South Asian Book Club

Hello Everyone,

As we discussed, we are planning our first book club field trip to the LA Times Book Festival on Saturday April 26th at 10 am and we will meet at the Tommy the Trojan Statue on the campus of USC.

Here is a link to find the statue of Tommy the Trojan at the campus of USC, I've included a picture of what the Tommy the Trojan statue looks like - https://www.campus-maps.com/usc/tommy-trojan/

Also here are more details about the book festival - https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/

Parking on campus will be $20 - here is a link that provides all the parking information you will need, just scroll down the section labeled Where do I Park and it will give you all the relevant information you will need - https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/faq/

Here are some other important links as well:
Festival map - https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/files/2025/04/FOB2025_map_mainfestival.pdf
Restrooms and Food Truck map - https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/files/2025/04/FOB2025_map_foodtrucks_restrooms.pdf
Book Festival App - the book festival has it's own app so here's a link for you to download as well - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.latimes.fob&hl=en_US

I set the field trip for 4 hours, but feel free to come and go as you please, we'll gather together at the statue and then walk around the campus checking out all the booths and exhibitors at the book festival. So feel free to bring friends and let's get nerdy about books.

A moving memoir by a survivor of anti-Muslim violence in contemporary India that delicately weaves political and family histories in a tribute to India's vibrant multiethnic society and the resilience of its women and minorities, especially in the face of growing religious extremism.

A joyful romantic comedy retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma!

I know what you’re thinking: poor little rich girl, she has everything, what else could she possibly need? Well, I’m looking for the great love of my life, thank you very much.

For Long Island native Humaira Mirza, it’s always been about love – and she has the matchmaking track record to prove it. Having successfully found ‘the one’ for both her aunt and her sister, the twenty-three-year-old is ready to claim a bit of romance for herself.

The perfect candidate? The gorgeous Rizwan Ali. But as Humaira employs her unique skills to obtain the perfect match with Rizwan, she’s forced to endure the disapproval of family friend Fawad Sheikh who she’s known forever. Fawad and Humaira have long traded barbs but as her romantic meddling leads to unintentional misadventures, she realises something shocking – is she starting to care what Fawad thinks?