Last year I got the opportunity to hear Tsukiyama speak at a banquet for the Willamette Writers in Portland. She is half Japanese-American and half Chinese-American, and most of her books center around Japan or China. After hearing her speak, I read her first novel, "Women of the Silk" (about wom...
The first thing popped up in my mind when I got to the last page:“Gosh, what a boring book.”I mean I really want to like this book, because it deals with difficult issue, and you thought it would be interesting, but it just… didn’t. It’s boring. The characters are all one-dimensional and full of ...
‘The Samurai’s Garden’ was written by Gail Tsukiyama, who is the bestselling author of six novels; she was born to a Japanese father and a Chinese mother in San Francisco. She has written other books such as ‘Women of the Silk’, ‘Night of many dreams’, and ‘The Street of a thousand blossoms’.Thi...
Approaching this review has been difficult for me due to my confusion over this book. There was so much I enjoyed and learned from this book that this easily could have been a top read if only certain incidents didn't take me away from the book. This was my first buddy read and it brought a wonde...