tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post6556744546665787619..comments2024-03-24T02:23:19.870-05:00Comments on Reading In Color: Throwback Thursday: Wait for MeMissAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11042352415616854651noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-21816257200210540982010-05-16T21:31:21.329-05:002010-05-16T21:31:21.329-05:00@susan-I liked her style, how she showed a lot mor...@susan-I liked her style, how she showed a lot more than she told, but it could also be frustrated. I wanted to know more! The romance was satisfying and realistic, and I guess even the way she treated Ysrael was realistic too (as much as I wish it wasn't).MissAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042352415616854651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-561128025607662682010-05-16T18:31:50.943-05:002010-05-16T18:31:50.943-05:00I enjoyed this book. I love Na's style. While ...I enjoyed this book. I love Na's style. While the mother character is stereotypical, the story wasn't about her but Mina's perception and demands on herself. While her mother's pushiness is predictable in the book, I found the romance appealing and satisfying. I liked the ending, too. I like a good fantasy but I didn't want the ending to be a fairytale.<br /><br />And the way she treated Ysrael when she was confronted was the right dose of realism for me.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14924982664582970754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-46753663362520423142010-05-15T17:46:55.426-05:002010-05-15T17:46:55.426-05:00@Trisha-I love comments, regardless of length :) I...@Trisha-I love comments, regardless of length :) I'm glad to hear that based on your comments and others that I'm not the only one tired pushy/demanding immigrant mothers. I'm going to give Step From Heaven a go, since I found The Fold to be better.<br /><br />I never had the facts to back me up but I always suspected that Asian Americans would be the most likely to marry into other cultures. Exactly, there are serious conflicts between cultures, Latinos and African Americans don't always get along (I have a Mexican friend who told me outright that I could never come to her house because her grandmother does not like Black people). <br /><br />Mismatch and Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet (I love how multi-racial it is! so represnetative of the 21st century) are both on my list to read. I'm currently reading How to Salsa in a Sari which I've read before, I'm pretty indifferent about it.<br /><br />I'm definitely going to work hard to find inter cultural romances.MissAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042352415616854651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-88897089790162677242010-05-15T00:09:14.360-05:002010-05-15T00:09:14.360-05:00Yikes, I didn't realize my comment was so long...Yikes, I didn't realize my comment was so long! Sorry about that.Trishahttp://theyayayas.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-87497651377468129662010-05-15T00:08:14.477-05:002010-05-15T00:08:14.477-05:00I'm with you about Na's writing being beau...I'm with you about Na's writing being beautiful but not engaging. I didn't even finish this book (didn't finish <i>A Step from Heaven</i> either, for that matter). And being sick of the pushy immigrant mother.<br /><br />Two things re: the depiction (or lack thereof) of interracial romances in fiction. One, I'm constantly surprised by how few feature an Asian-American, since I believe Asian-Americans are the most likely group among American minorities to marry outside their race. Two, Maggie, I think I get what you're saying about Asian-Asian romances in books, but simply saying Asian-Asian is too simplistic, because of the huge range of ethnicities and national histories. Lensey Namioka's <i>Mismatch</i> features a romance between a Japanese-American teen and a Chinese-American teen, and, boy, is there a lot of room for conflict there, even if both are, technically, Asian-American. It's a conflict you wouldn't find in a Chinese-white or Japanese-white relationship, at any rate. Japanese and Korean might be even more fraught. I'm from Hawaii, and I still had a Korean-American classmate who said that her mother (hypothetically) did not want her to date a guy of Japanese descent, as well as a guy whose father is Japanese-American and his mother Korean-American, but the first time the father met the mother's family, he pretended he wasn't Japanese.<br /><br />As for YA books with an interracial romance not involving a white character, I feel like I've read a few but can't think of the titles. If mixed-race parents are okay, there's <i>How to Salsa in a Sari</i> by Dona Sarkar (which, okay, I didn't finish), about two girls, one Latina and one Indian-American, who don't get along in school but are forced to live together when their father and mother, respectively, get married. Oh, I know! What about Sherri L. Smith's <i>Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet</i>? It's for younger teens and is NOT a romance, but Ana Shen has a Chinese-American father’s, African-American mother, and a crush on a Japanese-American classmate.Trishahttp://theyayayas.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-9044392332613821162010-05-14T19:02:36.533-05:002010-05-14T19:02:36.533-05:00@Maggie-I'd say give it a try if you see at th...@Maggie-I'd say give it a try if you see at the library one day or something. Yes more inter-POC YA! True white and black couples often have the hardest times facing public opinion, but interracial relationships between POC can be just as difficult and complicated. These relationships are becoming more common too.<br /><br />@Lyn-I hope to compile a list one day :) I'm looking forward to reading Efrain's Secret.<br /><br />@rhapsody-Right, I know those stories are needed and obviously realistic, but maybe we can move past that. Personally, my immigrant parent is not as demanding as I've seen portrayed in books. I think as we get further into the 21st century, new ocnflicts arise and can be written about.MissAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042352415616854651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-7024577274605997322010-05-14T07:59:21.808-05:002010-05-14T07:59:21.808-05:00You are so right about the plethora of demanding i...You are so right about the plethora of demanding immigrant mothers (or fathers) who just don't understand. It does get kind of old. Surely authors can think of some new conflicts for new immigrants, or even other conflicts with parents besides the assimilation issue! Good review!rhapsodyinbookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041412748239010264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-6690546930154652732010-05-13T23:06:17.594-05:002010-05-13T23:06:17.594-05:00I'm reading one now that would fit the bill--S...I'm reading one now that would fit the bill--Sofia Quintero's EFRAIN'S SECRET. Efrain Rodriguez, the main character, is half-Puerto Rican, half-Dominican, and the girl he dates, Candace Lamb, is African-American.Lyn Miller-Lachmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01939121876262433495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-31306161831946785432010-05-13T20:54:48.368-05:002010-05-13T20:54:48.368-05:00I 100% agree with you about wanting to see more in...I 100% agree with you about wanting to see more inter-POC romance. It bothers me that romance tends to be so racially homogenous (whether it's white-white, black-black, Asian-Asian, whatever). I understand that there are a lot of cultural differences to be overcome and that interracial relationships aren't as common, etc., but I feel like this is kind of misrepresentation on the part of writers! I can't name a single YA book I've read that involves that kind of romance. A few adult books, but ZERO YA.<br /><br />This book doesn't sound like one I'll pick up, but I like the sound of the themes! :DMaggie Desmond-O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16007811452527769309noreply@blogger.com