tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post6827438945382448228..comments2024-03-08T03:18:48.591-05:00Comments on Lotus Reads: Woman at Point Zero by Nawal al Saadawi; Shanghai Girls by Lisa See and Lions Head, Four Happiness by Xiaomei MartellLotus Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02081192215823615529noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-24121990459878700612010-02-10T22:36:00.301-05:002010-02-10T22:36:00.301-05:00これから家出したい人や現在家出している人達と、家出少女を救いたい人を繋げるSOS掲示板ですこれから家出したい人や現在家出している人達と、家出少女を救いたい人を繋げるSOS掲示板です家出http://top.gh117.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-8994543879025104162009-12-08T23:52:21.821-05:002009-12-08T23:52:21.821-05:00今迄は野外露出がマイナスイメージと囚われがちですが、実際は開放的な気分になり有名人のヌーディストが、...今迄は野外露出がマイナスイメージと囚われがちですが、実際は開放的な気分になり有名人のヌーディストが、オープンになる事を推奨してるぐらいです。このサイトをキッカケに知り合った娘達と野外で楽しみませんか野外露出http://www.yzwycl.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-31778354833275374042009-12-07T23:03:31.175-05:002009-12-07T23:03:31.175-05:00出会ぃも今は¥倶楽部!オンナがオトコを買う時代になりました。当サイトでは逆援希望の女性が男性を自由に...出会ぃも今は¥倶楽部!オンナがオトコを買う時代になりました。当サイトでは逆援希望の女性が男性を自由に選べるシステムを採用しています。経済的に成功を収めた女性ほど金銭面は豊かですが愛に飢えているのです。いますぐTOPページからどうぞ¥倶楽部http://dec.tjuufwa.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-69470690160406570782009-10-17T10:07:33.314-04:002009-10-17T10:07:33.314-04:00Thanks for an insightful review. I'm very curi...Thanks for an insightful review. I'm very curious about Lisa See, and this book also sounds interesting. I've read Jennifer Cody Epstein's The Painter from Shanghai a few months back and I loved the writing. Lisa See might be an author I'd love to read as well.Mark Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00191881042368314958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-78263681461494275062009-08-30T00:19:04.724-04:002009-08-30T00:19:04.724-04:00coming to your blog after a long time and see that...coming to your blog after a long time and see that i have a lot of catching up to do. i want to read all these books, lotus!!luluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13192392471288555657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-17611522552673543202009-08-29T11:17:49.995-04:002009-08-29T11:17:49.995-04:00Thank you for the response Lotus and your kind wor...Thank you for the response Lotus and your kind words. I don't get to read as much as I would like, but yes I do love books. I have missed commenting on your blog too, so you can imagine how wonderful it is to have not one but 4 reviews up here, each one a delight to read!<br />Thank you for telling me about Food-oir. You are so right about why they are popular.<br />I did not know that Angel island was so different than Ellis. I did know that the authorities did everything to not allow Chinese or Japanese immigrants in, but did not know the details till you enlightened me. Thanks!<br />Golden door is a nice movie, a bit long but hope you can catch it sometime. Enjoy your weekend friend.karmichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10973922761187532706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-50829037098939665092009-08-29T10:53:57.735-04:002009-08-29T10:53:57.735-04:00Hey again Sanj!
I've been meaning to get myse...Hey again Sanj!<br /><br />I've been meaning to get myself a copy of "Golden Door" ever since you first mentioned being quite taken with the movie. <br /><br />Angel Island was perhaps the complete opposite of Ellis Island. Listen to immigrant accounts and most will tell you what a welcoming place Ellis Island was for them. The main aim of immigration officials at Angel Island was to keep immigration seekers out so they grilled them to the point that most would break from exhaustion and nervousness and mix up facts which would give the immigration official a chance to send them back to where they came from (most were from China or Japan)<br /><br />I feel so fortunate to have people drop by my blog and to participate in these discussions...it's what keeps me wanting to share!<br /><br />Thanks again Sanj.Lotus Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02081192215823615529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-41923746413748802832009-08-29T10:47:17.803-04:002009-08-29T10:47:17.803-04:00Hey Sanj!
Have missed you! What a lover of book...Hey Sanj!<br /><br />Have missed you! What a lover of books you are...have missed your insightful comments and observations.<br /><br />Re. Food-oir, no I can't take credit for coining the phrase. I don't like it that much actually...only used it because it seemed so fitting for this particular book. Why are foodoirs so popular? I think it's because food probably impacts us more than any other tangible thing. Just the mere smell of some childhood food cooking brings back memories and feelings like nothing else, atleast, it does for me. So when I read a food-oir, even if I haven't quite tasted the food it helps me relate to the author and her story.<br /><br />Also, like you said, food tells you so much about a culture..how they live, what are the things that matter to them and so on.<br /><br />About "Woman At Point Zero"...it's true, without gender equality nothing can change. Again, because we see Firdous in so many women around the world this story has become almost timeless in its telling.Lotus Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02081192215823615529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-37778509585359909932009-08-29T09:56:48.102-04:002009-08-29T09:56:48.102-04:00I agree with you and disagree with the protagonist...I agree with you and disagree with the protagonist like you that stories of women are not interesting. <br />While it may be debatable as to why women make more interesting characters, I agree that they do. And reading this wonderful review I can see why! <br />I was intrigued by the interrogation games at Angel island. When you get a chance can you offer a thought on what they were, and what you felt about them. This was true in the early days of the immigration process.<br />Reminded me of the movie golden door where potential immigrants are forced to solve puzzles, perform mathematical tasks and undergo medical examinations in order to prove that they are "fit".And how one family is trying to get their deaf mute son thru.<br />The importance of proving one's identity in situations when one does not have to still rings true sadly.<br />I recalled the attacks on Sikhs after 9/11 in the US and the pressure Iranians in the US must have felt during the embassy crisis in Iran.<br />I loved reading this review, for it spoke to me and that is why I enjoy reading your blog so much, you always manage to find a way to get to the heart of a book and present it so eloquently to your readers. Thank you Lotus for the post.karmichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10973922761187532706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-51699377081927609622009-08-29T09:45:43.396-04:002009-08-29T09:45:43.396-04:00Thank you for telling us about "Woman at poin...Thank you for telling us about "Woman at point zero". It made me wonder though, at the risk of using a cliched expression, true progress in a society is not possible without women having the same rights and privileges afforded to men. <br />Sadly Fridaus's story is all too familiar, transplant it and it will hold true in many places.karmichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10973922761187532706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-29974259966856971842009-08-27T22:03:09.453-04:002009-08-27T22:03:09.453-04:00Loved reading the review for "Lion's Head...Loved reading the review for "Lion's Head, Four Happiness", will comment on each one separately if it is ok. Just a lack of time. :-/<br />I wonder if the popularity of the food -oir (is that your coinage of the term pretty neat) is somehow related to a reaction to the increased industrialization of food?<br />Although immigration has made it possible to taste different foods, it is also that people are more busier than ever, and perhaps the foodoirs take us back to a different time?<br />Maybe I am wrong just a thought.<br />And you truly are a foodie to be focusing on recipes and food while most are focusing on monuments when they travel. :)karmichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10973922761187532706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-48681189584958925092009-08-22T10:17:59.063-04:002009-08-22T10:17:59.063-04:00@Campbele ~ Wow,I didn't know they were calle...@Campbele ~ Wow,I didn't know they were called "Thousand Year Eggs", how interesting! I'm dying to make a batch...they look like they could be quite tasty. Also, I love peeking in supermarkets when we travel abroad, they always have such treasures! In Iceland, we discovered that even the convenience stores sold shark meat!!! <br /><br />@Nana ~ Hello and welcome! So happy to have you here! I would LOVE to have a man's view on "Woman At Point Zero", so if you read and review it, please let me know. "Shanghai Girls" is nice,but I think "Memoirs of a Geisha" was in a completely different class of literature. I am so in love with that book!Lotus Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02081192215823615529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-47534857006132708122009-08-22T10:14:16.299-04:002009-08-22T10:14:16.299-04:00@Zibilee ~ Thank you so much! Personally, I feel...@Zibilee ~ Thank you so much! Personally, I feel like I rushed through those reviews. I read all three on holiday and just had to put my thoughts down. "Woman At Point Zero" is a staple of many Grade 11/Grade 12 lit. courses. I've heard from other readers that it's been a difficult read for them, but i truly enjoyed it...not the subject matter so much, (because it's sad)but the way the author portrays Firdaus and her miserable life in a masochistic society.Lotus Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02081192215823615529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-70946663401736697922009-08-20T09:45:12.664-04:002009-08-20T09:45:12.664-04:00this is an interesting read. I really would love t...this is an interesting read. I really would love to read the first one. The second review reminds me more of Arthur Golden's 'The Memoirs of a Geisha'. ThanksImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-30132048865880843742009-08-19T18:38:38.465-04:002009-08-19T18:38:38.465-04:00I'm interested in each of these as well, howev...I'm interested in each of these as well, however my book of choice is 'Shanghai Girls'. The passage you shared was so provoking! <br />Thanks for finding and sharing this books!<br />Aren't Tea Eggs also called Thousand Year Old Eggs? They have the eggs at 7/11 in Taiwan and they smell so tempting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-8894109037575303982009-08-19T16:28:19.597-04:002009-08-19T16:28:19.597-04:00All of these books sound interesting to me, but fo...All of these books sound interesting to me, but for different reasons. I am really interested in the first, Woman at Point Zero, the story sounds very dark and moving, and I am curious about the murder you allude to. Great set of reviews on these books!zibileehttp://zibilee.figearo.net/noreply@blogger.com