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Alan Chin was born in Ogden, Utah, where he was christened, Alan Lewis Hurlburt. He was raised in San Jose, California where he enjoyed an undistinguished childhood. After graduating high school, Alan served four years in the U.S. Navy where he learned and practiced the trade of aircraft mechanic while stationed at the naval air station in Kingsville, Texas.
Alan attended four years of night school at San Francisco State University, studying the field of Data Processing. Afterwards he enjoyed a twenty year career working his way from computer programmer, to software engineer, to network designer, and finally to manager of several software engineer development groups.

In 1991, while still working full time, Alan went back to night school and...more

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Did Steinbeck Write A Bromance?

I’m not one of these people who look through rainbow-color lenses and sees shades of gay in everything that comes my way, at least I try not to be. But I recently read East of Eden by John Steinbeck, and what I interpreted was an inspiring, non-sexual intimacy between Adam Trask and his Chinese cook/housekeeper Lee.
The main theme for the novel revolves on the translation of the Hebrew word tim... Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.07 · 451 ratings · 135 reviews · 7 distinct works · Similar authors

	Match Maker 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lonely War 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Butterfly's Child 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Island Song 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Simple Treasures 3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daddy's Money 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Haji's Exile 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Alan Chin wrote a new blog post Did Steinbeck Write A Bromance? I’m not one of these people who look through rainbow-color lenses and sees shades of gay in everything that comes my way, at least I try not to be.... Read more of this blog post »
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Alan rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Alan rated a book 5 of 5 stars East of Eden by John Steinbeck	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
May 19, 2013 10:05am
Alan liked multitaskingmomma's review of The Plain of Bitter Honey: " This is no mere flash-in-the-pan "novel" that one can read through hurriedly in one sitting. This book should savored like fine wine, something to appreciate so one can get the full experience of the subtle layers of flavors that can further inten... " Read more of this review »
May 19, 2013 09:57am · see review
Alan rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Plain of Bitter Honey by Alan Chin	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Alan rated a book 5 of 5 stars Daddy's Money by Alan Chin (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
May 11, 2013 08:15am
Alan liked Jennifer Lavoie's review of The Plain of Bitter Honey: " There are some books that are really easy to write reviews for. And there are others that are difficult. Not because they're not great books, but BECAUSE they are great books. This is one of those. I cannot write my typical spazzing out sort of re... " Read more of this review »
Apr 18, 2013 11:12am · see review
Alan made a comment on his review of The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon "I'm not sure it's in e-book format, Jeff. It's been around for a dozen years. If it's not on Amazon, try the author's website."
Mar 03, 2013 06:13am · see review
Alan rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon by Tom Spanbauer	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
At the turn of the twentieth century, Shed is an orphaned half-Indian bisexual boy who lives and works at a hotel/brothel in the tiny town of Excellent, Idaho. Despite being surrounded by a loving, if eccentric, surrogate family at the hotel, Shed ha...more
Mar 02, 2013 11:36pm · see review

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