Svetlana's Reads and Views

Due to scholastic reasons I will not read or post reviews for the time being. Once school will be over I will start doing it again. Sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused.

Books I've read so far 1/13/11: The Funny Guy-G Hogarth, 1955 1/17/11: Nothing's Fair in 5th grade- Barthe DeClements, 1981 1/18/11: The Hundred Dresses- Eleanor Estes, 1944 1/18/11: The hot and cold summer- Johanna Hurwitz, 1984 1/19/11: Ready-made family- Frances Salomon Murphy, 1953 1/20/11: Be careful what you wish for- R.L. Stine 1993 1/20/11: Alice in wonderland- Lewis Carroll, 1865 1/21/11: Alice through looking glass- Lewis Carroll, 1865 1/23/11: The Magic tunnel- Caroline Emerson 1940 1/25/11: The pizza puzzle- Susan Beth Pfeffer, 1996 1/25/11: Fables- Arnold Babel, 1980 1/25/11: Number the stars- Lois Lowry, 1989 1/26/11: The boys start the war- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 1993 1/28/11: The girls get even- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 1993 1/30/11: Sweet Valley Twins Superchillers The Christmas Ghost-Francine Pascal, 1989 1/30/11 Sweet Valley Twins Superchillers The ghost in the graveyard-Francine Pascal 1990 2/1/11: Sweet Valley Twins Superchillers The carniv...

Books I'm Reading: The Russian Saga-Kate Furnivall 1. The Jewel of St Petersburg 79/250 The EarthSong Trilogy-Mary Mackey 3. The Fires of Spring 95/378 The Story of the Stone-Xueqin Cao 1. The Golden Days 431/525 The Elven Nations Trilogy- Paul Thompson, Douglas Niles, Tonya Carter 1. Firstborn 51/305 D'Artagnan Romances-Alexandre Dumas 4. Louise De la Valliere 346/671 Sisters of the Black Moon- FJ Pesando 288/414 The Decameron- Giovanni Boccaccio 169/833 The Moonstone- Wilkie Collins 76/434  Books that are waiting for reviews: Tigress Sextet-Jade Lee (Will not get or read Desperate Tigress and Corned Tigress) 6. Tempted Tigress Earthsong Trilogy-Mary Mackey 1. The year the horses came 2. Horses at the gate The Chosen-Chaim Potok The Promise-Chaim Potok Tell me your secrets-Cara Summers Coyote Dreams-Jessica Davis Stein The Secret Life of the bees-Sue Monk Kidd 'Till Morning Comes-Han Suyin North China Lover-Marguerite Duras The Mysteries of Udolp...

Name of book: The Kitchen God's Wife Author Name: Amy Tan ISBN: 0-8041-0753-X Publisher: Ballantine Books Type of book: Young adult? (Not sure if schools use this book for curriculum) Adult, fantasy China, historical, modern Year it was published: 1991 Summary: From amazon: " Fans of Tan's Joy Luck Club (Putnam, 1989) will love her powerful second novel. Here she creates an absorbing story about the lives of a Chinese mother and her adult American-born daughter. Pressured to reveal to the young woman her secret past in war-torn China in the 1940s, Winnie weaves an unbelievable account of a childhood of loneliness and abandonment and a young adulthood marred by a nightmarish arranged marriage. Winnie survives her many ordeals because of the friendship and strength of her female friends, the love of her second husband, and her own steadfast courage and endurance. At the conclusion, her secrets are uncovered and she shares a trust/love relationship with her...

Books I'm reading: The Russian Saga-Kate Furnivall 1. The Jewel of St. Petersburg 79/250 The Earthsong Trilogy-Mary Mackey 3. The Fires of Spring 80/378 The Story of the Stone- Xueqin Cao 1. The Golden Days 414/525 The Elven Nations Trilogy- Paul Thompson, Tonya Carter, Douglas Niles 1. Firstborn 39/305 D'Artagnan Romances-Alexandre Dumas 4. Louise De la Valliere 338/671 The Decameron-Boccaccio 169/833 The Moonstone-Wilkie Collins 66/434 Sisters of the black moon-F.J Pesando 34/414 Books that are waiting for reviews: Tigress Sextet-Jade Lee (Will not get or read Desperate Tigress and Corned Tigress ) 6. Tempted Tigress Earthsong Trilogy-Mary Mackey 1. The year the horses came 2. Horses at the gate The Chosen-Chaim Potok The Promise-Chaim Potok Tell me your secrets-Cara Summers Coyote Dreams-Jessica Davis Stein The Secret Life of the bees-Sue Monk Kidd 'Till Morning Comes-Han Suyin North China Lover-Marguerite Duras The Mysteries of Udolpho- Ann R...

Name of book:   The Hundred Secret Senses Author Name:  Amy Tan ISBN:  0-8041-1109-X Publisher:  Ivy Books, Ballantine Books Type of Book:  Adult, fantasy-history china, contemporary Year it was published:  1995 Summary:   From amazon: "Olivia, the narrator of this story, was born to an American mother and a Chinese father. She meets her 18-year-old Chinese half sister, Kwan, for the first time shortly after their father's death. Kwan adores "Libby-ah" and tries to introduce her to her Chinese heritage through stories and memories. Olivia is embarrassed by her sibling, but finds as she matures that she has inadvertently absorbed much about Chinese superstitions, spirits, and reincarnation. Olivia explains, "My sister Kwan believes she has Yin eyes. She sees those who have died and now dwell in the World of Yin..." Now in her mid-30s, Olivia, a photographer, is still seeking a meaningful life. The climax of the story comes when she and her...

Name of the Book:  Jewels Author Name: Danielle Steel ISBN:   0-440-21422-X Publisher: Dell, Bantam Doubleday Dell Type of Book: Adult, historical Year it was published:   June 1993 Summary:  "On Sarah Whitfield's seventy-fifth birthday, memories take her back to New York in the 1930s. To a marriage that ends after a year, leaving Sarah shattered. A trip to Europe with her parents does little to raise her spirits, until she meets William, Duke of Whitfield. In time, despite her qualms, William insists on giving up his distant right to the British throne to make Sarah his duchess and his wife. "On their honeymoon, the newlyweds buy an old French chateau, but not long after, the war begins. William joins the allied forces, leaving Sarah, their first child, an infant, and their second child on the way, in France. Sarah survives the terror of the Occupation, unwavering in her belief that her missing-in-action husband is still alive. "After the war...