Saturday, May 29, 2010

Meme: Show Me 5 Saturday


Hosted by That's a Novel Idea


Each Saturday You will post the answer to these questions about a book you read or reviewed in the last week. The number indicates the number of answers you will provide.

1 Book you read and/or reviewed this week: Gringolandia
2 Words that describe the book: Rediscovering family
3 Settings where it took place or characters you met:

  • Santiago, Chile
  • Madison, Wisconsin (in winter! About as different from Chile as possible)
  • Daniel Aguilar - son of a protester against the dictator Pinochet, reunited with his father after six years

4 Things you liked and/or disliked about it:

  • LIKED: Historical fiction about people of color!
  • LIKED: Historical fiction about people of color that isn't slavery/civil rights movement!
  • LIKED: Complicated look at doing the "right" thing
  • LIKED: Brutal look at torture (so "liked" is a relative term here)

5 Stars or less for your rating? 3 stars

Be sure to check out my giveaway of Gringolandia!

1 comment:

Sara said...

Hey there!

I'm Sara from The Saturday Network. This is such a cool meme! Gringolandia sounds really interesting :D

Post a Comment

Related Posts with Thumbnails