NOT HERE TO BE LIKED – A FEMINIST RECKONING WITH MICHELLE QUACH!
Rating: ★★★★★Goodreads | Amazon | B&N | Author’s WebsiteEliza Quan is the perfect candidate for editor in chief of her school paper. That is, until ex-jock Len DiMartile decides on a whim to run against her. Suddenly her vast qualifications mean squat because inexperienced Len—who is tall, handsome, and male—just seems more like a leader.When…
ARC Review – She Who Became the Sun
Rating: ★★★★★Goodreads | Amazon | Author’s Website In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family’s eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass.…
Stories that Shaped My Understanding of Asian America
Happy Asian American Pacific Islander Month! I want to preface this with the disclaimer that this blog post is on Asian America and the Asian American diaspora only; I cannot speak for all the diasporas internationally. I have no doubt that there are intersectional experiences, but those stories are not mine to tell–only amplify. The…
Dial A for Aunties Review
Rating: ★★★★★Synopsis: When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body. Unfortunately, a dead body proves to be a lot more challenging to dispose of than one might anticipate, especially when it is accidentally shipped in a…
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[Blog Tour] The Ones We’re Meant to Find: The Sea Between Us
One of the most twisty, surprising, engaging page-turner YAs you’ll read this year—We Were Liars meets Black Mirror, with a dash of Studio Ghibli. Cee awoke on an abandoned island three years ago. With no idea of how she was marooned, she only has a rickety house, an old android, and a single memory: she…
Early 2021 Recap & Moving Forward
Hi friends, it’s been a while! I haven’t been meeting my goal of at least one blog every two weeks, and I’m sorry about that. It’s my third year of undergrad and school hasn’t really been kind to me, I’m currently trying to knock out all my requirements for a more relaxed senior year (but…
The Mountains Sing Review
Rating: ★★★★★ Synopsis: With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner’s In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Tran family, set against the backdrop of the Viet Nam War. Tran Dieu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee…
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[BLOG TOUR] A PHO LOVE STORY Interview With the One and Only, Loan Le!
Title: A Pho Love StoryAuthor: Loan LePublisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young ReadersGenres: Young Adult romantic-comedyBUY THE BOOK HERE: GoodreadsAmazonBook DepositoryBarnes & NobleIndieBoundIndigo BAM! When Dimple Met Rishi meets Ugly Delicious in this funny, smart romantic comedy, in which two Vietnamese-American teens fall in love and must navigate their newfound relationship amid their families’ age-old feud…
2021 Releases by Vietnamese Authors
As a Vietnamese American reader/book reviewer, I’m constantly on the lookout for Vietnamese own-voices stories. Growing up, the narratives surrounding the identity of being Người Việt have almost always been tied to the Vietnam War. From books to movies about the war itself, the portrayal of Vietnamese people have always been reduced to the ‘other’…
ARC Review: A PHỞ LOVE STORY
Rating: ★★★★★ Synopsis: If Bao Nguyen had to describe himself, he’d say he was a rock. Steady and strong, but not particularly interesting. His grades are average, his social status unremarkable. He works at his parents’ pho restaurant, and even there, he is his parents’ fifth favorite employee. Not ideal.If Linh Mai had to describe herself, she’d…
2021 MOST ANTICIPATED RELEASES
To say that 2020 was a rollercoaster ride would be an understatement. This year was emotionally taxing with more days spent crying than doing anything else. I spent a good chunk of the year away from family, stuck at my college town while waiting for people to quarantine. Despite the bad days, I also accomplished…
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