I revisit Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes for SCMP. (Click on image for an easier to read version.)

I was writing about Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes for the South China Morning Post when I came across the funniest one-star review of the book:

This is a bad book. It is sad and a horrible book. Do not pick up this book. If you want to read it, now you know it is a bad book. I do not recommend it. If you are thinking of going to the book store and wasting your money on a book like this, forget about it. But I’ll tell you about it anyway. It is about a girl named Sadako who gets very sick. She has a friend named Chizuko. She is Sadako’s best friend. Sadako is a fast runner. She gets leukemia and goes to the hospital. Chizuko tells her that if she makes a thousand cranes, she will not have leukemia. Her brother promises to hang the cranes. Will she make one thousand?

I want this kid to review everything. Hey kid, what did you think of the new Strokes album?

I loved this book when I was a kid.

Yesterday, M lent me this book. I’m about to crack it open.

New York Times Review of Bananas

I can’t wait to read this novel. Pub date is March.