Patron Saints of Nothing – Review
Books on the Philippines Patron Saints of Nothing By Randy Ribay My Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars “Maybe you haven’t developed a passion yet because you’ve spent your entire life doing what others wanted you to do.” Disclosure:This post may contain affiliate links. ...
Survival in the Killing Fields – Review
Books on Cambodia Survival in the Killing Fields By Haing S Ngor and Roger Warner My Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars Where to purchase: Amazon | Bookshop.org “I have been many things in life: A trader walking barefoot on paths through the jungle. A medical doctor, driving to...
Interior Chinatown Review
Books on Chinese-American Culture Interior Chinatown By Charles Yu, 2020 My Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars “Who gets to be an American? What does an American look like?” Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and a Bookshop.org...
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running – Review
Books on Japan What I Talk About When I Talk About Running By Haruki Murakami My Rating: 3 out of 5 stars “Someday if I have a gravestone and I’m able to pick out what’s carved on it, I’d like it to say this:Haruki Murakami 1949 to 20…Writer (and Runner)At least he...
Lulu in the Sky – Book Review
Books on Cambodia Lulu in the Sky: A Daughter of Cambodia Finds Love, Healing, and Double Happiness By Loung Ung, 2012 My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “No one ever told me being with someone whose attributes you admire could show you all the ways you were broken,...
Vietnam: A New History – Book Review
Books on Vietnam Vietnam: A New History By Christopher Goscha, 2016 My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “In the great power account, Vietnam is the victim of colonization and domination, never a colonizer or conqueror itself. Its own internal divisions, ethnic diversity, and...
Men Without Women – Review
Books on Japan Men Without Women By Haruki Murakami My Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars “Perhaps an even more distressing prospect for Habara than the cessation of sexual activity, however, was the loss of the moments of shared intimacy. To lose all contact with women was,...
When the War was Over – Review
Books on Cambodia When the War Was Over By Elizabeth Becker Set in Cambodia from the mid-1800s to the 1980s My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “There were countless other “Tuol Slengs” bloodying the country. There were prisons, execution sites, and pits. Work and murder,...About Me
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