Showing posts with label asian experience. Show all posts
Showing posts with label asian experience. Show all posts
Saturday, September 12, 2026

Review: The Seekers of Deer Creek (by Thao Thai)

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My Rating: 4.5 stars After reading and loving Thao Thai’s debut novel Banyan Moon when it came out in 2023, I’ve been excitedly waiting fo...
Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Review: The Devoted (by Catherine Cho)

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My Rating: 4 stars As those who follow my reviews probably know by now, I can be somewhat of a fanatic when it comes to the depiction of H...
Saturday, August 1, 2026

Review: Song For Another Home (by Bora Lee Reed)

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My Rating: 3.5 stars This is an interesting story about a historical time period that doesn’t often get written about – the Korean War and...
Saturday, July 25, 2026

Review: Manga Classics: Journey to the West - The Beginning (by Wu Cheng'en; adapted by Jim Zub, Char A, and Julien Choy)

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My Rating: 4 stars I’ve tried to read comics in e-book form before, but the experience wasn’t a pleasant one, as I had to zoom in and out ...
Saturday, July 18, 2026

Review: Goodbye Chinatown (by Kit Fan)

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My Rating: 3.5 stars As a Hong Kong native, I’m always on the lookout for books about or set in the city of my birth, especially ones that...
Thursday, June 11, 2026

Review: Never Grow Up (by Jackie Chan, with Zhu Mo)

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My Rating: 3.5 stars I decided to pick up Jackie Chan’s memoir not because I’m a fan (in fact, quite the opposite – he’s actually one of m...
Sunday, May 31, 2026

Review: The Last Mandarin (by Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung)

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My Rating: 4 stars  I must confess that I have not yet read any of Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache books, not because I don’t want to, but ...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Review: The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli (by Karina Yan Glaser)

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My Rating: 5 stars Wow!   This beautifully written middle grade novel absolutely blew me away!   I honestly can’t remember the last time I...