Monthly Archives: May 2009

50: The Fortune Cookie Chronicles by Jennifer 8. Lee

May 24, 2009 –

I’m glad I read this detailed and open-minded exploration of where our Chinese food comes from (both the recipes — many of which are all but unknown in China — and the people who cook, serve, and deliver it to us). I’ll never look at General Tso’s chicken the same way again.

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Deadbeat Blogger

May 21, 2009 –

I’ve been doing a lot lately. Not blogging, obviously, or any other kind of writing (unless you count addressing envelopes). Not reading. Not going out for dinners and drinks and movies. Not taking walks.
I have been intensely stressed out, mostly in the name of bridesmaid dresses and perfect invitation wording and the outrageous cost of [...]

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50: The Quiet Girl by Peter Hoeg

May 3, 2009 –

This book was interesting (with philosophy, magical realism, truisms worth dogearing pages for), very exciting (with fight scenes, earthquakes), and funny (with dry humor that usually caught me off guard), but it didn’t draw me in very deeply — I think because I couldn’t see enough of myself in the characters.

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