Comments on: Monique and the Mango Rains, by Kris Holloway http://thebluestockings.com/2008/07/monique-and-the-mango-rains/ Literary Chronicles and Book Reviews from a Bluestocking Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:19:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Friday Finds: Chabon, Moore and Pratchett from the brother-in-law « Just A (Reading) Fool http://thebluestockings.com/2008/07/monique-and-the-mango-rains/comment-page-1/#comment-685 Friday Finds: Chabon, Moore and Pratchett from the brother-in-law « Just A (Reading) Fool Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:54:39 +0000 http://thebluestockings.com/?p=161#comment-685 [...] which I had been introduced about a month ago, I guess, through several blogs, including Jessica @ The Bluestocking Society, called Monique and the Mango Rains by Kris [...] [...] which I had been introduced about a month ago, I guess, through several blogs, including Jessica @ The Bluestocking Society, called Monique and the Mango Rains by Kris [...]

]]> By: Jessica http://thebluestockings.com/2008/07/monique-and-the-mango-rains/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Jessica Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:26:47 +0000 http://thebluestockings.com/?p=161#comment-301 Blake - This book was definitely not preachy. Subjects as like medical care, birth control, female genital mutilation, etc. were covered, but from within the view point of the village, rather than from a westerner coming in a judging everyone. SmallWorld Reads - This is definitely a good, quick read. Blake – This book was definitely not preachy. Subjects as like medical care, birth control, female genital mutilation, etc. were covered, but from within the view point of the village, rather than from a westerner coming in a judging everyone.

SmallWorld Reads – This is definitely a good, quick read.

]]> By: SmallWorld Reads http://thebluestockings.com/2008/07/monique-and-the-mango-rains/comment-page-1/#comment-299 SmallWorld Reads Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:01:35 +0000 http://thebluestockings.com/?p=161#comment-299 Sounds fantastic; thanks for the great review. I'm adding it to my TBR list. Sounds fantastic; thanks for the great review. I’m adding it to my TBR list.

]]> By: Blake http://thebluestockings.com/2008/07/monique-and-the-mango-rains/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Blake Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:43:06 +0000 http://thebluestockings.com/?p=161#comment-298 Books about experiences in foreign lands, situations, cultures, those are my favorites. As long as they don't turn the whole Peace Corps experience into a preachy monologue, reading about those experience are vastly rewarding. At least for me they are. Books about experiences in foreign lands, situations, cultures, those are my favorites. As long as they don’t turn the whole Peace Corps experience into a preachy monologue, reading about those experience are vastly rewarding.

At least for me they are.

]]>