“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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2021 April Reads
Read more“Is the spring coming?” he said. “What is it like?”… “It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine…” The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
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2021 January Reads
Read more“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice.” ― Four Quartets (T.S. Eliot)
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Review: Beartown (Fredrik Backman)
Read more“If you are honest, people may deceive you. Be honest anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfishness. Be kind anyway. All the good you do today will be forgotten by others tomorrow. Do good anyway.” ― Beartown (Fredrik Backman)
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Review: A Promised Land (Barack Obama)
Read more“To be known. To be heard. To have one’s unique identity recognized and seen as worthy. It was a universal human desire, I thought, as true for nations and peoples as it was for individuals.” ― A Promised Land (Barack Obama)
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Review: The Road Trip (Beth O’Leary)*
Read more“The fields are sun-kissed and yellow-bright on either side of the road. It’s the sort of day that tastes of crushed ice and suntan lotion, ripe strawberries, the sweet head rush of too many gin and tonics.” – The Road Trip (Beth O’Leary)
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2020 Reading Challenge – What I Read in November
Read moreNovember comes And November goes, With the last red berries And the first white snows. – Clyde Watson
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Author Interview: Lauren Ho
Read more“Most Chinese parents, no matter where they are in the world, want their kids to bring home a mate of: * Chinese ethnicity (trade-offs are tolerated in some families, but rare–however, likelihood of acceptance increases inversely the longer the errant offspring in question remains single). * High earning capacity and/or wealth: MD or similar (Lawyer, Investment Banker, Consultant”). Otherwise, being rich and successful entrepreneur is also acceptable; legit royalty is, of course welcome.” ― Last Tang Standing (Lauren Ho)
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