#37. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accentsby Julia Alvarez I’ve read so many more Asian immigrant stories than Latin American, but every time I read something like this book I find myself making comparisons. The traditions and culture may be different, but the emotions of kids and young adults dealing with new and old worlds are strikingly similar. Excellent book and lovely use of language. January 2010

#37. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
by Julia Alvarez

I’ve read so many more Asian immigrant stories than Latin American, but every time I read something like this book I find myself making comparisons. The traditions and culture may be different, but the emotions of kids and young adults dealing with new and old worlds are strikingly similar. Excellent book and lovely use of language.

January 2010

#37. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accentsby Julia Alvarez I’ve read so many more Asian immigrant stories than Latin American, but every time I read something like this book I find myself making comparisons. The traditions and culture may be different, but the emotions of kids and young adults dealing with new and old worlds are strikingly similar. Excellent book and lovely use of language. January 2010

#37. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
by Julia Alvarez

I’ve read so many more Asian immigrant stories than Latin American, but every time I read something like this book I find myself making comparisons. The traditions and culture may be different, but the emotions of kids and young adults dealing with new and old worlds are strikingly similar. Excellent book and lovely use of language.

January 2010

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I am a voracious reader. An obsessive reader. An addicted reader. I read almost anything I can get my hands on. I own over a thousand books. I need more. I re-read everything I own when I run out of new books. I buy books. I do not borrow them from a library. I keep them. Forever.

In the spirit of the "Photograph A Day" projects I am going to chronicle everything I read for an entire year, starting in September, 2009.

All of the book images are the exact edition I have/read. Most of them are linked to Amazon.com but some are any image I can find because I own a lot of out of print books. Some I will rate or summarize or describe in depth . Some I won't because I'm too busy with the current book I'm reading. The top left picture will always be the book I'm reading *right now*. The date will sometimes be the approximate date I read the book and sometimes it will be exact. Hey, I'm busy.

There is no rhyme or reason to what I read and when I read it, although I am very, very partial to science fiction, biographies/autobiographies, history, historical fiction and classics.

Bascially:
"When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes" - Erasmus


Oh. I'm also a freelance writer, but I try not to let that get in the way of reading.

~ Maria Christensen

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