If Today Be Sweet

If Today Be Sweet is Thrity Umrigar at her best. The main character, Tehmina, is surrounded with vividly drawn characters that are fresh yet familiar enough to ring true. Ms Umrigar portrays the deep divisions between everyday life in India and America without becoming heavy handed. Even the most emotionally charged moments are subtle. If Today Be Sweet is sublime reading. Definitely one of my personal ten best books of the year.

March 2007 Reads

In no particular order:

After The Wall: Confessions from an East German Childhood and the Life that Came Next by Jana Hensel
Fiction, 180 pgs., 3.5/5

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Memoir, 188 pgs., 5/5

If Today Be Sweet by Thrity Umrigar
Fiction, 296 pgs., 5/5

Chore Whore: Adventures of a Celebrity Personal Assistant by Heather H. Howard
Fiction, 304 pgs., 3.5/5

Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett
Historical Fiction, 432 pgs., 4/5

The Protector's War by S.M. Stirling
Fantasy, 608 pgs., 3.5/5

Current reads are:
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe (British Classics group)
American Gods by Neil Gaiman (TBR Challenge)
The Book of Saladin by Tariq Ali (Historical Favorites)

February 2007 Reads

In no particular order:

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte (British Classics group)
Fiction, 311 pgs., 3/5

Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy by Kevin Bales
Non-fiction, 290 pgs., 4.5/5

The Bride Finder by Susan Caroll
Romance/Fantasy, 416 pgs., 3/5

The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad by Fareed Zakaria (TBR Challenge Alternate)
Non-fiction, 290 pgs, 4/5

It's been a slow reading month here. I have yet to finish Shogun.

Current reads are:
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe (British Classics group)
After The Wall: Confessions of an East German Childhood and the Life that Came Next by Jana Hensel