I was watching some show on the ABC channel about books that have been banned from libraries in the USA. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison was one of them. It intrigued me as to why this was seen as a controversial book and I’m not sure (or don’t remember) which group members decided that…
Tag: fiction
Book Review – A Room of One’s Own
This is not typically a book I would pick from a library shelf. To be honest, I don’t think I’ve ever read any of Virginia Woolf’s books. The main reason I read this was because I was egged on by the presenters of The Minefield (a weekly podcast I listen to regularly) to read it…
Book Review – Wrong about Japan
Ok another book review about Japan. This one is written by the Australian author, Peter Carey. To be honest, I don’t think I’ve read any of his books previously. But this one I like because it’s short and he recounts his experience visiting Japan with his son Charley. This trip was for them to see…
Book Review – The perfect world of Miwako Sumida
I heard a podcast (about 43:36) on this book’s author Clarissa Goenawan and found her interesting. She’s an Indonesian-born Singaporean who writes stories based in Japan about Japanese characters. She is an author who is obsessed with Japan but I’m not sure if she has actually lived there. Anyway, the book they were reviewing was…
Book Review – Before the coffee gets cold
This book was recently given to me as a Christmas gift. I have been reading it during my holiday in Canberra. I totally enjoyed it. I cried and laughed. It’s quite a heart-warming story about friendship and love between friends, lovers, husband and wife, sisters, and mother and daughter. Highly recommended! This book was originally…
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