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The Ever After of Ashwin Rao by Padma Viswanathan [in Christian Science Monitor]

15 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, South Asian American

The Ever After of Ashwin Rao explores grief that lingers long after the bombing of an airliner Two weeks short of the 19th anniversary of the bombing of Air India Flight 182 – which disintegrated off the Irish coast on June 23,1985 – psychologist Ashwin Rao...

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Crystal Chan’s Bird

12 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Black/African American, Caribbean American, Chinese American, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Latina/o/x, Middle Grade Readers, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2015, Young Adult Readers

The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud, translated by John Cullen [in Christian Science Monitor]

04 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, African, Arab, European, Fiction, French, Repost, Translation

The Meursault Investigation cleverly builds on The Stranger by Camus In a New Yorker interview this March, Algerian journalist Kamel Daoud spoke of reading the iconic 1942 classic, The Stranger by Albert Camus – in which a man arbitrarily commits murder and is tried and sentenced...

Ink and Ashes by Valynne Maetani + Author Interview [in Bloom]

03 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Having lived most of my life in cities, being temporarily stuck in a small ski resort town in the Wild West has been quite the challenge. Whenever I leave Dodge, I seem to take a good percentage of the diversity with me. When – shall...

The Taliban Cricket Club by Timeri N. Murari

14 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Afghan, Audio, Fiction, Indian, South Asian

What I know about cricket is not so much about how the game is actually played, but that it's a cultural phenomenon that can actually save lives. Two favorite Indian films come immediately to mind: Lagaan, which was Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in 2002,...

Three Souls by Janie Chang + Author Interview [in Bookslut]

04 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost

"We have three souls, or so I'd been told. But only in death could I confirm this." Thus begins Canadian author Janie Chang’s debut novel, Three Souls, in which a dead woman will learn about a life that ended too quickly, and how she might...

Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku and Won Ton and Chopstick: A Cat and Dog Tale Told in Haiku by Lee Wardlaw, illustrated by Eugene Yelchin

07 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Poetry

April is National Poetry Month: do you know where your verses are? If you're looking for entertaining true love set to 5/7/5 syllabic meter, you won't do better than this adorable twosome...

The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant

02 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Jewish

In real life, Linda Lavin (known to a certain generation as TV's Alice, also known to others for her almost-half-century of on-stage success) isn't quite as old as the titular Boston Girl, but she absolutely epitomizes the ideal narrator here. The year is 1985, and...

Salsa: Un poema para cocinar | A Cooking Poem by Jorge Argueta, illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh

25 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Bilingual, Children/Picture Books, Latin American, Latina/o/x, Poetry

Some of us should probably stay out of the kitchen – "cooking is not one of your strong points," Eldest remarked gravely the other day after the rice fell and the chicken was way too dry (and we had guests, egads!). To avoid such culinary disappointments,...

I Was Here by Gayle Forman

24 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Fiction, Latina/o/x, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

As the story begins, the titular 'I' is dead. That's actually not a spoiler – "The day after Meg died ...

Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home by Laura Ling and Lisa Ling

17 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Chinese American, Korean, Korean American, Memoir, Nonfiction, North Korean

Headlines in 2009 put Laura Ling and Euna Lee on screens and print around the world. 'American journalists held captive in North Korea' was certainly not a common occurrence. While filming footage for a documentary on North Korean defectors in March 2009, three colleagues from...

With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 by Andrea Davis Pinkney

28 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Black/African American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

On the morning of her 12th birthday, Dawnie Rae Johnson – named for the new day rising when she was born – wakes to find a surprise under her pillow: a diary made by her 8-year-old brother Goober. The year will turn out to be crucial, not...

Ruby by Cynthia Bond

24 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Black/African American, Fiction

How surprised was I to hear earlier this month that Oprah's latest Book Club 2.0 pick just happened to be on my iPod! I suppose the fact that I always have no fewer than a couple dozen books on my phone at all times makes...

The Story Hour by Thrity Umrigar + Author Profile [in Bloom]

23 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Author Interview/Profile, Black/African American, Fiction, Indian American, Repost, South Asian American

Thrity Umrigar: “It’s a good time to be a writer” Perhaps I shouldn’t admit so blatantly to literary-personality preferences, but I must confess here: Thrity Umrigar is my very favorite person to run into at (dreaded) literary conferences. I know from experience how irreverently entertaining she can...

The Accidental Apprentice by Vikas Swarup

09 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Indian, South Asian

Trust me, you're just going to have to go with the impossible premise right up front. If you need a little help, you can choose to go audible, because expert narrator Sneha Mathan will surely help you believe. Go ahead, check your doubts: you'll be amply rewarded by career diplomat...

The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan by Jenny Nordberg

08 Jan, by SIBookDragon 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: "...

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 SIBookDragon 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...

Ninja! by Arree Chung

31 Dec, by SIBookDragon 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 ...

A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev

29 Dec, by SIBookDragon 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...

The Lake Shore Limited by Sue Miller

21 Dec, by SIBookDragon 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...

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