something I don’t normally do and start with the negatives. I did NOT like this protagonist. In fact, I can honestly say that I found Irene Dunphy one of the least […]
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I had a very difficult time with this one. I started reading it and went back at least three times to the book description, because for at least 20% of the book, the story being told bears literally NO relation to that description beyond the oblique references to a song title that happens to match […] Today I’m pleased to introduce you to a powerful memoir about growing up a girl in pre- and post-Mao China. The title - “Song of Praise for a Flower” - is also the name of a poem at the beginning of the book that Fengxian writes as an ode to the flower Impatiens, her namesake. […] This is such an extraordinary series! I read the first book as an ARC last year, and was fortunate enough to win the GR giveaway for this installment and I can confidently report this book is as engaging, action- and surprising drama-packed, and wholly original as the first… In this book, the world James has […] I really wanted to like this one a lot more than I did. To start, there’s the premise - fascinating (a mysterious lightning strike, a world turned upside down, fame and riches and evil all blended together, a writer whose creations seem to be coming to life). There’s the main characters - conceptually intriguing (I […] |
 
 
 
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