This is the 4th book by Isabel Allende I’m reading! Clearly, she’s one of my favorite authors. Here’s the summary: Born into a poor family in Spain, Inés, a seamstress, finds herself condemned to a life of hard work without … Continue reading
*Possible Spoiler* Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she’s made it out of the bloody arena alive, she’s still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they … Continue reading
The international bestseller that has shocked Europe. On a miserable January morning, Sarah is sitting on a plane to Tenerife, Spain—without her husband or her children—for a week-long vacation. At the age of thirty, she’s just realized that she’s very … Continue reading
Synopsis When ten-year-old Enaiatollah Akbari’s small village in Afghanistan falls prey to Taliban rule in early 2000, his mother shepherds the boy across the border into Pakistan but has to leave him there all alone to fend for himself. Thus … Continue reading
A superb new graphic memoir in which an inspired artist/storyteller reveals the road that brought his family to where they are today: Vietnamerica. GB Tran is a young Vietnamese American artist who grew up distant from (and largely indifferent to) … Continue reading