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1. De la Cruz, Melissa - Masquerade
   I am not quite sure why I read this, as the first book was fairly mediocre, as was this. But I did, and I will probably pick up the others as well, unless something is sporkworthily bad. (more)
2. Hopkinson, Nalo, and Uppinder Mehan, ed. - So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction and Fantasy
   I am a really bad person to write about this book, as I generally suck at reading short stories that focus more on the conceptual than the emotional. I found most of the stories that I "got" were the ones I wanted to argue with ("Native Aliens" and "Lingua Franca" in particular), and the ones with the neatest concepts were the ones I didn't really "get" (a lot). I, uh, largely feel like I fail at reading comprehension. (more)
3. Narayan, Kirin - Love, Stars, and All That
   Gita Das is an Indian grad student at Berkeley, where she's overwhelmed by culture shock and her Aunty Saroj's astrologer's prediction that she will find her true love that March. (more)
4. Cisneros, Sandra - Caramelo
   I found this in the YA section of my library, and I have to say, I am very confused by this classification. Even though the heroine is Celaya, who grows from child to teenager in the book, the book itself is a giant, sprawling family saga of the Reyes, encompassing about three generations and at least ten side stories. (more)
5. Lee Iksop and S. Robert Ramsey - The Korean Language
   As noted in the title, this is a book about the Korean language. It's written mostly for linguists, which is why I skimmed a huge portion, as I have very little knowledge about linguistics and only a tiny bit more about Korean, largely thanks to yhlee. (more)
6. Thomas, Sherry - Private Arrangements
   Gigi Rowland and Camden Saybrook have been married for ten years, but for reasons unbeknownst to anyone but them, they have been living on separate continents since the day after they got married. We, of course, know that something tragic must have happened, and indeed, it was a Really Bad Mistake on Gigi's part that then multiplied like gremlins. (more)