Hey crossstitch! Glad you like the list I put up! "Drown" definitely was an interesting read. I feel like Diaz puts a little bit of himself in every character he writes, not just the protagonist. I hadn't read anything that real since "Crank" by Ellen Hopkins. I just finished "Lolita" and it was one of the most interesting books I've read in a long time. Nabokov is a new favorite of mine. Message me if you want to discuss any of them!
Exactly! I live in the NW so a lot of the books that come my way are based from around here. The change of scenery is refreshing but mainly educating and enlightening!! It's wonderful! That's one reason I really enjoyed The Joy Luck Club. Books like that, definitely Drown, really give me a sense of what daily life is like in another culture.