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The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See From Goodreads In their remote mountain village, Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. For the Akha people, ensconced in ritual and routine, life goes on as it has for generations—until a stranger appears at the village gate … Continue reading Book review: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Hi everyone! I hope you had a great week and are looking forward to a great weekend! Today, I have a bunch of mini reviews for you. For books that I loved and really enjoyed, I often don't have a ton to say other than "I loved and really enjoyed this", so it makes writing … Continue reading Some mini reviews of books I loved
Shanghai Girls and Dreams of Joy by Lisa See Shanghai Girls, paraphrased from Goodreads In 1937, Shanghai is the Paris of Asia, a city of great wealth and glamour, the home of millionaires and beggars, gangsters and gamblers, patriots and revolutionaries, artists and warlords. Thanks to the financial security and material comforts provided by their … Continue reading Book reviews: Shanghai Girls and Dreams of Joy
The Translation of Love by Lynne Kutsukake From Goodreads Thirteen-year-old Aya Shimamura is released from a Canadian internment camp in 1946, still grieving the recent death of her mother, and repatriated to Japan with her embittered father. They arrive in a devastated Tokyo occupied by the Americans under the command of General Douglas MacArthur. Aya's … Continue reading Book review: The Translation of Love
Even though I participate in giving Monthly Recommendations, I thought I would start my own where every couple weeks I give recommendations for a specific topic. Today I'm doing recommendations for diverse historical fiction. There has been some discussion in the twitter book community about diversity in historical fiction lately, and I wanted to highlight some … Continue reading Recommendations for… diverse historical fiction
Exit the Actress by Priya Parmar Paraphrased from Goodreads While selling oranges in the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, sweet and sprightly Ellen "Nell" Gwyn impresses the theater's proprietors with a wit and sparkle that belie her youth and poverty. She quickly earns a place in the company, narrowly avoiding the life of prostitution to which … Continue reading Book review: Exit the Actress
Find out more about the Goodreads group here! This month's topic was duologies, but I think I've read literally 0 duologies, so I couldn't really recommend any. So I'm doing a throwback topic and doing historical fiction, which is one of my favourite genres. I have quite a few, so bear with me. Middle grade or … Continue reading Monthly recommendations: historical fiction
It's one week till Christmas!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited!!!! The Help by Kathryn Stockett Paraphrased from Goodreads Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally … Continue reading Book review: the Help
Standalone Sunday is a feature created here where each Sunday you feature a standalone book (not part of a series) that you loved or would recommend! Underrated books is a feature I occasionally do where I highlight books I think are underrated (read my first one here!). Since I wanted to do this book, I figured I'd combine … Continue reading Standalone Sunday/Underrated books: I, Coriander
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi Paraphrased from Goodreads BOY Novak turns twenty and decides to try for a brand-new life. Flax Hill, Massachusetts isn’t exactly a welcoming town, but it does have the virtue of being the last stop on the bus route she took from New York. Flax Hill is also the hometown … Continue reading Book review: Boy, Snow, Bird
Happy November! I can't believe it's already November. When the fuck did that happen?? Anyway, here's the first edition of Top 5 Wednesday for November! I'm not really into the topics this month, so I'm only doing this one and the last one, but I think those ones super interesting so I'm excited for them! … Continue reading Top Five Wednesday: Genre Benders
WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. It’s very simple: answer the three questions and leave a link to Sam’s post! The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? What are you currently reading? I'm … Continue reading WWW Wednesday: August 23
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