Summer Reading Listing:
The winter and spring were especially busy, and I was not reading for pleasure as much as I liked. Then, I recommitted myself to intentionally carve out time for something I really enjoy, reading for pleasure, I immersed myself in the writings of Viet Thanh Nguyen.
In The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen explores the refugees’ experience, the persistence of colonization, and what might need to happen for decolonization to occur. “Refugee, exile, immigrant – whatever species of displaced human we were, we did not simply live in two cultures, as celebrants of the great American melting pot imagined. Displaced people also lived in two time zones, the here and the there, the present and the past, being as we were reluctant time travelers.” 
There is a plot twist that made my jaw drop but I won’t give it away! This is a beautifully written, captivating, and must read book!!!
The Committed, which is a sequel to The Sympathizer, is an equally engrossing read. Although not quite to the end, I am anticipating another plot twist.
I am excited by what is ahead in my reading queue for the summer.
