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Mostafa Smail _ostafaismaiil — This was such a "boy" book, full of spy games and female characters that seemed to step right out of the fantasy of an 18-year-old boy with no actual experience with women. There were quite a few times when I rolled my eyes reading this, thinking, "Every man wants a woman to behave like this but they don't." I'm not sure how this book ended up on my "to-read" list in the first place. I think maybe I read a review somewhere and was intrigued by the idea of a Harvard satire, but "Harvard satire" ended up being more like "Harvard cliche" (and Tom Wolfe does the Ivy League cliche genre better, anyway). I also hadn't realized how much of this was going to be about conflict in Africa. I had never read anything like this before so I tried to appreciate the experience. And I can't say that I disliked the book, exactly, it just wasn't what I was expecting. This basically read like a guy's version of chick lit.It just wasn't my style.

Valeria Azzini superfrog — Can you mix with business with pleasure? Newcomer Yoshe brings us a raw novel. While it’s” hood “and has a street edge to it I say it’s a different read as it shows the ins and outs that correction officers have to deal with on the job. I like the fact that each chapter is a character telling their side of the story. The book goes from first person to third person and is done in a way that works well. The way it’s written, you either hate the characters or love them. We meet Sierra Howell a correction officer at Rikers Island on 5 North. She is independent, has a great job and a plan for her life. She has some haters and takes it all in stride. Sierra has some baggage steaming from a past failed relationship. Sierra takes her career seriously and doesn’t break rules…that’s until she meets Rasheed Gordon a true product of his environment. Rasheed has a swagger about him that not even Sierra can resist, but there is more to him that the eye can see. I have to admit I found myself wishing they could get over their hang-ups and become a couple. Tune in to see if that happens. The supporting cast is connected in one way or another - this makes for a good story to see how they all intertwine. It was good to see that some of the characters learned from their mistakes and made changes for the better. Yoshe does the writing in a way that you are not able to pin point who will come out on top. There are many twisted plots that will make you shake your head and say, wow I did not see that coming. This story was a good story however; the biggest drawback for me was the fact that every single character talked slang 24/7. While most were from the streets and that was understood, it just made for some hard reading. Even the grandparents talk slang so I am thinking ok they know they too old for that! So I was saying as I was reading “nobody talks slang all the time”. At some point you have to turn it off - like at work maybe??? I look forward to reading more from Yoshe in the future as she has the knack for storytelling. I just hope she tones down the slang next time so it will be an easier read. SiStar Tea ARC Book Club Inc. 3.5 Star Rating

陈 煜任 just1221fa70 — I absoultely love this book of poems and return to it often. the poet is a lovably neurotic lady. My word, she expresses so well the exasperation and desperation and confusion of life as well as its tender side- somehow with just a few lines, she can have you laughing and crying at the same time, relating all too well to the craziness of trying to make one's way in the world...