tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post4691861421550558582..comments2024-03-26T23:45:35.573-04:00Comments on Typings: Xiaolu Guo's A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (#TBR2019RBR)reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-18198374932628718072019-01-23T10:03:03.011-05:002019-01-23T10:03:03.011-05:00I thought it was a pretty good read, but there wer...I thought it was a pretty good read, but there were a couple of places where the narrator was a bit too naive. But it is funny, which helps. reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-22392036464293679912019-01-23T00:18:43.120-05:002019-01-23T00:18:43.120-05:00"Guo makes good use of her narrator's lan..."Guo makes good use of her narrator's language and naiveté to defamiliarize us from things we are used to seeing and make us see them anew" That's very cool! Still I'm not sure I could get through it. You've made me curious though! And keep going on that list!Cleo @ Classical Carouselhttps://classicalcarousel.comnoreply@blogger.com