Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

 

This was an interesting read, which I wanted to read as soon as I heard about it. Not sure why it did not captivate me the way I wanted it to.  

From GoodReads:

When Catalina is admitted to Harvard, it feels like the fulfillment of destiny: a miracle child escapes death in Latin America, moves to Queens to be raised by her undocumented grandparents, and becomes one of the chosen. But nothing is simple for Catalina, least of all her complicated, contradictory, ruthlessly probing mind. Now a senior, she faces graduation to a world with no place for the undocumented. Her sense of doom intensifies her curiosities and desires.

Sandwich by Catherine Newman

I absolutely loved this book. The author is so clever and funny and the story is one that so many women will relate to, I am sure.  I listened to an interview with her on "The Book Case Podcast" and it was very enlightening. I love to hear authors talk about their books and she was especially insightful.

The book's title refers to three things:  the town of Sandwich on Cape Cod, where this family has been going for 20 years, the lunch food, and "the sandwich generation."

It's short and easy to read and I'd read it again in a minute!

The Women by Kristin Hannah

This book is everywhere! "Best book" lists, top of the Best Seller List, on everyone's WTR list.

I don't get it! I read it and found it to be very predictable and not very informative about women's experiences in Vietnam, which was the point of the book, I think. I could be missing something that everyone else found.

I guess I am just not a Kristin Hannah fan, except for the Nightengale. I'm the odd one out.

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

 

I listened to this book on my walks and really enjoyed it.  At times, I thought it went too far into the whole "writer's world" conversation, but I did find that part enlightening.