About

We love to read–individually and together–so this blog is about the books we’ve read. We are always looking for recommendations, so please offer comments and suggestions. If you would like to post a review, contact us and we’ll make you a contributor.

“Mandana” is delighted to be the full-time mother of Brianna, born January 29, 2007. She is also a freelance writer, editor and translator. Her present literary pursuit is translating the boyhood memoirs of a prominent Tajik folklorist from Tajiki into English. She received her MA in Comparative Literature from the University of Oregon in December 2006.

“Bahram” works part-time as a software consultant and is finishing his thesis for a Master’s in Linguistics from the University of Oregon. He is writing a grammar sketch of the Eastern Iranian language of Yaghnobi, spoken in the mountains of Western Tajikistan. You can read more about his linguistics pursuits at our other blog: http://birdswords.wordpress.com.

Some literary confessions:

1. We like artistry, but we also like to be entertained. We love a good story, happy endings, and resolution. We don’t care much for graphic, gratuitous sex or violence … but we’ll put up with a little now and then.

2. In spite of my degree in Comparative Literature, my attention span is short where Critical Theory is concerned. Our reviews here consist primarily of our unstudied personal opinions–what we liked, what we didn’t, and what caught our attention.

Be advised…

The purpose of this blog is interaction, and we welcome your contributions. However, we reserve the right to remove any comments or posts that we deem inappropriate, slanderous or otherwise objectionable.