Your answers go something like this:
Now, the Latina side of the bookcase is almost looking as fierce as the Jewish side. If only I could tear myself away from writing long enough to sit down and read all my new books. Did I mention that two Jewish books (“Seven Blessings” by Ruchama King and “Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe” by Lisa Alcalay Klug) and Harry Potter in Spanish are also waiting for me at the library? Oy vey, no wonder the lenses in my glasses are so thick.
And I’ve planned out some of my picks for next month, Paula Derrow’s sex anthology, “Behind the Bedroom Door: Getting It, Giving It, Loving It and Missing It” and a book on the Dominican diaspora, “A Tale of Two Cities: Santo Domingo and New York after 1950.” And I’ll be reading “Human Parts” by Orly Castel-Bloom and Liel Leibovitz’s book “Aliya” (on American immigration to Israel) for a writing class.
What are you reading?
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 
I’m reading a ton for school including the books of Daniel and Revelation for Biblical Lit, articles on afghan women, hidden kitchens, vegan lunchbox.
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I’m reading “Point of Purchase” a history and sociology of shopping in America and “introduction to Microeconomics” by Greg Mankiw. Hmmmm, it might be time for me to go back to school….
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I didn’t even list any trashy romance novels and you guys are still making it look like I’m doing pretty light reading!
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I actually read Dirty Girls Social Club – surpisingly not as light of a chick lit as I thought it would be!btw – this is my first time reading your blog and I love it!and can i say – that you actually look pretty jewish to me! if you wore a sheitel you’d look sephardi!
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I’m reading “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”… for the first time! Loving it so far but I’m only 20-30 pages in.Plus all my books for school – Food science, chemistry, etc.I hated Cool Jew, and thought it was shlocky, corny, insulting of my intelligence and overly reliant on stereotypes. That said, it’s a good bathroom book to keep next to the toilet because it’s easy to read in short snippets. It has a few chuckles in it, too, to be sure. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it if you care to share. I loved Seven Blessings. I thought it was a very good book. In my house we are mildly obsessed with “frum chick lit” – Which is funny because I HATE regular chick lit. But I’ll read Tova Mirvis, Ruchama King, etc any day.
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I LOVED A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I grew up in WillyB, so it was So familliar, and not. It’s so beautiful and painful.
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Never read “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.” I just read an essay by Tova Mirvis in “The Modern Jewish Girl’s Guide to Guilt” (I’m planning to blog about the book later). I’ve just added Mirvis’ books to my Amazon wishlist.
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Welcome, Maidel!
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I’ve just started “the master and margarita” and let me tell you, it is awesome. Now I know where the rolling stones got the idea for “sympathy for the devil” from.
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