Children of Dust: A Memoir of Pakistan By Ali Eterez 2009 – Harper Collins Non-fiction, Memoir Have you ever read a work of fiction that was written so well, even if it took place in a future time or fantasy location, that you had to remind yourself that it was fiction and not real? Eterez’s [...]
Archive for the ‘Book Reviews’ Category
Children of Dust: A Memoir of Pakistan by Ali Eterez
October 11, 2010
The Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
September 21, 2010
The Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu 2007 – Jump at the Sun/Hyperian Books Fiction – young adult The Shadow Speaker is Okorafor’s second novel and the first book I’ve read by her. Although it was written and marketed specifically for young adults, it is an excellent read for adults as well. Set in West Africa [...]
Lady Q: The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen
September 10, 2010
Lady Q: The Rise & Fall of a Latin Queen – by Reymundo Sanchez and Sonia Rodriguez (non-fiction/biography) I was very interested in reading this book about a woman’s perspective on the gang life. My family affiliation was not with the Latin Kings and I myself was never in the gang, so I’ve always wondered [...]
To Honor God
March 14, 2009
To Honor God By Timothy Bowes The Othello Press, Ltd. “Between my soul and God stand my heart and my deeds.” So begins brother Tim’s book, and he frequently goes back to this, like a refrain, as ultimately it is the truth that we each must center. To Honor God is one of the most [...]
The Penderwicks
January 5, 2009
The Penderwicks By Jeanne Birdsall Yearling (Random House) – 2005 I ran across this book in the youth section while trying to find interesting books for my twelve-year-old son whose preference runs to dragons. There are no dragons in The Penderwicks, but I plan to read this one with him anyway, and I think he’ll [...]
The Jane Austen Book Club
December 28, 2008
I am now also writing reviews for Feminist Review, and my first for them is now up. It is for The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler. For Muslims it may be a little much, but it was a very interesting read and excellent writing. Please check out the review. Next month Feminist [...]
Women in Islam
December 5, 2008
Originally posted at the Writeous Sister Speaks blog on July 3, 2008. At the end I recommend another book as a better expenditure, and having now finished Early Sufi Women, I can stand by the recommendation. I recently finished reading Women in Islam: From Medievel to Modern Times by Wiebke Walther. It took me [...]
The Scar of David
December 5, 2008
Originally posted on the Writeous Sister Speaks blog on June 13, 2007. This remains one of my favorite books, and one that I have read a few times and still think is one of the most important novels ever written. This first novel by Palestinian author Susan Abulhawa is amazing. The Scar of David [...]
A Thousand Splendid Suns
December 5, 2008
Originally posted on the Writeous Sister Speaks blog on June 3, 2007. In December of that year, I took a hard look at my initial feelings about the novel. I re-read it and pondered some tough questions, and this led me to write another post on the novel. I have included that follow-up post in [...]
