Showing posts with label contemporary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contemporary. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Review: Big Little Lies (by Liane Moriarty)

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My Rating: 4.5 stars I’ve read several of Liane Moriarty’s books (including her newest release) and I’ve got to say that Big Little Lies ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Review: Dolly All The Time (by Annabel Monaghan)

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My Rating: 5 stars I’m usually not much of a romance reader, not because of anything wrong with the genre, but mostly because of my own mi...
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, July 16, 2026

Review: Tata (by Valerie Perrin, translated by Hildegarde Serle)

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My Rating: 3.5 stars When I first read the premise for Valerie Perrin’s latest novel Tata , I was greatly intrigued.   Agnes Dugain receiv...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Review: Summerland Cove (by Ellen Baker)

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My Rating: 4 stars Given its cover and title as well as its seaside and summer vacation setting – combined with an interesting premise wit...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Review: The Things We Never Say (by Elizabeth Strout)

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My Rating: 5 stars I didn’t think that I could love another Elizabeth Strout character as much as I love Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton bu...
Saturday, April 18, 2026

Review: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (by Jesse Q. Sutanto)

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My Rating: 5 stars I’ve been wanting to read one of Jesse Q. Sutanto’s books for ages, so of course I was overjoyed when one of my book cl...
Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Review: Boring Asian Female (by Canwen Xu)

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My Rating: 2.5 stars I have serious mixed feelings after reading this book. At first, I thought this would be a book right up my alley, wi...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Review: Everyday Movement (by Gigi L. Leung, translated by Jennifer Feeley)

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My Rating: 3.5 stars As the city of my birth, Hong Kong has always occupied a special place in my heart.   Of course, I still have relativ...
Friday, January 30, 2026

Review: Sipsworth (by Simon Van Booy)

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My Rating: 4 stars Going into this book, I wasn’t sure what to expect at first.   I mean, I knew the basic outline of the story: an elderl...
Saturday, January 17, 2026

Review: Bad Asians (by Lillian Li)

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My Rating: 3 stars  Lillian Li’s latest novel Bad Asians has an interesting premise that attempts to explore Asian American identity throug...
Saturday, October 25, 2025

Review: What We Left Unsaid (by Winnie M. Li)

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My Rating: 4 stars As I sit down to write this review, it dawns on me that I have now read two road trip themed books back-to-back -- whil...
Sunday, October 12, 2025

Review: The Road to Tender Hearts (by Annie Hartnett)

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My Rating: 4 stars When I first picked up Annie Hartnett’s newest novel The Road to Tender Hearts and read the premise, it sounded a little...
Monday, May 26, 2025

Review: Run For the Hills (by Kevin Wilson)

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My Rating: 4 stars Whenever I pick up a Kevin Wilson book, I already know that I will be in for a zany and wild ride through a weird yet hea...
Saturday, May 17, 2025

Review: My Friends (by Fredrik Backman)

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My Rating: 5 stars This year has been a chaotic one for me: in addition to being super busy at work, I’ve also had some family issues I had ...
Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Review: Three Days in June (by Anne Tyler)

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My Rating: 4 stars Anne Tyler’s latest novel may be a short, quick read, but it contains the same low-key yet poignant exploration of human ...