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Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

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This might be a little bit of a cheat, because I don’t actually want to be “Crazy Rich.” But bog-standard garden variety rich? That I could do.  My 2007 Toyota Yaris just broke in a way that will cost half the blue book value to fix, and I’m lucky enough that I have a 401K to take a loan against for the replacement car’s down payment. But man, would it be nice to have a “just for the hell of it” trip to Paris to […]

A Good Bridge Novel

China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

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I’m not sure if “Bridge Novel” is a term that I just made up. Let’s pause for Googling… … OK. Nothing came up. I’m going to claim it as my own. What is a “Bridge Novel”, you ask? According to the randirock dictionary, it is the second book in a series that usually follows a wildly popular premiere book and sets the stage, or bridges the gap, for book three. China Rich Girlfriend is the second book in the crazy popular, crazy fun Crazy Rich Asians trilogy. […]

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

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Glamour magazine said it best in their review, “It’s impossible not to get sucked into this satirical novel.” Crazy Rich Asians is simply fun entertainment. I can totally see why they made a movie based on this book – the fashion, the architecture, the opulence, OH MY! Now, I can’t wait to see it. Also, when I started the book, I assumed it was a stand-alone novel. I had no idea it was the first in a trilogy. As soon as I ended on a juicy, […]

Rich People Act like Jerks Volumes 2 and 3

China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan

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I only have myself to blame for reading these books, nor did I stop after one, I finished them both. It was like stuffing yourself with cotton candy, insubstantial, cloying and regret thereafter. I chose these books because I had many hours of air travel last week and remembered that the first of the trilogy was kind of fun (Crazy Rich Asians) as was the movie. These books served their purpose in that they lasted the length of the flights, kept me mildly amused, and […]

“I take fifty milligrams of amitriptyline every night, and then an extra ten milligrams of Ambien if I really want to sleep through the night. Sometimes I add a Lunesta, and if that doesn’t work, I get out the Valium—”

Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1) by Kevin Kwan

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I had fun with this and I will be reading the sequels, but for me this is one of the few cases where the movie did it better. I saw the movie first, which I try not to do for the most part, but I’m honestly glad I did it that way. The actors really brought a lot of dimension to their characters that was lacking in the book, and the movie also had a much more clear arc than the book, which doesn’t focus […]



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