Jorie’s Top Ten Favorite Book Covers

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top ten favorite covers of books i’ve read

(Thank you, LibraryThing, for the cover images!)

National Asian Pacific American Heritage Month – Jhumpa Lahiri

Jhumpa Lahiri | Goodreads

This post is part of a feature at Jorie’s Reads called “Celebrating Asian – Pacific American Authors! that Candice P. of WarmCuppaTea and I are doing this May.

My first memory of Jhumpa Lahiri was of the author talking about her new novel The Namesake with TV hostess Martha Stewart back in 2003. Lahiri’s description of Bengali immigrants having a son in Boston compelled me to request this book at HCPL. When her novel arrived, I could hardly put it down to eat or sleep.

According to the Gale Literary Database, Lahiri:

Born 1967, in London, England; daughter of a librarian and a teacher; married Alberto Vourvoulias (a journalist), January 15, 2001; children: two. Education: Barnard College, B.A.; Boston University, M.A. (English), M.A. (creative writing), M.A. (comparative literature and the arts), Ph.D. Addresses: Home: New York, NY.

As I’m not a big fan of short stories, I held off on reading her other books for years. Nonetheless, I gave in and was pleased with both of these collections. My only complaint was that I wanted to know more about these characters.

So, why am I making such a fuss? These characters, most of them of Bengali descent, are so different from me but I can identify with them. That’s Lahiri’s magic. Just give her a try and you’ll be mesmerized as well.

For Candice’s profile on Tite Kubo, check out her post “National Asian Pacific American Heritage Month – Tite Kubo – Creator of Bleach“.

 

The Sunday Post ~ sharing blog news and book haul ~ Jorie’s 35th Edition

Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer: The Sunday Gazette

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer.
~this meme was inspired in part by ~ In My Mailbox~

It’s a chance to share News.

A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog.

This is your news post, so personalize it! Include as much as you want or as little.
Be creative, it can be a vlog or just a showcase of your goodies.

Anyone can participate as long as you:

This is your news post, so personalize it! Include as much as you want or as little.
Be creative, it can be a vlog or just a showcase of your goodies.

Anyone can participate as long as you:

Enter your link on my post - Sundays beginning at 12:01 am (CST) (link will be open all week)

Link back to this post or this blog

(The wrist is doing better and I even posted 5 times last week! Recently, I’ve changed the name of the blog’s name to Jorie’s Reads by Starry Night Elf. @StarryNightElf is me on Twitter ) 

Last week on Jorie’s Reads, I:

• Reviewed Libba Bray’s The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle #3) 
• Participated in The Broke and the Bookish’s Top Ten Tuesday - Jorie’s Top Ten Books Dealing With Tough Subjects | Jorie’s Reads by Starry Night Elf
  
• Posted another Wordless Wednesday Pick!
• Started a Recognition of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with Candice P. of WarmCuppaTea
• Shared a teaser of a pending Seeing the Story
• Finished reading: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Isaiah, and Jude Deveraux’s Secrets

This week, I hope to:

• Post my 35^th edition of The Sunday Post
• Participate in the Broke and the Bookish’s Top Ten Tuesday - Top Ten Favorite Book Covers Of Books I’ve Read
• Post reviews
• Finish reading:  Jude Deveraux’s Lavender Morning

Around the Blogosphere:

• Thank you: Adriana C. and MissMelvis for your comments. MissMelvis, thank you for nominating me for the Liebster Award.
• Candice P., thank you for dreaming up and celebrating Asian Pacific American Authors with me.

My Book Haul:

• Holy Bible: Archaeological Study Bible-NIV: An Illustrated Walk Through Biblical History and Culture 
• Lee Strobel’s The Case for Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus 
• Jude Deveraux’s Lavender Morning
• Zondervan’s The Bible in 90 Days: Cover to Cover in 12 Pages a Day (The Bible in 90 Days) (Week Eight)
• Mary Lou Darst’s War Ready: In My Father’s Shadow 

Seeing the Story – Coming to Jorie’s Reads Soon

The Great Gatsby | IMDB

Celebrating Asian – Pacific American Authors!

Asian Characters | morgueFile Free photos 

As the U.S. Government sees it,

May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month – a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. A rather broad term, Asian-Pacific encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Marianas, Guam, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia) and Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, French Polynesia and Easter Island).

So, why not recognize a few of my favorite authors of this heritage? So, coming soon, Jorie’s Reads will share profiles on:

1. Jhumpa Lahiri
2. Amy Tan
3. Jamie Ford

Who are your favorites?

Wordless Wednesday – 05/15

Jorie’s Top Ten Books Dealing With Tough Subjects

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kelly’s top ten books dealing with tough subjects

1. Jodi Picoult’s Nineteen Minutes 
2. Stephen King’s Carrie 
3. Kim Edwards’ The Memory Keeper’s Daughter 
4. John Howard Griffin’s Black Like Me 
5. Sarah Dessen’s Dreamland (Abuse)
6. Elie Wiesel’s Night 
7. Isabel Allende’s The Island Beneath the Sea 
8. Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower 
9. Alice Hoffman’s At Risk 
10. Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex