When researching for my Muslim Fashionistas paper in my 3rd year Islam and Modernity class, I discovered Shea’s blog My Amethyst. Instead of feeling like I was doing homework, I researched happily, discovering the different ways that Muslim girls dressed, hijabis and non-hijabis alike, around the world. After stumbling upon Shea’s blog in…
Review: What Happened to Goodbye
This is another tough review for me. Not because this book is not memorable, but because I love Sarah Dessen and all her books, and sadly, this one was a disappointment. But I’m getting a little ahead of myself. What Happened to Goodbye tells the story of 17-year old Mclean, who moves from town to town…
Review: Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour
So this was a hard post to write. Not because I hated this book, but because I finished it a few days ago and don’t quite remember much about it. But I did promise that I was going to review it, so here goes. Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour is a cute beach read. It charts…
Catching up
Hello! Hi. Anyeo (that’s Korean for hi) 🙂 How’s it going? So its been a really long time since I’ve posted here, and I thought I’d do a catch up post. It feels like I haven’t posted anything in ages and ages. All right, I have posted little things, but no book reviews or anything…
No
I don’t know what they want from me. Its show day and the girls scuttle around the tent, gathering skirts and veils and bangles and shoes. We are all made to sit on chairs; our smiles frozen on our faces. They enter the tent, clipboards in hand. The prospective men don’t come into the tent;…