Autumn Princess, Dragon Child

Page 52, sentence 5.

Rice crops failed, beans withered on the stem, fruit did not ripen.

Lian Hearn
Autumn Princess, Dragon Child

Emperor Of The Eight Islands

Page 52, sentence 5.

"Please leave, lord."

Lian Hearn
Emperor Of The Eight Islands

Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother

Page 52, sentence 5.

The Chinese mother will gasp in horror and ask what went wrong.

Amy Chua
Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother

House Of Stairs

Page 52, sentence 5.

After that, Blossom got what she needed with hardly any trouble at all.

William Sleator
House Of Stairs

August 2016

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. ISBN 978-0-06-088328-7. (2006, HarperCollins Publishers). 2016.08.11
2. Teach Yourself Spanish, Juan Kattán-Ibarra. ISBN 0-340-54322-1. (1992, Teach Yourself Books). 2016.08.23
3. Shostakovich And Stalin: The Extraordinary Relationship Between The Great Composer And The Brutal Dictator, Solomon Volkov, Trans. Antonina W. Bouis. ISBN 0-375-41082-1. (2004, Alfred A. Knopf). 2016.08.23
4. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami, Trans. Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel. ISBN 978-0-307-59331-3. (2011, Alfred A. Knopf). 2016.08.23
5. Yet More Penguin Science Fiction, Ed. Brian Aldiss. ISBN N/A. (1964, Penguin Books Limited). 2016.08.27
6. The Metaphysical Poets, Ed. Helen Gardner. ISBN 0-14-042038-X. (1985, Penguin Books). 2016.08.27
7. The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler. ISBN 978-0-394-75828-2. (1992, Vintage Books). 2016.08.27
8. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley. ISBN 978-1-55111-308-1. (1999, Broadview Press). 2016.08.27
9. The Oxford Companion To English Literature, Ed. Margaret Drabble. ISBN 0-19-866130-4. (1985, Oxford University Press). 2016.08.27
10. The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe (Chronicles Of Narnia #1), C.S. Lewis. ISBN 0-590-40595-0. (1987, Scholastic Inc.). 2016.08.27
11. Prince Caspian (Chronicles Of Narnia #2), C.S. Lewis. ISBN 0-590-40596-9. (1987, Scholastic Inc.). 2016.08.27
12. The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (Chronicles Of Narnia #3), C.S. Lewis. ISBN 0-590-40597-7. (1987, Scholastic Inc.). 2016.08.27
13. The Silver Chair (Chronicles Of Narnia #4), C.S. Lewis. ISBN 0-590-40598-5. (1987, Scholastic Inc.). 2016.08.27
14. The Horse And His Boy (Chronicles Of Narnia #5), C.S. Lewis. ISBN 0-590-40599-3. (1988, Scholastic Inc.). 2016.08.27
15. The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles Of Narnia #6), C.S. Lewis. ISBN 0-590-40600-0. (1988, Scholastic Inc.). 2016.08.27
16. The Last Battle (Chronicles Of Narnia #7), C.S. Lewis. ISBN 0-590-40601-9. (1988, Scholastic Inc.). 2016.08.27

BOOKS READ

1. The Emperor Of The Eight Islands (The Tale Of Shikanoko #1), Lian Hearn. ISBN 978-0-374-53631-2. (2016, Farrar, Straus And Giroux). 2016.08.04
2. House of Stairs, William Sleator. ISBN 978-0-14-034580-3. (2004, Penguin Group (USA) Inc.). 2016.08.07
3. Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother, Amy Chua. ISBN 978-1-59420-284-1. (2011, The Penguin Press). 2016.08.15
4. The Winter Queen (Erast Fandorin Mysteries #1), Boris Akunin, Trans. Andrew Bromfield. ISBN 0-8129-6877-8. (2004, Random House Trade Paperbacks). 2016.08.23
5. Study Hall of Justice (DC Comics: Secret Hero Society #1), Derek Fridolfs, Ill. Dustin Nguyen. ISBN 978-0-545-82501-6. (2016, Scholastic Inc.). 2016.08.24
6. The Lady Paranorma, Vincent Marcone. ISBN 978-1-77148-195-3. (2015, Chizine Publications). 2016.08.26
7. Autumn Princess, Dragon Child (The Tale Of Shikanoko #2), Lian Hearn. ISBN 978-0-3745-3632-9. (2016, Farrar, Straus And Giroux). 2016.08.27. Second reading this year