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(2013-04-05 20:06:21)
外婆是小脚。脚小手小眼细心细。外婆总是穿斜襟布裳，抿着齐耳短发，到了八十岁，还是黑白掺半的花发。外婆做得一手好菜，传母亲，母亲传姐姐。外婆一生不改乡音，到上海，到常州，总是一口无锡话。外公外婆都是出身无锡石塘湾的小户人家，父母包办的婚姻，也白头到了老，同年同穴。外公给一家五金店做帐房先生。做久了，也懂了一些道道，加上外婆非常节俭，[阅读全文]
(2013-04-04 20:19:10)
Title：RunningintheFamily
Author:Ondaatje,Michael(1943-)
London:BloomsburyPublishingLtd.,1992,c1983
242p
Readby:10/22/2012,borrowedfromMelloan
Genre:Memoire
Iamgoingonmyfourthbooksofhis.
IlikethisbookmorethanTheEnglishPatient.KeepthispocketsizebookinmyhandbageverywhereIwent:Office,shoppingrides,avacationtrip,pitstops…Anaccountofthefamilydramaespeciallyofhisfa...[阅读全文]
(2013-04-04 20:04:27)
Title:TheEnglishPatient
Author:Ondaatje,Michael(1943-)
Toronto:McClellandandStewart,1992
320p(hardback,firstedition)
Readby:09/10/2012,mycollection
Genre:Fiction
Greatwriting!Iwoulddefinitelyhavemissedthebookhadnotforthemovie.Ontheflipside,Idespisethemovieafterreadingthebook.However,withoutthelatter,readerslikemewouldlosethistreasure.Thelesserversionofthiscreationonlycontra...[阅读全文]
(2013-04-04 19:55:23)
Title:TheGreatFire
Author:Hazzard,Shirley(1931-)
NewYork:Farrar,StrausandGiroux,2003
326p(paperback)
Readby:08/20/2012,mycollection
Genre:Fiction
Despitethecritiqueacclaims,Iwouldofferthebookadjectivescopiedfromotherreaders’reviews:Obliqueandesotericstyle,archaicwording,tepidlovestory,thinanddullcharacters.IwishIcouldgivefiveorfourstarstothebook.AfterreadingJunotDiaz,Imean...[阅读全文]
(2013-04-01 20:12:48)
Title:The13½LivesofCaptainBluebear
Author:Moers,Walter(1957-)
TranslatedbyJohnBrownjohnfromGerman
Woodstock:OverlookPress,2005
Translationoriginallypublished:London:Secker&Warburg,2000
702p.:ill.,maps;24cm
Readby:07/24/2012,DD’scollection
Genre:Fantasy
Afantasynovel,extensivelycreative,thisbookoffersgreatstories.Theauthor’simaginationisasunlimitedasthes...[阅读全文]
(2013-04-01 20:03:47)
Title:TheCuriousIncidentoftheDogintheNight-Time
Author:Haddon,Mark(1962-)
NewYork:Doubleday,2003
226p.
Readby:06/1/2012,borrowedfromWBPL
Genre:Fiction
Christopherhadabrainlikeacomputer:Herecordedeveryscenesincehewas4andcouldrewindandplaybacktheexactdetails.Hecalleditsoundtrack,plussmelltrack,pluspatterntrack.Hehadtheabilitytocaptureallinformationatonceandassociatethemandarr...[阅读全文]
(2013-04-01 19:55:17)
Title:ALessonBeforeDying
Author:Gaines,ErnestJ.(1933-)
NewYork:A.A.Knopf,1993
256p,;23cm
Readby:05/14/2010,borrowedfromWBPL,latergotinmycollection
Genre:Fiction
Thisnovelisaclassic!Itisshortandsimpleinplot,butveryemotionallyintense.Ihardlyagreewithotherreviewsandsomepopularnotes.Thisbookisnotaboutracismbetweentheblackandwhitedominatedsocieties,itismoreaboutthestrugglesbetwe...[阅读全文]
(2013-04-01 19:39:58)
Title:AConciseChinese-EnglishDictionaryforLovers
Author:Guo,Xiaolu(1973-)
NewYork:NanA.Talese/Doubleday,2007
283p.
Readby:10/09/2011,borrowedfromWBPL
Genre:Fiction
Thisisaboutcultureclash,buttargetedonwesternreaders,aboutChineseviewonEuropean(moreexactly,UK)ritualsandlanguagesaswellasintroducingChineseways,inevitably.Sonothingisnewtome,theonlyattractionwastheuseofmatter-of-...[阅读全文]
(2013-03-31 21:24:10)
Title：TheLittleBee
Author:Cleave,Chris(1973-)
NewYork:Simon&SchusterPaperbacks,2010,c2008
271p.;22cm
Readby:06/17/2011,borrowedfromWBPL,laterinmycollection
Genre:Fiction
Excellent!ThiscouldbethewritingstyleIhavebeenseekingformyself:Simpleandsophisticated.NarrationfromSarah’sperspectivehadalotanalog,usingathingforaseeingorsituation.Readerscanunderstandandconnecttoit.Am...[阅读全文]
(2013-03-31 21:17:21)
Title:PeopleoftheBook
Author:Brooks,Geraldine(1955-)
NewYork:Viking,2008
372p.:24cm(Hardcover)
Readby:02/10/2011,BorrowedfromtheWBPL
Genre:Fiction
Veryattractivestories,andsmartlywritten–thisisabookofshortstorycollectionwovenbythelineofthefictitioushistoryofthebookSarajevoHaggadah(Igoogledquitealotonthesubjectafterthereading).IenjoyedtheaccountofmedievalhistoryandtheJewish...[阅读全文]
