http://ziamunshi.com/2006/01/the-typhoon-lover-sujata-massey/ Scratchings and Jotlings on Books, Houses, Pets, Art, the Exigencies of Daily Existence, and Other Ephemera Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:57:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://ziamunshi.com/2006/01/the-typhoon-lover-sujata-massey/#comment-5265 Nom de Plume » Girl in a Box - Sujata Massey Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:54:40 +0000 http://ziamunshi.com/2006/01/31/the-typhoon-lover-sujata-massey/#comment-5265 [...] I have read every single book in this series, but I have to say: my interest is waning. The younger Rei was edgy and interesting, the Japanese antiques world was fascinating, the cultural tensions delicious. Rei is now a contractor for the CIA and goes undercover in a Japanese department store. She has the hots for her boss, who of course, has the hots for her too. But the Japan Rei now inhabits is bland and colorless–that is, except for the never-ending description of Japanese haute couture she succumbs to as a salesgirl. [...] […] I have read every single book in this series, but I have to say: my interest is waning. The younger Rei was edgy and interesting, the Japanese antiques world was fascinating, the cultural tensions delicious. Rei is now a contractor for the CIA and goes undercover in a Japanese department store. She has the hots for her boss, who of course, has the hots for her too. But the Japan Rei now inhabits is bland and colorless–that is, except for the never-ending description of Japanese haute couture she succumbs to as a salesgirl. […]

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