The Children Who Loved Books by Peter Carnavas
26 Aug, by in Absolute Favorites, Australian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction
Check out the fabulous cover ...
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I See the Sun in Russia by Dedie King, illustrated by Judith Inglese, translation by Irina Ossapova
24 Aug, by in Bilingual, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Russian
Young Anton of Saint Petersburg, Russia begins and ends his day with music ...
Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron
21 Aug, by in Adult Readers, African, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific
Even before Naomi Benaron's debut novel hit shelves last year, it earned a substantial literary gold sticker as the winner of the biennial 2010 Bellwether Prize – the largest monetary award for unpublished fiction in North America, which was rebranded in 2011 as the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially...
When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
20 Aug, by in Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Memoir, Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples, Nonfiction
Although she "knew many things when [she] was eight," what Olemaun didn't know was "how to read the outsiders' books. It was not enough to hear them from my older sister, Rosie. I longed to read them for myself." Against her father's wishes – "[h]e knew things...
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri [in Library Journal]
15 Aug, by in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American
*STARRED REVIEW Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri's (The Interpreter of Maladies) unparalleled ability to transform the smallest moments into whole lives pinnacles in this extraordinary story of two brothers – so close that one is "the other side" of the other – coming of age in the political...
An Infidel in Paradise by S.J. Laidlaw
13 Aug, by in Canadian, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Pakistani, Young Adult Readers
Emma is hardly the typical Canadian teenager. At 16, she's lived all over the world, thanks to her career diplomat mother, who Emma currently blames for all the latest terrible events in her life: she's in yet another new country – this time Pakistan with some...
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
12 Aug, by in Adult Readers, Audio, European, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific
Magic happens when narrator George Guidall says "and yet ...
I See the Sun in Mexico | Veo el Sol en México by Dedie King, illustrated by Judith Inglese, translation by Julio Ortiz Manzo
10 Aug, by in Bilingual, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Latin American, Mexican, Nonethnic-specific, Translation
Boutique press Satya House Publications continues their around-the-world cultural tour in their bilingual I See the Sun series with a first Latin American stop. Young Luis excitedly prepares to join his Papa on the tourist excursion boat on which his father works as the cook. On his way to...
All That Is by James Salter
07 Aug, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific
What began as gorgeous elegiac memory about misplaced courage and final hope as World War II comes to an end in the Pacific, devolves into a middle-aged man's tedious reflections about his search for meaningful connections, especially with women, as he recalls his privileged life...
Kenta and the Big Wave by Ruth Ohi
06 Aug, by in Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese
"When Kenta heard the warning siren, he ran to school ...
Oleander Girl by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and Grandma and the Great Gourd: A Bengali Folktale by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, illustrated by Susy Pilgrim Waters + Author Interview [in Bookslut]
05 Aug, by in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American
When I recently caught up with Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, she was in one of her rare lull periods at home in Houston, Texas, having finished almost three solid months of book touring for her latest novel, Oleander Girl. Like her latest protagonist, Korobi Roy, a...
Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O’Farrell
04 Aug, by in Adult Readers, Audio, British, Fiction, Irish, Nonethnic-specific
Alas, this was the last Maggie O'Farrell I had left. Ever since discovering The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox (my first and still favorite, I admit), I've moved her books to the top of the top of the To-Be-Read piles with regularity. Now that I've...
The Twin Knights by Osamu Tezuka, translated by Maya Rosewood
02 Aug, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers
In order to fully enjoy this manga, you first need to read its prequel, Princess Knight (in two volumes in English translation). Come back when you're finished ...
The Watcher in the Shadows by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, translated by Lucia Graves
29 Jul, by in European, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Spanish, Translation, Young Adult Readers
The offer of a new job in a small resort town on the coast of Normandy allows the recently widowed Simone Sauvelle the chance for her and her two children to escape a poverty-stricken life in Paris. As the assistant to brilliant toymaker Lazarus Jann,...
pepita: Inoue meets Gaudí by Takehiko Inoue, translated by Emi Louie-Nishikawa
26 Jul, by in Adult Readers, Biography, Japanese, Memoir, Nonfiction, Translation, Young Adult Readers
A biography, a travel memoir, and a piece of art landed on my desk ...
The Servant by Fatima Sharafeddine, translated by Fatima Sharafeddine
24 Jul, by in Arab, Fiction, Lebanese, Middle Grade Readers, Translation, Young Adult Readers
At 15, Faten is uprooted from her village life to become a live-in servant to a wealthy family in Beirut, where violence from the ongoing Lebanese Civil War seems neverending. Her father's decision to pull her out of school, to indenture her away from all...
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
17 Jul, by in Adult Readers, Afghan, Afghan American, Audio, Fiction
Before this novel, Khaled Hosseini's third, even hit shelves on May 21, the world had already made it a bestseller; many months – more likely years – will pass before it fades from the international spotlight. Although I had the galley for months before, I kept it...
Ruby Lu, Star of the Show by Lenore Look, illustrated by Stef Choi
14 Jul, by in Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers
If Lenore Look’s East Coast leading man, the delightfully frank Alvin Ho, admits to being afraid of just about everything, his West Coast counterpart, wondergirl Ruby Lu, lets little slow her down. Regardless of their opposite fear factors, both of Look's bicoastal protagonists are multicultural heroes with close family ties...
Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist by Asumiko Nakamura, translated by Yoshito Hinton
12 Jul, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation
Important warnings first: this is definitely NOT a kiddie manga, so parents (!!) – be sure to keep this well out of reach from curious young 'uns. The word 'graphic' is especially relevant here, and is definitely not intended or appropriate for younger eyes. Creator Asumiko Nakamura's...
Maya’s Notebook by Isabel Allende, translated by Anne McLean
10 Jul, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Latina/o/x, Repost, South American, Translation
I've never seen, but have read about (no surprise) the international popularity of telenovelas, but I imagine that if this, Isabel Allende's latest novel, was transferred to the little screen, it would fit quite well in what seems to be a rather histrionic genre with...
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