For lack of a better title…

The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
An interesting little book. I liked it, though I probably didn’t understand it like the author probably meant it to be understood.

Swift as Desire, Laura Esquivel
An attempt to read Latino fiction… it was pretty good. A bit much sex for my taste, but I think in the end the story won me over.

The Chosen and The Promise, Chaim Potok
I liked both books, though I liked The Chosen better. An interesting look at Hasidic Judaism and its relationship to other Jewish factions and the rest of the world. The Asher Lev books are also excellent books by Potok. I have also read The Books of Lights, In the Beginning, Davida’s Harp and I am the Clay, but not for a very long time. So I don’t remember what I thought of them.

Joy Luck Club and The Kitchen God’s Wife, Amy Tan
I generally like Amy Tan, but her books are just different versions of the same story. It gets old after a while. Joy Luck Club is a good movie, though.

The Hundred Secret Senses, Amy Tan
My favorite Amy Tan book, mostly because it’s not about a Chinese-American daughter coming to terms with her Chinese immigrant mother. It’s a decent story of reconciliation, with a bit of ghost story thrown in.