Book Review — Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Shi Min Xie This book has been making waves on social media and I knew I had to read it because it had a Chinese protagonist. Besides, the cover art completely sold the…
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The Poppy War — A Review
The Poppy War is one of those books that I just couldn’t stop reading. Once I opened it, I couldn’t stop. Yet, when I finished reading, I wanted to read…
The Bear and The Nightingale — A Review
When I was a child, I liked reading about Russian fairytales. Some of them were about Ivan (and in Russian fairytales, there was always an Ivan) and his firebird, and…
The Night Circus — A Book Review
The Night Circus is one of those books that made me excited about reading again. You know what I mean. You finish a book, and you’re in a slump. You’re…
Akata Witch and Warrior — A Review
My editor, Daphne, recommended that I read Nnedi Okorador’s Akata Witch and Akata Warrior to help with writing my sequel. I had previously read Lagoon and Who Fears Death. After…
Book Review: Ready Player One
Meet Wade Watts, or Parzival, as he’s better known online. Like so many otakus, Parzival uses the OASIS game interface to escape poverty, his mean aunt, and a world ravaged…
Book Review: Serpentine by Cindy Pon
I really wanted to like this book. As someone who is Chinese, it’s already hard enough getting my hands on a Chinese-inspired fantasy, and to see someone who looks like…
The Card Turner — A Book Review
I’m familiar with Sachar’s work — I did read and love Holes, after all, so I picked up this book so see what else he’d been up to. It turns…
The Book You Should Totally Be Reading Right Now — The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
Here’s a book I totally recommend — The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu: (Image from Ken Liu’s official website) Here’s a quick rundown of the plot: On the islands…
Throne of Glass Series Review
I just completed the whole review and was about to save this in WordPress when suddenly, WordPress gave me some stupid notice about how this action wasn’t legit — I’d…