The Boy on the Page by Peter Carnavas
11 Jan, by in Australian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction
Ready for a bit of inspiring whimsy? Meet the small boy who, "[o]ne quiet morning ...
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Can’t we talk about something more pleasant? A Memoir by Roz Chast
09 Jan, by in Adult Readers, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Jewish, Memoir, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction
George and Elizabeth Chast were born 10 days apart in 1912. They grew up two blocks from each other in East Harlem, and were in the same fifth grade class. "They never dated, much less anything else'd, anyone besides each other." They married in 1938. Their...
The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan by Jenny Nordberg
08 Jan, by in Adult Readers, Afghan, Audio, European, Nonfiction, Swedish
A girl is born: "She is perfect, down to her tiny, grasping fingers." But here's what her life will probably look like: "...
Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes
07 Jan, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Black/African American, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Nonethnic-specific, South African
By about page 50 or within the first of 12 parts stuck in the ears (the multi-reader cast is absolutely superb, by the way), the whodunnit is pretty clear. That said, serial murder mystery this is, finding out whydunnit-and-howdunnit is the thrill ride you won't be...
Malice [Detective Kaga series] by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye Alexander
06 Jan, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Japanese, Translation
Just before Kumihiko Hidaka is to move from Tokyo to Vancouver, he's found in his home office ...
Girls on the Edge: Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan, Gabi: A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero, I Love I Hate I Miss My Sister by Amélie Sarn, and Falling into Place by Amy Zhang [in American Book Review]
05 Jan, by in Chinese American, European, Fiction, Iranian American, Latina/o/x, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers
Girls on the Edge Adolescence without instant uploads, 140-character confessions, and constant connectivity was just so last century – survival in the 21st means a whole new set of unfamiliar, unpredictable challenges. In four recent, better-not-miss novels for young adults, four diverse women writers amplify the modern...
Noggin by John Corey Whaley
04 Jan, by in Audio, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers
John Corey Whaley, who was a finalist for the 2014 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, shares the same first name with the ever-popular, mega-bestselling author John Green. Perhaps I might be delusional here, but Noggin feels like it could be some alternate-universe sequel to Green's The Fault...
Master Keaton (vol. 1) by Naoki Urasawa, story by Hokusei Katsushika and Takashi Nagasaki, translated and adapted by Pookie Rolf
02 Jan, by in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, British, British Asian, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Hapa/Mixed-race, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers
Goodbye to 2014. Whew! 2015 can only be better, thank you! What makes me so sure? Because among the many things to look forward to throughout the new year is a brand new Naoki Urasawa series-in-translation! How bereft was I when the 24-volume 20th-into-21st Century Boys ended almost two years ago. And...
Ninja! by Arree Chung
31 Dec, by in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction
The text here is all about serious preparation ("a thick ninja stick"), effective tactics ("must master the element of ...
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
30 Dec, by in Adult Readers, Audio, British, Fiction
The Great War is over, but tragedy and hunger still haunt 1922 London. On Champion Hill, the Wray family's once-upon-a-posh life has vanished; most notably, all the men are gone. The brothers became casualties of war, the father died leaving substantial debts, and the servants have been...
A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev
29 Dec, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, South Asian, South Asian American
Leaning toward something light, frothy, and just a little steamy for your next holiday season read? While the printed page is always grand, going audible here is also highly recommended: I'm thinking Priya Ayyar is quickly becoming one of my favorite crisp voices to stick in...
GTO: 14 Days in Shonan (vols. 3-9) by Tohru/Toru Fujisawa, translated by Ko Ransom
26 Dec, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers
Okay, so don't be too confused: the two slightly different phoneticized spellings of creator Tohru/Toru Fujisawa’s name both appear on the various volume covers seen here. That 'o'-sound is a long vowel – as in Tōru (it's とおる in Japanese) – but diacriticals can often get lost in translation,...
Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay
24 Dec, by in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Audio, Black/African American, Caribbean American, Fiction, Haitian, Haitian American, Memoir, Nonfiction
If I were to choose the one book that affected me most this year – the one that ran the entire spectrum from giddiest to maddest, from eye-opening in wonder to eye-scrunching in horror – this is it. Bad Feminist has forever changed the way I read,...
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, translated by Henning Koch
23 Dec, by in Adult Readers, Audio, European, Fiction, Swedish, Translation
His name might be Ove, but those who know him are more likely to call him "antisocial" and "grumpy old sod." For most of his life, "[h]e was a man of black and white." But for over three decades, he found warmth and joy with a...
‘Twas Nochebuena: A Christmas Story in English and Spanish by Roseanne Greenfield Thong, illustrated by Sara Palacios
22 Dec, by in Bilingual, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Latina/o/x, Poetry
Originally titled "A Visit from St. Nicholas," Clement Clarke Moore first shared his iconic poem with his children on Christmas Eve of 1822. Better known by the first line, "’Twas the night before Christmas ...
The Lake Shore Limited by Sue Miller
21 Dec, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific
Gus – beloved brother, favorite teacher, a vibrant, sunny young man in love – is a victim of 9-11. His presence looms on every page, although his actual words can only be filtered through someone else's memory throughout the novel. Still, he proves to be the pivotal character who brings together...
The Garden of Words by Makoto Shinkai, illustrated by Midori Motohashi, translated by Maya Rosewood
19 Dec, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers
Rainy mornings give first-year high school student Takao permission to skip class and head to a park pavilion to work on his shoe sketches. Someday, he wants to be a shoe designer. Two months into the new school year, he sees a young woman is already...
The City Son by Samrat Upadhyay
18 Dec, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nepali, Nepali American
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." "Frailty, thy name is woman." "Women always have the last word." All manner of pithy, less-than-admirable aphorisms about women come to mind after reading Samrat Upadhyay’s recent novel; such words as shocking, disturbing, wrenching, shattering also seem quite appropriate. And in case you...
Hope Springs by Eric Walters, illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes
17 Dec, by in African, Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Nonfiction
"As the biggest, [Boniface] had to care for the littlest." He's one of the older boys living in a Kenyan orphanage, known for his gentleness and patience. "[A]ll the children in the orphanage were like a family." On one of their outings to fetch water at...
Frog by Mo Yan, translated by Howard Goldblatt [in Library Journal]
16 Dec, by in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Translation
*STARRED REVIEW Wan Xin, aka Gugu, is a revered obstetrician who has delivered generations of Gaomi Township citizens over the last half century. Yet for every live birth, she's aborted at least as many pregnancies, proving her patriotism by fervently upholding China's one-child policy; even relatives...
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