Mohamed El El itibaren Samudra Kulon, Gumelar, Banyumas Regency, Central Java, Endonezya itibaren Samudra Kulon, Gumelar, Banyumas Regency, Central Java, Endonezya

İlk Outlander kitabı kadar bu kitabın tadını çıkarmadım, ancak ilk kitapta aşık olduğum karakterlere ne olduğunu bilmek hoşuma gitti. Hikayenin buradan nereye gittiğini görmek ilginç olacak çünkü bu kesinlikle serinin son kitabı değil.

While I preferred both Bringing Down the House and The Accidental Billionaires, I did enjoy this book. Once again Mezrich looks at a geek subculture (following card-counting mathmeticians and cut-throat/rock-star computer programmers), this time, it is NASA interns stealing a 600 pound safe full of moon-rocks (no spoilers...this is from the prologue). To me it is totally mind-blowing that the ringleader, Thad Roberts, thought that there was any way that he could ever, ever, ever get away with such an "audacious heist" (phrase stolen from the cover). I mean did he not forsee the full wrath and focus of the U.S. government coming down on pursuing the perpetrators of this theft? I mean, we are not bringing any more moon rocks back to Earth in the forseeable future, it's kind of a unique commodity, and source of national pride. But then again, it happened.

This book is about the internment of the Japanese in America during World War 2. I read this book for my library book club and again they made a wonderful choice. The book is set in Seattle Washington. The two main characters in this book are Henry and Keiko and their families. Henry is Chinese and his father is of the belief that the Japanese are all evil and out to destroy China and America. Keiko is a Japanese girl that Henry meets at the white school they both attend. At first Henry is conflicted about Keiko because of his family. Keiko thinks of herself as an American. She was born in America and speaks English. She does not know any Japanese which Henry learns after he says a phrase to her in Japanese. Keiko is impressed when she learns what the phrase really meant. Henry and Keiko become friends. Keiko and her family are then sent away to camps. America is afraid that the Japanese who live in America are all spies and are going to help Japan attack the USA. They move all Japanese inland. Henry works in the cafeteria at school and the lady in charge there offers Henry a job on the weekends to help out at Camp Minodaka. Henry knows that this is where Keiko and her family have been sent. He hopes to find Keiko and is relieved when he does find her. Even though they are both so far away from each other you can see that they truly do love and care for each other a lot. Henry promises to wait for her even if it is years. I found myself crying and feeling sorry for Henry and Keiko as they struggled during this war time. The story goes back and forth from 1942 to 1986 etc. So you are reliving the events through Henry's memories. The story is wonderfully written and captivates the reader with the heart of the story.

I love Tina Fey and I am a huge Liz Lemon fan. I love how this book demonstrated how her real life is reflected in her character on 30 Rock. I definitely laughed a lot, but there was something that was lacking- I'm not sure what though. I would definitely recommend this book especially if you want a good chuckle... it is just not one that I would add to my "list of favorite books."