Svetlana's Reads and Views

Name of book: Whisper of Death Author Name:  Christopher Pike ISBN:  0-671-69058-2 Publisher:  Archway Paperback, Simon and Schuster Type of book:  Young adult, horror, contemporary, science fiction Year it was published:  December 1991 Summary:  Roxanne and Pepper are a teenager couple with problems. They leave their small town for a weekend to try and solver them. They don’t really succeed, and when they return home they find their town empty. They call other towns. They find the whole world empty. But eventually they discover three other kids their age who are still alive in the town. They cannot imagine why the five of them seem to be the only ones left of the entire human race. They have only one thing in common. They were each directly or indirectly involved in the death of Betty Sue-the plain, shy girl who committed suicide only a short time ago. Betty Sue-the quiet, brilliant girl who wrote short stories about ...

Books that are awaiting Reviews: Gone with the Wind-Margaret Mitchell 'Till Morning Comes-Han Suyin The Promise-Chaim Potok Coyote Dream-Jessica Davis Stein Books that I decided to drop: Red and Black-Stendhal Books that I'm reading: The Secret life of the bees-Sue Monk Kidd First Wives Club-Olivia Goldsmith Louise de la Valliere- Alexandre Dumas Mysteries of Udolpho- Anne Radcliffe The Kitchen God's wife- Amy Tan The Chosen- Chaim Potok Books that I'm planning on reading: D'Artagnan Romaces- Alexandre Dumas 5. The man in the iron mask Dream of the Red Chamber-Xueqin Cao 1. The Golden Days 2. The Crab-flower club 3. The warning voice 4. The debt of tears 5. The dreamer wakes The chosen-Chaim Potok R.L. Stine Fear Street Saga and The Fear Street Saga The Hundred Secret Senses- Amy Tan

A Diamond in the Rough Name of Book:  The Foreign Student Author Name:  Susan Choi ISBN:  0-06-092927-8 Type of Book:  Adult, historical, 1940s?-1956, South, South Korea, Korean War, interracial relationship white female/asian male Year it was published in:  1999 Summary: Highly acclaimed by critics, The Foreign Student is the story of a young Korean man, scarred by war, and the deeply troubled daughter of a wealthy Southern American family. In 1955, a new student arrives at a small college in the Tennessee mountains. Chuck is shy, speaks English haltingly, and on the subject of his earlier life in Korea he will not speak at all. Then he meets Katherine, a beautiful and solitary young woman who, like Chuck, is haunted by some dark episode in her past. Without quite knowing why, these two outsiders are drawn together, each sensing in the other the possibility of salvation. Moving between the American South and South Korea, between...

 Chinese Fairytale Gone wrong Name of book:  The Joy Luck Club Author Name:  Amy Tan ISBN:  0-8041-0630-4 Publisher: Ballantine Books New York Type of book:  Originally an adult novel, now young adult-adult, fantasy china, historical, contemporary Year it was published:  October 1989 Summary:  Four mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's "saying" the stories. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Rather than sink into tragedy, they choose to gather to raise their spirits and money. "To despair was to wish back for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable." Forty years later the stories and history continue. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful,...

Books that are awaiting reviews: The Joy luck club-Amy Tan Whisper of Death-Christopher Pike Gone with the wind-Margaret Mitchell Foreign Student-Susan Choi 'Till Morning Comes-Han Suyin Coyote Dreams-Jessica Davis Stein The Promise-Chaim Potok Books I decided to drop Savage Conquest-Janelle Taylor Books I'm reading now: Mysteries of Udolpho-Ann Radcliffe Red and Black-Stendhal The First Wives' Club-Olivia Goldsmith Books I will be reading eventually: The Dream of the Red Chamber-Xueqin Cao 1. The Golden Dreams 2. The Crab Flower Club 3. The Warning Voice 4. The Debt of Tears 5. The Dreamer Wakes D'Artagnan Saga-Alexandre Dumas 4. Louise De la Valliere 5. The Man in the iron mask The Kitchen God's wife-Amy Tan The Hundred Secret Senses-Amy Tan The Chosen-Chaim Potok

Books that are awaiting reviews: Gone with the wind-Margaret Mitchell The Foreign Student-Susan Choi Whisper of Death-Christopher Pike 'Till Morning Comes-Han Suyin Coyote Dreams-Jessica Davis Stein The Joy luck club-Amy Tan Books I'm reading now: Red and Black-Stendhal Savage conquest-Janelle Taylor The First Wives club-Olivia Goldsmith The Mysteries of Udolpho-Ann Radcliffe Books I will be reading: (Not all at once) Dream of the red chamber Quintet-Xueqin Cao Louise de la valliere- Alexandre Dumas The man in the iron mask- Alexandre Dumas Kitchen God's wife- Amy Tan Hundred secret senses- Amy Tan

Books that need to be reviewed: Whisper of Death-Christopher Pike 'Till Morning Comes-Han Suyin The Joy luck club-Amy Tam The Promise-Chaim Potok Coyote Dream-Jessica Davis Stein The Foreign Student-Susan Choi Books that I'm reading: Savage Conquest-Janelle Taylor Gone with the wind-Margaret Mitchell Mysteries of Udolpho-Ann Radcliffe  First Wives Club-Olivia Goldsmith