Currently Reading:
Sansei and Sensibility by Karen Tei YamashitaDate Started: March 5
Goodreads Summary:
In these buoyant and inventive stories, Yamashita transfers classic tales across boundaries and questions what an inheritance―familial, cultural, emotional, artistic―really means. In a California of the ’60s and ’70s, characters examine the contents of deceased relatives’ freezers, tape-record high-school locker-room chatter, or collect a community’s gossip while cleaning the teeth of its inhabitants. Mr. Darcy is the captain of the football team, Mansfield Park materializes in a suburb of L.A., bake sales replace balls, and station wagons, not horse-drawn carriages, are the preferred mode of transit. The stories of traversing class, race, and gender leap into our modern world with wit and humor.
The Trail of the Serpent by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Date Started: February 14
In these buoyant and inventive stories, Yamashita transfers classic tales across boundaries and questions what an inheritance―familial, cultural, emotional, artistic―really means. In a California of the ’60s and ’70s, characters examine the contents of deceased relatives’ freezers, tape-record high-school locker-room chatter, or collect a community’s gossip while cleaning the teeth of its inhabitants. Mr. Darcy is the captain of the football team, Mansfield Park materializes in a suburb of L.A., bake sales replace balls, and station wagons, not horse-drawn carriages, are the preferred mode of transit. The stories of traversing class, race, and gender leap into our modern world with wit and humor.
Little Thoughts: This is this month's book discussion selection for JASNA NJ's book discussion group. It's divided into 2 parts, part 1 is the normal short stories and part 2 is the Austen-inspired ones. I'm only a few stories into part 1 and I'm enjoying the writing style and I'm enjoying some of the stories.
Currently Listening:The Trail of the Serpent by Mary Elizabeth BraddonDate Started: February 14
Goodreads Summary:
The novel features Jabez North, a manipulative orphan who becomes a ruthless killer; Valerie de Cevennes, a stunning heiress who falls into North’s diabolical trap; and Mr. Peters, a mute detective who communicates his brilliant reasoning through sign language.
The novel features Jabez North, a manipulative orphan who becomes a ruthless killer; Valerie de Cevennes, a stunning heiress who falls into North’s diabolical trap; and Mr. Peters, a mute detective who communicates his brilliant reasoning through sign language.
Little Thoughts: Yea still don't know how I feel about this story. Still listening because I'm curious about how it's going to end, but if I was reading this, I'd have jumped to the end awhile ago just to be done with it.
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