Tag: love

Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating manages to be light and romantic, while simultaneously dealing with the issues and perspective of a culture that rarely sees the light of day in Western storytelling. The dual-perspective plot follows two Bengali (one Indian, one Bangladeshi)...

Title: Dumplin’ Author: Julie Murphy Summary: Willowdean Dickson is waiting for that moment when her life will really start. Living in a small Texas town famous for it’s beauty pageant as a fat girl isn’t always easy, but Will knows that she is who...

Title: I’ll Give You the Sun Author: Jandy Nelson Summary: Vibrant, outgoing Jude and shy, artistic Noah are twins. They may not be identical, but they have been together forever. Despite petty jealousies over their parents’ affection, their mother’s ambition for both of them to attend a prestigious...

Title: The Swan Gondola Author: Timothy Schaffert  Publisher: Riverhead, 2014  Summary/Review: When I decided to read this book, I thought the subject was the 1898 Worlds Fair in Omaha Nebraska.  I also thought it was going to be similar to  “The Devil in the...

Title: Where The God of Love Hangs Out Author: Amy Bloom Publisher: Random House, January 2010 Summary: Amy Bloom’s new collection of short stories will make you laugh, cry, cringe and gasp and it is possible that you will feel all these emotions in...

Title: Her Majesty’s Dog Author: Mick Takeuchi Summary: Amane is by no means an ordinary school girl. She’s actually the heir to her psychic family who has run away. Her koma-oni Hyohei is also no regular transfer student. He’s a demon dog whose duty...