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Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie

01 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, South Asian, South Asian American

I've been working through numerous 'should-have-read-earlier'-titles lately, and Salman Rushdie's books always loom large as objects of fascination. After four attempts to read his The Enchantress of Florence (twice on the page, twice stuck in the ears narrated by Firdous Bamji whose recordings can make me choose a book...

Vote for Me! by Ben Clanton

28 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

Given this is a presidential election year, I know you've been searching for the perfect (non-partisan!) political primer. Look no further ...

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

26 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Audio, Australian, European, Fiction, Jewish, Young Adult Readers

After two books on the horrors of North Korea, two memoirs about the Palestinian occupation, another about a Lost Boy of Sudan, still another highlighting Hindu/Muslim massacres in Kashmir – all one after the other (what was I thinking??!!) – I picked up Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief,...

Bakuman (vols. 3-5) by Tsugumi Ohba, art by Takeshi Obata, translated by Tetsuichiro Miyaki

25 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Middle Grade Readers, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Manga-maker wannabes: check out this illuminating insider look (but do start with volumes 1 and 2), then make sure to study every detail if you're hoping to break into one of the toughest industries around. But before we talk story, here's a quick refresher on names:...

Lila and the Secret of Rain by David Conway, illustrated by Jude Daly

24 Mar, by SIBookDragon in African, British, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, South African

Lila, her family, their animals are all too hot. Their Kenyan village has not had rain for far too long. The well has dried up, and the crops are failing. "'Without water there can be no life,'" Lila overhears her mother's worry. Then her grandfather...

Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley

22 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Black/African American, Fiction

Culling together every spare moment I had over a single day (amazing how much more enlightening mindless chores, endless driving, and running can be with a book stuck in your ears!), I managed to listen to all 9.5 hours of Lorraine Toussaint's honeyed narration of...

The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson

20 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Korean, Nonethnic-specific, North Korean

This is a book I bought twice: first to stick in my ears on long runs (chillingly read by a Korean American triumvirate of Tim Kang, Josiah D. Lee, and James Kyson Lee), and when I couldn't soak in the story quickly enough, I ordered...

Dororo: Omnibus Edition by Osamu Tezuka, translated by Dawn T. Laabs

19 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Oh, what a plethora of choices for accessing this swashbuckling series by the godfather of manga: you could go with the original 1960s manga series in Japanese, watch the 26-part anime from 1969 or the live-action film (available dubbed in English even!) from 2007, play the video...

The Secret World of Arrietty (vols. 1-2) planning by Hayao Miyazaki, based on The Borrowers by Mary Norton, translated Rieko Izutsu-Vajirasarn and Jim Hubbert

17 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Middle Grade Readers, Translation, Young Adult Readers

The latest from Studio Ghibli, powered by the creative genius of legendary Hayao Miyazaki, introduces brave Arrietty, her auburn tresses pulled up by a tiny orange clothespin, ready to explore and conquer the "bean" world. Released by Disney in the U.S. last month, the animated...

Flesh by Khanh Ha [in Library Journal]

15 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Repost, Vietnamese, Vietnamese American

Flesh, a turn-of-the-20th-century debut novel set mostly in Hanoi, begins and ends with gruesome beheadings. Bearing witness to both executions is Tài, a poor teenage village boy quickly forced into manhood. In an effort to reclaim his father’s severed head and finance an auspicious burial, Tài...

The Glass of Time by Michael Cox

13 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, British, Fiction

The body count quickly mounts in this engrossing sequel to the thrilling faux Victorian confessional novel, The Meaning of Night. Another well-deserved WOW is in order, even more so because careful readers will undoubtedly solve several (many, even?) of the whodunit-who's-really-who clues early on, but that...

Virginia Wolf by Kyo Maclear, illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault

12 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race

From the fabulous team who created the ever-so-delightful Spork, comes another whimsical wonder, so clever that parents just might appreciate the duo's achievement even more than their wide-eyed bundles. "One day my sister Virginia woke up feeling wolfish. She made wolf sounds and did strange things,"...

The Meaning of Night: A Confession by Michael Cox

11 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, British, Fiction

If, like me, you're in the throes of Downton Abbey withdrawal, might I highly recommend the late Michael Cox's only two novels [sadly the noted expert on the Victorian ghost story passed away two years ago at just age 60]. Yes, the British monarchs are different...

It’s a Big World, LIttle Pig! by Kristi Yamaguchi, illustrated by Tim Bowers

10 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese American

Introduced in last year's bestselling, award-winning Dream Big, Little Pig!, tenacious little Poppy did just that and proved that pigs can indeed fly ...

The Flowers of War by Geling Yan, translated by Nicky Harman

08 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Translation

First things first: Don't let the book cover lead you too far astray. What you see here is actually the movie poster for legendary Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou’s latest international endeavor. While the film, The Flowers of War, is based on Geling Yan’s novel, originally titled...

Zahra’s Paradise by Amir & Khalid

05 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Arab, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Iranian, Iranian American, Persian, Persian American, Young Adult Readers

"The authors have chosen anonymity for obvious political reasons." When you know something like that about a book – that lives were willing to be risked to get a story out – how could you possibly not read it? In the case of Zahra's Paradise, I...

The Garden of Empress Cassia by Gabrielle Wang

01 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Australian, Australian Asian, Chinese, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers

At school, 12-year-old Mimi Lu is better known as Smelly-Loo because "[h]er parents forced her to drink all sorts of smelly brews" – concocted by her herbalist doctor father – that lingered on her clothes, pigtails, skin, and even her breath. "[Y]ou are Chinese. Be...

The Whole Story of Half a Girl by Veera Hiranandani

27 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Indian American, Jewish, Middle Grade Readers, South Asian American

"Life's pretty good," Sonia thinks to herself. Her whole class is making biryani together as part of their study of India: "Getting to know the food," says her favorite teacher, "...

Cross Game 5 (vols. 10-11) and Cross Game 6 (vols. 12-13) by Mitsuru Adachi, translated by Lillian Olsen

26 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Middle Grade Readers, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Let's play ball ...

Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick

25 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

While everyone else has been lost to Linsanity, I've been contrarily following baseball  ...

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