What's Going On Here?

There are SO MANY wonderful book review blogs out there and I can't compete with them, that is for sure. So this is not a book review blog. This is just a way for me to organize what I have read so that I can be better at matching the right book to the right person. The blog title comes from the brilliant mind of the most talented woman who ever lived, Ms. Judy Garland. The full quote is, "Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else." That is what I hope to do here and in ever aspect of my life.

Friday, January 18, 2013

Another Great Book from Grace Lin

Again, not surprising at all, as Grace Lin is such a wonderful writer.  Starry River of the Sky is a companion book to Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, so I kinda figured that I would really enjoy it, and I did.  This one has a male main character, Rendi, who has run away from home and has found himself in a little village where the moon never shines.  Once again, Lin takes stories from Chinese tradition and puts a new twist on them, while weaving them inside a new story of her own.  She is seriously creative.  Just a beautiful writer.  Reading her books has given me a whole new insight into Chinese culture.  Great stuff. 

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