Memoirs of a Geisha – Book + Movie Review
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden Summary: At the age of nine, Chiyo Sakamoto is taken from her home and sold to an okiya in Gion, Kyoto’s most prominent geisha district. She enters a world …
Tag: Laborious Literature
Swing Time – Book Review
Swing Time by Zadie Smith Summary: Two brown girls dream of being dancers, but only Tracey has talent. It’s a close but complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in their early twenties, never to be revisited, …
A Wrinkle in Time – Book + Movie Review
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle Summary: On a dark and stormy night, Meg Murry, her younger brother Charles Wallace, and their mother receive an unexpected visit by a disturbing stranger. Meg’s father mysteriously disappeared …
The Millionaire Next Door – Book Review
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko Summary: In the United States, most wealthy individuals don’t live in Beverly Hills or on Park Avenue. They live next …
The Book Thief – Book Review
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Summary: It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. Set …