Title/Author: How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee Publisher: Hanover Square Press In a nutshell (Publisher): A mesmerizing novel of World War II Singapore, “a story about memory, trauma, and ultimately love” (New York Times)—for fans of Pachinko and We Were the Lucky Ones Singapore, 1942. As Japanese troops sweep down Malaysia and into Singapore, a village is ransacked,…
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Jee reviews #LittleFiresEverywhere by #CelesteNg #RandomHouse #literaryfiction #familylifefiction #asianAmericanLitFiction
Title/Author: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Publisher: Random House In a nutshell (Amazon): From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything…
Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers! Let’s celebrate this special occasion with some thought-provoking books on motherhood! Have you read any of them?
Happy Mother’s day to all mothers! Hope you’re getting a much-deserved and needed break today and that it would involve some reading 😉 These books had many other important themes, but they also centered around the challenges of being a mother and they resonated with me. Some of them have been reviewed before, some of…
Jee reviews #MiracleCreek by @AngieKimWriter @fsgBooks @Netgalley #Netgalley #eARC #fiction #courtroomdrama
Title/Author: Miracle Creek by Angie Kim Publisher: FSG Books In a nutshell (Publisher): My husband asked me to lie. Not a big lie. He probably didn’t even consider it a lie, and neither did I, at first . . . In rural Virginia, Young and Pak Yoo run an experimental medical treatment device known as…
Jee reviews #TheTeaGirlofHummingbirdLane by @Lisa_See @ScribnerBooks #GeneralFiction
Title/Author: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See Publisher: Scribner In a nutshell: Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine, and it has been ever thus for generations. Then one day a jeep appears at the village gate—the first automobile…
In anticipation for the sequel, #TheDragonReplublic, Jee reads & reviews #ThePoppyWar by #RFKuang @kuangRF #historicalmilitaryfantasy #asianFiction #fantasy @HarperVoyagerUS
Title/Author: The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang Publisher: Harper Voyager In a nutshell (Publisher): A brilliantly imaginative talent makes her exciting debut with this epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic, in the tradition of Ken Liu’s Grace of Kings and N.K. Jemisin’s Inheritance Trilogy….
Jee’s #bookreview of #NumberOneChineseRestaurant by #LillianLi @ZillianZi #henryholt
Expect family drama, complex characters and relationships, love, betrayals, sibling rivalries, and power struggles. A 5* read for me!
The Incendiaries: A Novel by R.O. Kwon
This novel stands out from the rest because it’s different. Searing to some, strange to others. Be prepared & enter with caution!
Half Gods by Akil Kumarasamy
Devastated by the Sri Lanka Civil War in 1983 that lasted for 26 years, these survivors moved to America hoping to forget their past and rebuild their lives. Half Gods is a collection of their stories.
What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan
Title: What We Were Promised Author: Lucy Tan My verdict: 3.5/5 In a nutshell: After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family – Wei, Lina and their daughter Karen, returned to China and joined an elite community of Chinese-born, Western-educated professionals. Drama enfolded Lina discovered that her ivory bracelet went missing, and Wei’s brother,…
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