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The Blind Man’s Garden by Nadeem Aslam

16 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Afghan, British, British Asian, Fiction, Pakistani

Who needs films when writers like Nadeem Aslam can create such eloquent canvases that no celluloid could ever hope to project? Blind Man's Garden takes you deep into the tragic 'war on terror' and shows you the very lives of the individuals who must live...

Three Years and Eight Months by Icy Smith, illustrated by Jennifer Kindert

08 May, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Chinese, Chinese American, Japanese, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction

Parents with young children: please take caution in sharing this book with your youngest readers. Although the narrator is "only a 10-year-old boy," what he witnesses, endures, and survives during the titular 'three years and eight months' of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during...

Limit (vol. 4) by Keiko Suenobu, translated by Mari Morimoto

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

First things first: make sure to go backwards to catch up with the opening three volumes; this is definitely a series that needs to be read in order. Parents, be warned: these kids are going to scare you to distraction. Younger readers, take heed: don't...

The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam

27 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Afghan, Audio, British, British Asian, Fiction

In both content and form, The Wasted Vigil is a book of extremes. For readers who have experienced Nadeem Aslam before (and the apt word really is 'experience'), you'll recognize (and be awed by) his mesmerizing prose ...

The Heart of Thomas by Moto Hagio, translated with an introduction by Matt Thorn

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

"They say a person dies twice. / First comes the death of the self. / Then, later, comes the death of being forgotten by friends. / If that is so, / I shall never know that second death. / ...

War Brothers: The Graphic Novel by Sharon E. McKay and Daniel Lafrance, illustrated by Daniel Lafrance

11 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, African, Canadian, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

If you look at the bottom of this post at "Filed under," you'll see this title is listed as both "Fiction" and "Nonfiction." That's not a mistake – and the explanation is found in the book's "Postscript": "This is a book of fiction based on...

The Hunger Games Trilogy: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

09 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

The day I stuck Hunger Games into my ears, Jennifer Lawrence won Best Actress Oscar, albeit for her role in a different film, Silver Livings Playbook. I took that as a sign that I should finish the almost 35 hours (every bit admirably read by...

Limit (vols. 2-3) by Keiko Suenobu, translated by Mari Morimoto

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

First things first: you need to start with Volume 1 – that's where the fear begins. Volumes 2 and 3 won't offer much reprieve, but readers just might find a few life lessons within. Here's the set-up: Five survivors – all girls – of a tragic school bus accident...

Irises by Francisco X. Stork

24 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Fiction, Latina/o/x, Young Adult Readers

First things first: choose the page, not the headset. Carrington MacDuffie's voice is just too old to narrate the inner lives of two teenage sisters – no lilting resonance, no youthful lightness. Might I suggest that the better options for aurally appreciating the extraordinary Francisco X. Stork would be Marcelo...

How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

23 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Audio, British, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

How I chose this: It actually had nothing to with that shiny 2005 Michael L. Printz Award sticker on the cover. The narrator, Kim Mai Guest, made me do it! Guest, who is apparently 43 (so says her Wiki bio), has one of those eternal voices, always...

Carry the One by Carol Anshaw

16 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

A couple of months ago, one of my trusty literary friends with whom I often share must-read titles told me about seeing 'everyone' carrying this novel around last fall. So she decided to see for herself what the hubbub was about. Once she started, she...

Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder

13 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Short Stories, Translation

What are the chances ...

Hikikomori and the Rental Sister by Jeff Backhaus

11 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Nonethnic-specific

I'm facing a bit of a conundrum with this book: just how little can I tell you and still entice you to check out this astonishing debut novel by emerging-fully-formed-like-Athena, new author Jeff Backhaus? Hmm ...

Oxygen by Carol Cassella

03 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

A busy Seattle hospital. Hip, young doctors. Desperate patients. Administrative hierarchies. Sound familiar? I heard the latest Carol Cassella title (Healing) even has a character named Addison! I started (because of an alma mater connection), then stopped watching Grey's Anatomy after the first season (although I've had to revisit...

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

02 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, British, Fiction

At 65, Harold Fry is a quiet, solitary old man, retired from the brewery where he worked much of his adult life. Although he married Maureen – his one and only love – decades later, their days, weeks, years together are rather lonely and withdrawn....

Love Anthony by Lisa Genova

26 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

So enthralling was Lisa Genova’s Still Alice, I immediately went and got myself her other titles and hit 'play' one after the other. I don't remember the last time I read three books by the same author in such immediate succession. That I got through...

Vietnamerica: A Family’s Journey by GB Tran

12 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Memoir, Nonfiction, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese, Vietnamese American, Young Adult Readers

Both the inside and outside covers here are exactly the same: a mostly well-ordered, three-generation family tree ...

The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe

05 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Audio, Memoir, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction

The Japanese word, kokoro, means 'heart' ...

Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral

30 Dec, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, South American, Young Adult Readers

The words "A Novel" adorn the top of the cover of Chopsticks – but that's definitely a debatable label. No such limits necessary here! A hybrid creation by novelist/short story writer Jessica Anthony and book designer/creative director (for Farrar, Straus, Giroux, who is not Chopsticks' publisher, in case you...

Equal of the Sun by Anita Amirrezvani

27 Dec, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Iranian, Iranian American, Persian, Persian American

"Based on the life of Princess Pari Khan Khanoom" seems to be the dominant short-hand description (even on its own back cover) of Anita Amirrezvani's historical novel set in 16th-century Persia, now modern Iran. Some might find that description misleading, and expect this to be...

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