Saturday, January 21, 2012

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan--Book/Movie Review

Rating: 4.5

Hi new and returning visitors!

While we await our book review I thought I would share a great site that explains foot binding and gives some amazing photos.  I've also included some other photos I thought would be interesting.  Can you imagine doing this?????



Click here for Chinese Foot binding

Here are some other pictures:


Sunday, January 8, 2012

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy--Book Review

Rating: 4 for story line/ 1.5 for interest

Hi everyone!

Welcome new and returning visitors. :)  Our live discussion will begin TODAY at 1pm EST.  Please feel free to drop by even if you haven't read or finished the book.

Plot:

Through a love affair with the wife of a Moscow Centre intelligence officer, British agent Ricki Tarr discovers that there may be a high-ranking Soviet mole, codenamed "Gerald", within the