I'm so excited to post this review the very week of Shannon Young's book launch for The Olympics Beat: A Spectator's Memoir of Beijing (Kindle Edition, 2012). Young's e-book is the length of a novella, but packs in all the essential elements of a full-length travel memoir.As … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Temptress: The Scandalous Life of Alice de Janze and the Mysterious Death of Lord Erroll
It's not officially summer, but I can't say enough about a book I just finished. It's the perfect summer read.In The Temptress: The Scandalous Life of Alice de Janze and the Mysterious Death of Lord Erroll (St. Martins, 2010), Paul Spicer wrote a gripping narrative of the … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Walking the Tycoons’ Rope
It's been just under three weeks since I left Hong Kong, and I'm still in withdrawal. So this week I read Robert Wang's rags to riches memoir, Walking the Tycoons' Rope: How Ambition Drove a Poor Boy From Ningbo to Compete with the Richest Men of Hong Kong and Singapore … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Heritage Hiker’s Guide to Hong Kong
What better book to pick up after a magical four-day visit to Hong Kong than Pete Spurrier's The Heritage Hiker's Guide to Hong Kong (FormAsia, 2011). Yes, I read a Hong Kong guidebook after I returned to Chicago. But this isn't an ordinary guidebook.Spurrier mixes history … [Read more...]
Book of the week–River Dragon Sky
Last week I read a new China novel, River Dragon Sky (Signal 8 Press, 2012) by Justin Nicholes. Set on a college campus in Henan, Nicholes' book centers on five fascinating--and very realistic--characters:* Zhuan He--a female student who excels in English debate* Feng--a … [Read more...]
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