Comments on: Blog Tour: Christine Son’s “Off the Menu”

By: Christine Son, Author of Off the Menu, on Tour November 2008 | TLC Book Tours

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:51:34 +0000

[...] Tuesday, November 11th: 8Asians [...]

By: Samantha

Samantha — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:41:33 +0000

Seems tasty. I’ll check it out.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:41:00 +0000

Seems tasty. I’ll check it out.

By: Asianmommy

Asianmommy — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:33:13 +0000

Very cool–I’m going to look for this book.

By: Asianmommy

Asianmommy — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:33:00 +0000

Very cool–I’m going to look for this book.

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:04:37 +0000

China Dolls was absolutely horrific. Not just as Asian chick-lit, but as chick-lit in general…as fiction in general. The Dim Sum of All Things was much better.

Random note: I’m rereading one of my favorite Dean Koontz novels, Ticktock, which has a Vietnamese-American protagonist, and every time I read it, I am amazed by how well a white writer portrayed an Asian American.

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:04:00 +0000

China Dolls was absolutely horrific. Not just as Asian chick-lit, but as chick-lit in general…as fiction in general. The Dim Sum of All Things was much better.

By: seeconrun

seeconrun — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:27:07 +0000

Another recommendation:
The Dim Sum of All Things by Kim Wong Keltner. She has a sequel, Buddha Baby, but it wasn’t nearly as good as the first.. I’d say this was my first “Asian chick-lit”..I’ve never been a fan of the word “chick..” (sadly, i’m getting in the hang of it.)

Anywho, I read this book in high school and wrote a review for it on L.A. Youth, a newspaper by and about teens. You can read it at this link:
http://www.layouth.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issue&action=IssueArticle&aid=715&nid=57