Last Book You Read and Your Review of It

[Miriel]

Books I've read in the past 3 weeks:

A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore
Loved it. Quirky and funny, and surprisingly touching.

The Rainmaker - John Grisham
First book I've ever read from John Grisham. After I was done reading, I threw the book across the floor. Awful, just awful.

The Nanny Diaries - Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
Picked this up at a used book store for like $2. No wonder it was so cheap, it was pure junk.

The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri
One of those slowburning books that doesn't quite grab you until it's all over and you can look back on the entire book, esstentially look back on these character's journey's and appreciate the quiet beauty of it all. I've read a lot of books about the immigrant experience, and I think the Namesake captures so much of the experience of being a foreigner better than any other book I've ever read.

Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Read it for the nostalgia. One of my favorite books as a little girl. It still makes me cry.

I'm trying to get through Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky but it's a tough read. Postponing trudging through the book by reading another book, The Brief wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. It had be from page 1. "No matter what its name or provenance, it is believed that the arrival of Europeans on Hispaniola unleashed the fuku on the world, and we've all been in the ever since."

The Hand Maiden's Tale - Margaret Atwood

My first Atwood novel. Dsytopian literature at its best and a very interesting foray into feminist lit without it being too much. The historical and psychological aspects of it were fantastic. What an imagination. I have to argue that I think this may be a better dystopian novel than A Brave New World.

I think it's better than both A Brave New World and 1984. I also enjoyed Atwood's The Penelopiad.