[rantings of] the Angry Asian Lawyer

I’m a newly minted lawyer trying to cope with the fact that I’m no longer allowed to write critical papers about gossip girl or disney movies for women’s studies courses. .gr_custom_container_1426645875 { /* customize your Goodreads widget container here/ border: 1px solid gray; border-radius:10px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 5px; background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #000000; width: 200px } .gr_custom_header_1426645875 { / customize your Goodreads header here/ border-bottom: 1px solid gray; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: center; font-size: 80% } .gr_custom_each_container_1426645875 { / customize each individual book container here / width: 100%; clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; overflow: auto; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa; } .gr_custom_book_container_1426645875 { / customize your book covers here / overflow: hidden; height: 60px; float: left; margin-right: 4px; width: 39px; } .gr_custom_author_1426645875 { / customize your author names here / font-size: 10px; } .gr_custom_tags_1426645875 { / customize your tags here / font-size: 10px; color: gray; } .gr_custom_rating_1426645875 { / customize your rating stars here */ float: right; } Cereus’s bookshelf: read The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff A bit “meh” for modern day fairy tale stuff–not as gripping or well written as Holly Black, not as unique as Neil Gaiman, not as diverse as Jacqueline Carey or Rick Riordan. Decent enough to want to finish, not good enough to be intere… tagged: urban-fantasy, buffy-esque, and punk-rock-fairies Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones Beautiful prose, amazing twisty plot, starring only people of color. A modern Toni Morrison reality-checked Parent Trap steeped with unique turns of phrase that make you want to highlight the hell out of every line. tagged: historical-american, women-who-kick-ass, diverse-protagonists, and … The Ghosts of Ashbury High by Jaclyn Moriarty All the great tongue-in-cheek humor of the previous books in the series, with the same brilliant character development, but with a great deal more magical realism than the previous books (in fact, the previous books generally have no fan… tagged: ya-after-my-own-heart, women-who-kick-ass, and high-school-but-good Heist Society by Ally Carter The perfect YA blend of clever writing, complex characters, and the odd bit of romance to wrap it all up in a nice pretty bow. Think the interpersonal dynamics of Jaclyn Moriarty’s Ashbury/Brookfield books meets Oceans 11. For teenagers. tagged: books-to-reread-again-and-again, crimes-spies-and-heists, guilty-pl… The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes I just read this book over the course of 2 hours and it was absolutely brilliant. I know it’s supposed to be YA, but I definitely wouldn’t hand this book to anybody under the age of 16 or 17. Brilliant psychology, absolutely creepy, … tagged: ya-after-my-own-heart, science-fiction, buffy-esque, and crimes-spi… Share book reviews and ratings with Cereus, and even join a book club on Goodreads.

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