Reading 'Embroideries' allows the privilege of eavesdropping upon a gathering of feisty, smart, experienced Iranian women as they gossip, challenge traditional gender roles, & 'talk shop' with honesty & excitement. So much insight & humor! And the perfect ending.
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Brilliant, bittersweet, captivating, funny, deep, & insightful, this collection of demons is worth dressing up for parade. Lynda Barry at her finest! She even closes with an unpretentious how-to of Chinese brush painting, encouraging you to grind your own inks to get your own demons onto any available page. Now if I could just capture some of my immigrant mom's half-crazed premonitions and stories as perfectly as Lynda depicts the Aswang, or recollect my dear friend's suicide the way Lynda sees those nectarines on the windowsill.
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Richly layered, beautifully wrought, achingly told, & perfectly realized, this is my favorite of Murakami's many masterpieces. It's far more ambitious & epic than most of his other tales. I also appreciated the historical details. A must read!!
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One of the best-written & most intelligent novels I've picked up in years, 'The Time Traveler's Wife' completely defied my expectations & left me aching to buy copies for everyone on my list, even the cynics & stoics. It's far deeper than sheer sentimentality, and far richer than a simple love story or metaphysical tale. I'm also a huge fan of Haruki Murakami, & I can easily see other Murakami fans (there are indeed many of us) also loving this one.
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Accompanying my intensive research into mDNA & matrilinealism in Austronesian societies, I read this book hoping to get a better overall picture of how maternal clan lines are traced. My highest hopes were surpassed. Sykes not only pioneered the field, he is an excellent writer, & he reveals his enthusiasms well. There's not a dry moment in the book. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed learning about the quite recent history of DNA analysis in archaeology. Like others, I wasn't too awed by the Eurocentrist aspect, but I sense that if Sykes had the time/space, he could have delved even deeper into the genetic history of all the continents. Fascinating & compelling!!
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Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
J T, February 24, 2007
Reading 'Embroideries' allows the privilege of eavesdropping upon a gathering of feisty, smart, experienced Iranian women as they gossip, challenge traditional gender roles, & 'talk shop' with honesty & excitement. So much insight & humor! And the perfect ending.(11 of 19 readers found this comment helpful)
One Hundred Demons by Lynda Barry
J T, February 24, 2007
Brilliant, bittersweet, captivating, funny, deep, & insightful, this collection of demons is worth dressing up for parade. Lynda Barry at her finest! She even closes with an unpretentious how-to of Chinese brush painting, encouraging you to grind your own inks to get your own demons onto any available page. Now if I could just capture some of my immigrant mom's half-crazed premonitions and stories as perfectly as Lynda depicts the Aswang, or recollect my dear friend's suicide the way Lynda sees those nectarines on the windowsill.(8 of 15 readers found this comment helpful)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
J T, February 24, 2007
Richly layered, beautifully wrought, achingly told, & perfectly realized, this is my favorite of Murakami's many masterpieces. It's far more ambitious & epic than most of his other tales. I also appreciated the historical details. A must read!!(14 of 24 readers found this comment helpful)
The Time Traveler's Wife (Harvest Book) by Audrey Niffenegger
J T, February 24, 2007
One of the best-written & most intelligent novels I've picked up in years, 'The Time Traveler's Wife' completely defied my expectations & left me aching to buy copies for everyone on my list, even the cynics & stoics. It's far deeper than sheer sentimentality, and far richer than a simple love story or metaphysical tale. I'm also a huge fan of Haruki Murakami, & I can easily see other Murakami fans (there are indeed many of us) also loving this one.(19 of 36 readers found this comment helpful)
The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry by Bryan Sykes
J T, February 24, 2007
Accompanying my intensive research into mDNA & matrilinealism in Austronesian societies, I read this book hoping to get a better overall picture of how maternal clan lines are traced. My highest hopes were surpassed. Sykes not only pioneered the field, he is an excellent writer, & he reveals his enthusiasms well. There's not a dry moment in the book. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed learning about the quite recent history of DNA analysis in archaeology. Like others, I wasn't too awed by the Eurocentrist aspect, but I sense that if Sykes had the time/space, he could have delved even deeper into the genetic history of all the continents. Fascinating & compelling!!(10 of 18 readers found this comment helpful)
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