Book 29: Things I've Been Silent About

For my 29th book I am reading 'Things I've Been Silent About' by Azar Nafisi. I don't really know too much about this book, but a friend of mine told me it's one of her favorite books. This is a personal memoir of Nafisi growing up in Iran and dealing with family secrets and political revolution. From the very long description in the cover, it sounds like this book will be very sad, but very interesting as well.

Book 28: Life of Pi

Today I am going to start reading 'Life of Pi' by Yann Martel. This is a story of a 16 yr old boy who is traveling with his family and their zoo animals from India to North America. The ship sinks and Pi is left in a lifeboat with a tiger. He has to rely on his faith in God to keep himself alive after the tiger eats all the other animals.
Levi read this book last year and really enjoyed it. He said it doesn't really have an Asian base, besides the boy and his family being from India. He said that it is more of a story of survival and trusting your faith. I hope I enjoy it as much as he did.

Book #27: Out

For the 2nd book in my Asian theme I am going to read 'Out' by Natsuo Kirino. This book was the winner of Japan's Top Mystery Award. I really love Asian literature and mysteries, so I really hope to like this book. It's the story of a young mother who strangles her husband and then seeks help from her co-workers to get rid of his body and cover up the crime she committed.

Book 26: Rooftops of Tehran

Book #26 for me will be 'Rooftops of Tehran' by Mahbod Seraji. This will be my first book in the Asian Literature quarterly theme. This is the story of a teenager named Pasha who is in love with his neighbor, who is "engaged" to another man. After reading some other books about Persian culture I think it will be interesting to read something told through the viewpoint of a teenager.

Asian Culture

Tomorrow I will be starting the Asian Culture theme. I am really excited to dedicating 3 months to this topic. I'm already an Amy Tan fan, so I'm looking forward to seeing what other authors are out there.

Book 25: The Bean Trees

I started 'The Bean Trees' by Barbara Kingsolver last Thursday or Friday, lost track of time while on vacation. I'm only about 3 chapters into the book, but so far I am really liking it. This is the story behind 'Pigs in Heaven' that tells us why Taylor decided to move out west and how she came to receive Turtle. I am really interested to learn more about the relationship between Taylor and Turtle.