Pachinko by Min Jin Lee has been on my reading list and sitting on my bookself, looking lovely and forlorn, for some time. With the wildfires, lightning storms and heat wave in Northern California, I decided to head to the coast for a spell and found some time to read it while chilling out in …
Book I: Gohyang/Hometown (1910–1933) Chapter 1 An old fisherman and his wife turn their small home into a boarding house in the fishing village of Yeongdo. They have three sons, but only Hoonie survives. Hoonie is the neighborhood cripple, but he is literate, strong and thoughtful. In 1910, when Hoonie is 27, Japan annexes Korea. …
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So, I just finished reading A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight and, oh my goodness, is this a convoluted plot or what. I had really high hopes for this book since it seems to have some really solid reviews and even got picked up to be adapted into a movie. Sadly, it was a bit …
Prologue The book opens with someone who is in solitary confinement (in prison) stating that they are going to explain how they got there. July 6, Zach Calls Lizzie Lizzie Kitsakis, a defense attorney, gets a call from a law school classmate, Zach Grayson, who she hasn’t heard from in many years. Zach is a …
