Realizing that my bookshelves are lacking in books by BIPOC authors, I've started creating lists to help me find my next read. Because it's AAPI month, and because I'm Asian American, I'm starting my summer journey with lists of books by Asian authors. (This is a bit late since I just submitted my last paper of the spring semester. And also because of a bunch of things hitting me at once this past spring. Maybe one day I'll talk about it. Right now, I'm still processing.) To start, I'm ... Read More about 28 New or Forthcoming Releases by Asian Authors: YA Contemporary Edition
12 Recently Released or Forthcoming Fantasy Books by Asian Authors on My TBR
Today, the #WyrdAndWonder prompt is to share books on your TBR. Since May is also AAPI month, I'm sharing 12 recently released or forthcoming fantasy books by Asian Authors on my TBR! 12 Fantasy Books by Asian Authors on My TBR Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. Kuang 1828. Robin Swift, a Chinese boy orphaned by cholera, is brought to London, where he eventually enrolls in Oxford University's prestigious Royal ... Read More about 12 Recently Released or Forthcoming Fantasy Books by Asian Authors on My TBR
Fantasy Books (and Related Items) I’d Want with Me on a Deserted Island
Today's #WyrdAndWonder prompt is Desert Island Reads. This prompt is inspired by a long-standing British radio show that invites celebrities to pick the eight musical tracks, one book, and a luxury item they’d want with them if they were stranded on a desert island. For a bookish twist, we were asked to pick 8 fantasy books; 1 podcast, T.V. show, or movie (which can be a series or franchise)*, and 1 necessary item. * We're make-believing that we get some magical waterproof device that ... Read More about Fantasy Books (and Related Items) I’d Want with Me on a Deserted Island
12 Books by Asian Authors I Loved in 2020
Happy Tuesday! Today, as a part of AAPI month, I'm sharing 12 books by Asian authors I loved in 2020. I meant to post this last week, but finals week was rough. (As was this past spring, which resulted in a dearth of posts.) Now that I've had a chance to rest, I'm excited to catch up on my TBR and start blogging again! 12 Books by Asian Authors I Loved in 2020 American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang Jin Wang is the lone Chinese American at his new school. Danny is the popular kid who ... Read More about 12 Books by Asian Authors I Loved in 2020
Kiki’s Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono: A Charming Coming-of-Age Story
The Gist: Kiki's Delivery Service is a charming coming-of-age story about a witch and her cat, who start their own delivery service. Each chapter is a self-contained story in which the two solve a problem for the people of their new town, Koriko. Trigger Warnings: My Thoughts Three years ago, Kiki made the decision to follow in her mother's tradition and live as a witch herself. Now, at the age of thirteen, she must leave her parents' house and find her own town. She only takes with ... Read More about Kiki’s Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono: A Charming Coming-of-Age Story
The Magical Book Drawing: Spring Cleaning My TBR
2020 was a crazy year. Between returning to grad school full-time and learning to live in quarantine with the pandemic, I got reading burnout. And depression. I took a few abrupt blogging hiatuses, but it's been difficult to start reading again. To help me with reading burnout, a friend suggested that I try her method of prepping her reading list. She has her own name for it. I'm calling it The Magical Book Drawing (until/unless I come up with a better name). Step 1: Prepare Post-It Notes, ... Read More about The Magical Book Drawing: Spring Cleaning My TBR
Discussion Guide: Caliban’s War (The Expanse #2) by James S. A. Corey
Discussion Guide Compare and contrast James Holden and Chrisjen Avasarala's attitudes and approaches towards the conflicts in the galaxy. How do they act as foils to one another? How do they influence each other's perspectives?What are your thoughts on the ways Holden and Avasarala manage information?How is trauma / PTSD explored through the characters of Bobbie and Prax?This is the first book that introduced a Martian's POV (Bobbie). How did the inclusion of her POV expand your understanding ... Read More about Discussion Guide: Caliban’s War (The Expanse #2) by James S. A. Corey
Back from Hiatus: Hello, 2021!
You know all those memes, during the early days of lockdown, about how introverts have been preparing their whole lives for quarantine? The last nine months have proved this false. I need times of silence and solitude, but I also need people. I'm grateful for technological advances that allow us to connect via social media and video calls, grateful that I can still see the faces of loved ones. Social media has allowed me to keep up with friends and family across the globe and also to connect ... Read More about Back from Hiatus: Hello, 2021!
The Ikessar Falcon by K. S. Villoso: A Parent’s Legacy
"I am Yeshin's only daughter . . . I have never been allowed to be like most." Abandoned by her people, Queen Talyien stumbles upon a sinister plot to displace her king and kill her son. To save them, she must find her way back home with the aid of questionable allies. But the only threats to her kingdom come not only from abroad. Back in Jin-Sayeng, warlords quarrel, monsters lurk in human guise, and mad dragons rampage in the West. And everywhere, Tali must confront the myth built around ... Read More about The Ikessar Falcon by K. S. Villoso: A Parent’s Legacy
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