The Fortune Cookie Chronicles
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  • Archive for April 9th, 2008

    Today is the day I guess I get kicked off the NYT bestseller list

    Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

    So Wednesday afternoons, the NYT bestsellers are revealed. Today the list comes out for the the week closing Saturday, April 5, and I think after a happy three-week run, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles will fall off the extended list.
    After popping in at #26 during my second week of publication, the last two weeks, I […]

    Washpost: Where Lee really shines, though, is in describing the people who have cooked, served and delivered America’s favorite cuisine

    Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

    Christine Y. Chen writes a lovely review in The Washington Post (so she too is not excited about the round-the-world chapter).
    So now The Fortune Cookie Chronicles have been reviewed by all the major papers (+ the AP!) except The Wall Street Journal…which I doubt would review it anyway (and we haven’t heard any rumblings […]