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π Book Roulette | Fave Books by Asian Authors
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items Spin the wheel and land on brilliance. This list celebrates powerful voices, unforgettable stories, and rich perspectives from across the Asian diaspora. From lyrical fiction to bold memoirs and genre-bending adventures, these books are as diverse an...
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πβ¨ BOOK REVIEW: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
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This gentle read reminded me of the quiet magic that lives in bookstores β the kind that lives in the books, the kind that only employees and customers can create...
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: A Novel
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I LOVED THIS ONE, even more than the one before. It felt so great to be back at the Morisaki Bookshop.
More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: A Novel
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Initially, my appeal to Central Places was the cover, but I so quickly got sucked into this page-turning chaos. The storyline was messy, the people were messy... IN THE MOST COMPLIMENTARY WAY POSSIBLE. It was quite a ride of bad choices, immaturity, ...
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Initially, my appeal to Central Places was the cover, but I so quickly got sucked into this page-turning chaos. The storyline was messy, the people were messy... IN THE MOST COMPLIMENTARY WAY POSSIBLE. It was quite a ride of bad choices, immaturity, ...
Central Places: A Novel
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I spent an entire day reading this, and I really couldnβt put it down. It covered so much, so many different areas of good and unbelievably bad. Choi wrote the struggles, the trauma, and the mental illness well, we felt these moments as we flipped th...
I spent an entire day reading this, and I really couldnβt put it down. It covered so much, so many different areas of good and unbelievably bad. Choi wrote the struggles, the trauma, and the mental illness well, we felt these moments as we flipped th...
Yolk
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It was weird listening to a book that had COVID as an event. It seems like time has been standing still these past couple of years, and that writing in COVID feels so strange. However, I loved this story and I loved Joan. I get Joan, in some ways, I ...
It was weird listening to a book that had COVID as an event. It seems like time has been standing still these past couple of years, and that writing in COVID feels so strange. However, I loved this story and I loved Joan. I get Joan, in some ways, I ...
Joan Is Okay: A Novel
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π BOOK REVIEW: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by @sangumandanna
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This took me forever to finally buckle down and read... but WOOOWEEE, am I glad I did.
I loved this one. I'm so happy it lived up to the hype, both online and...
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches: A romantic cozy fantasy
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π BOOK REVIEW: A Witchβs Guide to Magical Innkeeping by @sangumandanna
30/50
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I loved this. So much more than I expected. I laughed, I cried, I loved.
It started slow... slow to grab my attention, slow to set the stage, but once I hit the ...
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
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I LOVED THE LEAVERS. I LOVED IT. I recommend it. I should re-read it. Lisa Ko's book reso...
The Leavers
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This ended my reading slump (it was only a week, but it felt longer). THE ENTIRE APPEAL OF THIS BOOK WAS THE GIRL AT THE BOOKSTORE LOVING THIS COVER. I mentioned it was beautiful, and then eventually went ba...
Daughter of the Moon Goddess: A Novel
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Since finishing this book, I've been telling everyone about it. I loved it, and it just might be my favorite book of 2022 so far. Highly recommend this one, highly.ββββββββ
No Land to Light On: A Novel
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Let me be clear... I picked this one up based on the title and cover, hoping for a quick read. I had no idea what I was in for. I listened to Gaysians in the car, completely unaware it was a graphic novel. Every time something visual happened, it too...
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Let me be clear... I picked this one up based on the title and cover, hoping for a quick read. I had no idea what I was in for. I listened to Gaysians in the car, completely unaware it was a graphic novel. Every time something visual happened, it too...
Gaysians
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Just finished Rental House by Weike Wang, and it was everything I hoped for! πβ¨ I adore stories that dive into the weird and awkward moments of life, and this one nailed it. The relationships felt so real and relatable, echoing my own thoughts and f...
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Just finished Rental House by Weike Wang, and it was everything I hoped for! πβ¨ I adore stories that dive into the weird and awkward moments of life, and this one nailed it. The relationships felt so real and relatable, echoing my own thoughts and f...
Rental House: A Novel
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Heart of the Sun Warrior is released in November 2022!
ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT (in that Matthew McConaughey voice)!! ββββββββ ββββββββ Lately I've had a hard time picking up a book, listening to an audiobook, etc., but I'm so glad that FINALLY this weekend, I finished this one up. I LOVED it! ββββββββ ...Β
Heart of the Sun Warrior is released in November 2022!
Heart of the Sun Warrior: A Novel
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Natural Beauty has been on my TBR for months, and I finally stopped long enough to finish it yesterday. This was one of the hardest things I've ever read. It hit home a little too close to some personal trauma. Since I started reading this, in Octobe...
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Natural Beauty has been on my TBR for months, and I finally stopped long enough to finish it yesterday. This was one of the hardest things I've ever read. It hit home a little too close to some personal trauma. Since I started reading this, in Octobe...
Natural Beauty: A Novel