false 3 6 5 true 7702492 read 1 true 7702491 currently-reading 0 true 7702490 to-read 0 false 7706691 fiction http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76341320 to: Ban sheng yuan (Half a Lifetime, in traditional Chinese, NOT in English) by Eileen Chang
It's about a good woman's life, and how all the coincidences happened to her brought her from the heaven to the hell. What I learned from this book is being good cannot guarantee you to lead a happy life because lots of unexpected things will just happen. What can you do? You cannot do much, since you have no control over them. The only thing you can do is to be strong and face it even when you have to live in regrets. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76341003 to: Lust, Caution: The Story (Paperback) by Eileen Chang
It's not easy to understand Eileen Chang's. But when compared to Lust, Caution, all her other stories become much more obvious and appreciable. Director Ang Lee did a fantastic job in adapting this short story to a movie. I even love the movie more. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76340244 to: Love in a Fallen City (New York Review Books Classics) by Eileen Chang
I was so happy when I found they have this book in their database! Eileen Chang is a really, really talented writer. She wrote this particular story when she was only 23, and it immediately became a hit when it was published. She wrote love stories happened in 20's or 30's when China was in between its old and new times, and how the big environment changed people's life. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76338336 to: Survivor (Paperback) by Chuck Palahniuk
As an exotic owl to this country, I was not able to get most of the humor and the story in this book. Maybe I'll appreciate it more when I know the culture better and read it again. (but personally I don't really want to pick it up again.) ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76338226 Outliers (Hardcover) by Malcolm Gladwell
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I prefer sad stories; especially those about how hard life is. And this is definitely one of them. Every time when I read this kind of stories, I always remind myself to be grateful and humble. ]]>