Comments on: The Sunday Salon: “Socialism is Great!”

By: Linkday (12 Feb 2010) « Olduvai Reads

Linkday (12 Feb 2010) « Olduvai Reads — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:04:30 +0000

[...] Second Pass) Socialism Is Great! A Worker’s Memoir of the New China – Zhang Lijia (via Sophisticated Dorkiness) The House of the Mosque – Kader Abdolah (via [...]

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:38:07 +0000

Colleen: Wow, that book sounds fascinating! I don’t know much about modern China, but this memoir definitely intrigued me.

And no, we were rooting for the Colts, but I definitely don’t begrudge the Saints their victory!

By: Colleen (Books in the City)

Colleen (Books in the City) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:28:48 +0000

This book sounds interesting! Our book club read Beijing Coma last year – its a novel about a man who is injured during the Tiananmen Sqaure incident goes into a coma and wakes up is modern day China – is is interesting to see modern day China through his eyes. It’s fiction!

Was your party rooting for the Saints?

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:54:55 +0000

Belle: It was interesting, I enjoyed the book a lot.

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:54:38 +0000

Kathy: It was a fun party, even if the game ended up being sort of boring.

By: Belle

Belle — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:29:51 +0000

This looks like an interesting memoir. The language is lovely in the sentences you quoted.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:54:19 +0000

The book sounds interesting and your party sounds like fun!