
To liven things up a bit for myself, I'm going to change the way I do Friday Finds. Typically, I put up three finds. I'll still be putting up 3 finds, but with one of them highlighted, which will be the book I would read if I had to choose among the 3.
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I only just saw this book a while back. But after reading the description and the review by Niranjana @ Brown Paper (whose blog, by the way, is really awesome so you should be checking it out!), I just had to add it to my wishlist. In so many ways, this book reminds me of Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman that I read in May. Both have protagonists who are rebels in their time and place. And yet what they actually do can be termed as normal. Moreover, this book is set in the very political and volatile Indian environment, where actors are worshipped and their deaths mourned by strikes, protests and violence.
Twelve-year-old Hari tries to make sense of his tumultuous and complex world in 1980s India. His experiment at eating fish leads to the accidental death of his grandmother; his preference for Hindi over his mother tongue Tamil leads to slanderous graffiti against his family in Madras; and his friendship with the family maid lands him in trouble with a militant Tamil film fan and political functionary called Vishu. |
The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter
Would you even pick this book off a shelf by its name? I look at the stack away from anything with finance in it. If Nadia @ A Bookish Way of Life hadn't recommended this one, I may never have considered it!
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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
I had never heard of this one! But then, thanks to BBAW, I did! Yesterday's topic was about a book you wished received more attention! Heather @ Age 30+... A Lifetime of Books suggested this one.
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7 comments:
The Strike sounds like one for me; GREAT FIND!
Neat idea, to still show all, but only highlight the one you'd pick over all the others to read first. :D I like it!
~MizB
They all look good to me, especially The Strike. I think yesterday's BBAW posts were dangerous to everyone's wish lists.
Cool finds. I love the way your playing with layouts too :)
I like that idea Aths, I have to say the one's I feature I have added to my Wishlist but some go high on the TBR list.
My Friday Finds
http://teawithmarce.blogspot.com/2010/09/friday-finds-paranormal-horror.html
MizB, Juju, and Marce, thanks so much! I think I'll love doing this too!
Kathy, oh yeah, my TBR just bloated!
Thanks for the link love, Aths! And glad to see you getting the word out about this book.
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