Monthly Archives: January 2011

REVIEW: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, by Amy Chua

Amy Chua has evoked many extreme and widely varied reactions to her new, controversial memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. A quick glance at the thousands of comments on her original WSJ article (a condensed version of her book), or the comments on any of the numerous articles that have since sprouted up in …

January 31, 2011 – 6:47 pm | By Bethann | Posted in READ IN 2011, REVIEWS | Tagged , , , , | Comments (2)

REVIEW: THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, BY STEIG LARSSON

My good friend and avid fan of this blog, Jane Costa, requested that I post a review on the final instalment of Steig Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. Jane has been quite supportive The Poor Poet as it struggles to find itself in the ever expanding world of bloggers, and …

January 26, 2011 – 5:51 pm | By Bethann | Posted in READ IN 2010, REVIEWS | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)