Gave up. No joy, no fun at all. I very much enjoyed Barbara Enrehreich's [b:Nickel and Dimed|1869|Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting By in America|Barbara Ehrenreich|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1442378091s/1869.jpg|1840613] but this book was a different creature altogether.
Instead of reading about community celebrations, I felt like I was slogging through a textbook for a social history/psychology/anthropology class that was meant to teach the dangers of imposing a Western mindset on non-Western cultures.
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kerry rated Undeniable: 3 stars
kerry rated Confessions: 3 stars
Confessions by Kanae Minato
Her pupils killed her daughter. Now, she will have her revenge.
After an engagement that ended in tragedy, all …
kerry rated Don't look back: 3 stars
kerry rated Harbour Street: 4 stars
Harbour Street by Ann Cleeves
"The shouts and laughter of Christmas revelers break the muffled silence as Detective Joe Ashworth and his daughter Jessie are …
kerry rated The Commitments: 4 stars
The Commitments by Roddy Doyle (Barrytown)
Barrytown, Dublin has something to sing about. The Commitments are spreading the gospel of Soul. Ably managed by Jimmy Rabitte, …
kerry rated After Dark: 2 stars
After Dark by Haruki Murakami
In After Dark—a gripping novel of late night encounters—Murakami’s trademark humor and psychological insight are distilled with an extraordinary, harmonious …
kerry rated Unseen city: 4 stars
kerry rated The Last Camel Died at Noon: 2 stars
The Last Camel Died at Noon by Barbara Mertz (Amelia Peabody (6))
Bestselling author Peters brings back 19th-century Egyptologist Amelia Peabody and her entourage in a delicious caper that digs up mystery …
kerry rated The Last Camel Died at Noon: 2 stars
The Last Camel Died at Noon by Barbara Mertz (Amelia Peabody (6))
kerry rated Close your eyes, hold hands: 3 stars
Close your eyes, hold hands by Christopher A. Bohjalian
Six months ago, a nuclear plant in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom experienced a cataclysmic meltdown, and both of Emily's parents were …
kerry rated Kafka on the Shore: 5 stars
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home …
kerry rated Frog Music: 3 stars
Frog Music by Emma Donoghue
"Emma Donoghue's explosive new novel, based on an unsolved murder in 1876 San Francisco. Summer of 1876: San Francisco is …
kerry rated A Different Mirror: 4 stars
A Different Mirror by Ronald Takaki
Chronicles the history of America, from colonization to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, from a multicultural point of view.
kerry reviewed Dancing in the streets by Barbara Ehrenreich
"Cultural historian Ehrenreich explores a human impulse that has been so effectively suppressed that we …
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Gave up. No joy, no fun at all. I very much enjoyed Barbara Enrehreich's [b:Nickel and Dimed|1869|Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting By in America|Barbara Ehrenreich|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1442378091s/1869.jpg|1840613] but this book was a different creature altogether.
Instead of reading about community celebrations, I felt like I was slogging through a textbook for a social history/psychology/anthropology class that was meant to teach the dangers of imposing a Western mindset on non-Western cultures.