A teen graphic novel memoir about a Korean-born, non-English-speaking girl who is abruptly transplanted from Seoul to Huntsville, Alabama, and struggles with extreme culture shock and isolation, until she discovers her passion for comic arts
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pickWhat a fascinating, grotesque family and relationship. De Courcy handles this woman very deftly and, I believe, pretty honestly. I wish she would‘ve delved a little deeper into the Diana/ Mosley relationship and attempted to explain why on earth Diana found him so amazing, but perhaps that‘s unfathomable.
Thanks for the tag, @rubyslippersreads , even if I‘m very, very late to the #AlphabetGame. 🤦🏻♀️
#LetterA has to be this wonderful autobiography. Ava spoke so honestly and had quite a wry sense of humor. This is also the book that started my obsession for reading celebrity memoirs.
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I am determined to get to the tagged book this month, it has been on my shelf for a couple of years now.
#bookspinbingo clean board for August!
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pickI won‘t lie - I‘m a Frida fan girl through and through. And this book just made me fall in love with her all the more. It‘s so raw and honest, I loved that the biographer relied on letters and direct conversations to convey Frida‘s story, because that‘s how she would have wanted to be remembered (I imagine). Frida was such a beautiful, strong, phenomenal woman. It was a true pleasure getting to know this icon up close.
panSorry to say I found my latest Modern Classics Challenge book a disappointment. Lots of 4 and 5 star reviews on Goodreads, but it's not one I can recommend. The language is dated, and the book assumes more knowledge about Disraeli's career, and how British politics works, than I have. Maurois paints a clear picture of the man & what motivates and moves him, but I struggled to find a reason to care.
Full review: https://bit.ly/rvw-Disraeli
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Whew—there was a lot there! Starts as a biography of John Maynard Keynes and the development of his work and theories and their application in his lifetime, and then moves into his legacy and and impact of his work, and the evolution of different macroeconomic and political schools@of thought through the second half of the 20th century through the 2008 financial crisis. Really interesting, but dense! I‘m sure I missed a lot.
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I finished 6 books and my #bookspin (Ada by Nabokov) is still in progress. I have no bingo, but I'm happy with this month's reading. I liked each book, except for the continuation of The Watsons.
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pickA comprehensive biograghy of Andrew Jackson. It's a good read, but sometimes bogged down in details. 4 stars
