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….
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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!
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,…
Would you let your children read these??
I’m a sucker for children’s books; anything for ages 0 – 10; especially those written by Roald Dahl, Dr. Seuss, Julia Donaldson and Eric Carle. I normally pick books which are: * entertaining* simple but educational* has good vocab * well written and conceptualised* great illustrations! (for picture books) Recently, I came across this article which…
The 20 Essential Indian Novels
Thank you Katina for sharing this with me! Read this article and thought it might interest you too. Some really good titles here which might tempt you to add them to your ‘To Read’ list? 😉 “India’s ancient, volatile history, multicultural and multiethnic heritage, and varied geography make it a hotbed for amazing literature. Unfortunately,…
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Title/Author: Norwegian Wood/Haruki Murakami (Translated by Jay Rubin)Publisher: Vintage Books USAPages: 400ISBN 13: 9780099554561 Expect no flying elephants, man-eating cats, or any of those surrealist eccentricities that you’d normally find in a Murakami novel. Norwegian Wood is a rather straight forward, coming of age novel of nostalgia. What stayed though is its quiet, still and…
Teohlogy: The Word According to Patrick Teoh
Title/Author: Teohlogy: The Word According to Patrick TeohPublisher: ZI PublicationsNo. of Pages: 303ISBN 13: 978-967-5266-15-7Price: RM38 In a nutshell(Tiru-ed (copied) from back cover synopsis) With his trademark razor-sharp wit, Teoh in his aptly-named Teohlogy (Elaine, hats off to you! I thought the name was brilliant! :D) articles, previously published in the now defunct Off The…
March 8: Time for Real Change by Kee Thuan Chye
Title/Author: March 8: Time For Real Change/Kee Thuan ChyePublisher: Marshall CavendishNo. of Pages: 363ISBN 13: 9789814328333 (Written for Malaysiakini.com) An inspiring chronicle of changeReview by Jee Wan http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/152887Jan 9 When we won the Asian Football Federation Suzuki Cup, our PM declared 31st December a public holiday, claiming to support the 1Malaysia concept of “People First,…
Sky Burial by Xinran
Title/Author: Sky Burial/XinranPublisher: Random House CanadaNo. of pages: 206ISBN 10: 0-679-31360-5Price: RM20.00 (Discounted price. Hardcover) In a nutshellXinran received a phone call from a listener of her programme asking her to meet a woman who had just crossed the border from Tibet to China. Xinran made a trip and met Shu Wen who recounted the…
Everything Asian by Sung J. Woo
Title/Author: Everything Asian/Sung J. WooPublisher: Thomas Dunne BooksNo. of pages: 328ISBN 13: 978-0-312-53885-9Price: RM49.90In a nutshellDavid Kim, his fifteen-year-old sister and mom arrived in New Jersey a month ago to be with his dad whom he’s meeting for the first time in five years. He’s finding it hard to cope, his sister is feeling miserable…
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