As the Page Turns (the Book Thread)

[MacMadame]

I’ve started The Favorites and am enjoying it so far. You can tell the author did her research knowing what twizzles are and that the pewter medal exists. OTOH, I don’t think I’m going to like the main characters, with their messed-up Wuthering Heights relationship dynamics and heavy focus on chemistry and passion in ice dance while only having lackluster skating skills.

I checked it out from the library and then didn't get to it before my loan expired.

 

[On My Own]

Has anyone read Helen Oyeyemi's works?

 

[my little pony]

I'm reading The Gates to Women's Country by Sheri Tepper. I think I like it but the font is so small I keep having to put it down. I am one bad day away from hiring someone to read it to me.

 

[gkelly]

I just finished reading The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See. Fascinating look into the culture of women free divers on Jeju Island in Korea and the traumas that occurred there during during the Japanese occupation and in the post-WWII alliance of South Korea with the US, with a 21st century framing story that sparks the then-elderly narrator to look back at her life.

 

[On My Own]

I just finished reading The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See. Fascinating look into the culture of women free divers on Jeju Island in Korea and the traumas that occurred there during during the Japanese occupation and in the post-WWII alliance of South Korea with the US, with a 21st century framing story that sparks the then-elderly narrator to look back at her life.

Not the same topic, but if you liked learning about Jeju Island and the free divers, then you might enjoy the Korean Drama When Life Gives You Tangerines on Netflix. It was immensely acclaimed when it was released earlier this year.

 

[gkelly]

Yes, I started watching that a few months ago. Currently taking a break but now I intend to go back to watch the rest.

 

[On My Own]

And if people are interested in books about things like Japanese occupation of Asian regions, then I also recommend Taiwan Travelogue.