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Eclectic Book Recommendations
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items Collection of my favorite books from inspirational women to Asian Sci Fi! A little Historic Fiction is sprinkled in and recommendations from friends. I like my books like I like my music…surprising and diverse!
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Inspirational Women
Sci Fi..The Stranger the Better!
Asian Fiction Just Hits Different!
Inspirational Women
Inspirational women in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Historic Fiction inspire me! Enjoy this collection of my favorites!
Lisa See is an awesome storyteller. She writes about the most amazing and inspirational women! This book is about the women in a village in China that tends the oldest tea trees in the world.
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane: A Novel by Lisa See, Paperback
This book was a fascinating study of the matriarchal society of Haenyeo(Sea Women) in theJeju region of South Korea. These women spend their lives free diving to incredible depths to fish. They work from a young age to expand their lungs for deeper a...
The Island of Sea Women: A Novel: See, Lisa
Oh the suspense! This book is about the role of women in the resistance during World War 2. They survive billeting Nazi Soldiers and continue the work by assisting allied airmen escape to the British embassy. Stories like these are tragically missin...
The Nightingale: A Novel - Hannah, Kristin: Books
Michelle Obama is a hero in my book! She has an engaging voice and made me feel like I was listening to a friend. Her Biography brings to life her story before becoming the First Lady. Her journey begins being gifted kid in Chicago and how her paren...
Becoming: Obama, Michelle - Books
Dr. Tiffany is an insightful guide as I “journey inward” in this book. It is full of inspiration with plenty of questions and space for my own reflections. I often feel so relieved to read that I am not alone in some of my most painful and shameful r...
The Journey Inward: Four Seasons Reflection
Sci Fi..The Stranger the Better!
This is my current read and I’m only halfway through but I had to share! This is a time travel novel with a heavy focus on characters. Early in the novel I began to feel like I was sitting in the cafe with this cast of characters. They each have a de...
Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Heartfelt Novel
I am a fan of many books on Barack Obama’s book lists. This book is no exception! It is an exploration of how an excellent story can impact people’s lives in different ways. The sci fi component is the presence of the same story in the past, presence...
Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel
This Dystopian Sci Fi Novel is about Klara, an artificial friend and her view from the shop window where she is “for sale”. It explores the weird world of Artificial Intelligence and whether they have a mind/soul of their own. I recently found out th...
Klara and the Sun: A GMA Book Club Pick
The Southern Reach Series has 4 books and each one is stranger than the next. Book 1, Annihilation was made into a movie that was a surprisingly good representation of the book considering how strange the story was!
This is the kind of Sci Fi series...
Annihilation: A Novel (10th Anniversary)
Asian Fiction Just Hits Different!
A historical glimpse into the life of Asian Americans in the 1930’s in San Francisco. Three women share their journeys as they navigate life in Chinatown and finding their place as Asian Americans. This is one of my first and favorite novels by Lisa...
China Dolls: A Novel: See, Lisa
Shanghai Girls and Dreams of Joy are two books in a series that you can’t miss! It showed the joys and struggles of immigration to American and the delicate balance of integration and keeping your culture alive for yourself and your ancestors.
Shanghai Girls: A Novel by Lisa See, Paperback
Shanghai Girls and Dreams of Joy are two books in a series that you can’t miss! It showed the joys and struggles of immigration to American and the delicate balance of integration and keeping your culture alive for yourself and your ancestors.
Barnes & Noble
Although I love most of Lisa See’s novels, they just don’t compare to the classic “The Good Earth”. Where Lisa See handles complicated topics with a delicate hand and hopeful perspective, Pearl S Buck is raw and gritty! It is the story of a farmer an...
The Good Earth (Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Pearl S. Buck, Paperback