1.0PoohsDenhttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsdenVinithahttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/author/pooh_admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ZiD1pLsX5V"><a href="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/5-books-november-2013/">5 Books – November 2013</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/5-books-november-2013/embed/#?secret=ZiD1pLsX5V" width="600" height="338" title="“5 Books – November 2013” — PoohsDen" data-secret="ZiD1pLsX5V" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda I randomly picked this book from the new releases section and it was a great pick. One night two white15 years old girls take a raft into the river. One girl survives and is ridden with guilt. A black boy clinging to the ghost of his father was following the girls. A guilt-ridden almost adult trying to give back and save. The first few pages were really slow but it picked up pace halfway in and was a perfect read. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan I have had this book on my list forever. I have read Tan’s Kitchen God and liked her writing. The Joy Luck Club does not disappoint. It is the story of the aunties who form the Joy Luck Club, play mahjong every week, and their daughters. It is the classic immigrant story – the past does impact the present. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson How often have you asked yourself “What If?”? Our lives are full of if onlys and what ifs and Kate Atkinson captures it in her rather different story. This is a book unlike any other. It takes time to get into it and […]