I read Nikita Lalwani's
Gifted a few weeks ago and was a bit at a loss right away for the right description of it. The main character is a gifted girl in Wales, the daughter of Indian immigrants. It reminded me a bit of Jhumpa Lahiri's
The Namesake (given the whole Indian-immigrants-trying-to-adjust-to-a-new-society thing) though I didn't like it as well. Not bad, just not as compelling a read.
Labels: books, fiction, immigrants, review
posted by kristin at 1:56 PM
I seem to be having a bit of a problem getting blogger to post properly. Hopefully I'll figure out what's wrong soon.
posted by kristin at 12:45 PM
Hooray for
ILL I'd been wanting to read
Paul Di Filippo's novel
Spondulix ever since reading the short story (of the same name) that it was based on in his collection
Strange Trades but could never bring myself to pay $50 for it. I got it from the library a few days ago and finished it last night. Good stuff. Set in Hoboken, NJ, the book features an ex-Olympic diver, ex-circus performer who creates an alternate form of money called Spondulix in a moment of desperation. You probably can't imagine where it goes from there.
Labels: fiction, review, sf
posted by kristin at 12:34 PM
I went to see
Jasper Fforde speak at
Third Place Books last night. He didn't read from
Thursday Next: First Among Sequels at all, but talked about writing, Welsh place names, and told some bad jokes. The best thing to hear is that there will be at least three more Thursday Next books.
There was a huge crowd but the signing tickets helped reduce the confusion a bit when it came to getting books signed. I read the first few chapters of the book while standing in line and then finished it last night. Definitely worth reading if you've read the earlier books.
posted by kristin at 11:57 AM 
