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Date Posted: 12:24:46 06/19/11 Sun
Author: Margy
Subject: Room by Emma Donoghue and Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

I read both these books this week, and they were both really really good. I'm sure I picked up recommendations for them both on here.

Memoirs of a Geisha
This is a novel but written as the heroine relating her life to a journalist. The story is of Chiyo, a young girl raised in a fishing village on a coast in Japan who is sold into slavery, to become a Geisha in Kyoto, which becomes her ardent desire. It is set before, during and after world war 2. Parts of it are a bit hard to take, but overall it is a moving story, and an insight into the Japanese mindset of the time.

Room
This is the story of Jack, who lives with his Ma in a room 11 feet square. He thinks everything in room is really Real, and everything else is Only TV. When he is 5, Ma tells him about Outside, and makes a daring plan for them to escape.
Room is not the sort of book I normally pick up, but I'm glad I read this. It's so well written, and as a person who cries at advertisements, I didn't cry at all until the very end. It's dark, but it's written in such a way that it is not at all depressing.

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Both of these books were enjoyable and well-written. (NT) -- MonicaW, 19:23:18 06/20/11 Mon
Was just thinking about buying Room yesterday. I guess I should've got it. (NT) -- Reilly, 00:11:53 06/21/11 Tue
Have read and enjoyed Memoirs. Heard an interview with the author of Room last year. The book sounded dark and I wasn't sure if I wanted to read it. I may have to give it a shot. (NT) -- LadyJay, 08:44:58 06/22/11 Wed
Memoirs is going on my list. Thx. (NT) -- Toddles, 11:35:23 06/22/11 Wed
- Memoirs of one my favorite books of all time. (NT) -- LP, 17:07:28 06/23/11 Thu
I remember really enjoying Memoirs of a Geisha. Room, I recently read for book club and...I finished it. I found it readable, but I have already sold it back to a used book store. It's not a book I would recommend and pass on to a friend. I don't know why, something just didn't ring true to me, I guess. I need to be crazy about a book before I pass it on to someone else. Room didn't do it for me. (NT) -- LadyJohn, 23:16:29 06/26/11 Sun

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