2021: #41 – Crazy Rich Asians (Kevin Kwan)

I wish I hadn’t waited so long to read this! I really enjoyed this “fish-out-of-water” story, despite the fact that most of the characters do some really terrible things. I can’t imagine not only not *telling* your girlfriend that your family is rich and powerful, but actually *bringing* her to meet them without telling her what to expect. That’s where Nick was terrible in this.

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2021: #23 – Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (Patrick Radden Keefe)

Before reading this book, all I knew about the Troubles in Ireland was that the Catholics and Protestants hated each other and the IRA blew stuff up. Now I can say I know a whole heck of a lot more. The framing of Radden Keefe’s history of the conflict is the disappearance of Jean McConville, a mother of 10 who had just lost her husband

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