S. Krishna is hosting the South Asian Author Challenge. And since I have enough books already on my shelves to do this, I’m joining in. I’m only committing to the lowest level, though – 3 books.
My list of possibilities:
The Space Between Us, Thrity Umrigar
The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
An Equal Music, Vikram Seth
Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri
Brick Lane, Monica Ali
My name is softdrink. Or fizzybeverage. If you're feeling formal, you can call me Jill. But if you hang out long enough, you'll discover I'm not all that formal.
I live on the Central Coast of California with my boyfriend of 18 years (yes, that makes me feel old and no, we're not getting married), hamburger. Get it...hamburger and softdrink? Aw, come on, admit it, you have a cutesy name, too.
My favorite things are books and travel. So that is mostly what I write about. The rest of it is just crap.
In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. ~S.I. Hayakawa
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
~St. Augustine
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
~Mark Twain
Good luck with the challenge!
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I am joining too!
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The Space Between Us IS AMAZING!!! All of Lahari’s books are great as well; (Namesake is a favorite) enjoy
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Here’s my two cents, loved The God of Small Things, Interpreter of Maladies, liked An Equal Music, wasn’t as impressed by Brick Lane. Also loved Lahiri’s The Namesake. You really can’t go wrong with you list, I think
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Ooh, good list! I have many of those on my “want to read at some point” lists, but I just haven’t brought them down off the shelves yet. Some day!
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Good going!! I’m in this too, but I haven’t yet written up my announcement post.
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I definitely recommend Fan Wu’s Beautiful as Yesterday to anyone doing this challenge.
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