pickI enjoyed the whole book, but especially the last few chapters. It's hard to believe the ending of an almost 30-year-old bestseller hadn't been spoiled for me.
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Hundred Secret Senses | 
pickI enjoyed the whole book, but especially the last few chapters. It's hard to believe the ending of an almost 30-year-old bestseller hadn't been spoiled for me.
pickI had a quiet afternoon for reading today, and finished this beautiful book. I have loved everything I have read by Tan, including the children‘s book I used to read to my kids. Lovely lyrical writing that takes you right where she wants you to go. #authoramonth @Soubhiville
If you don‘t like ambiguous endings and unanswered questions, don‘t read this! If you‘re okay with uncertainty and mystery and lyrical writing, go for it!
Amy Tan spoke at the 2018 National Book Festival. Here‘s info for this year (all virtual): https://www.loc.gov/events/2021-national-book-festival/
#authoramonth
An uneasy relationship between #siblings and this month‘s #authoramonth selection.
#conflictedworlds
pickWhere to begin? The character of Kwan is endlessly fascinating! She sees and hears yin (ghosts), but to her half sister Olivia, Kwan‘s world and visions seem like a strange world far away from day to day reality. Rich characters and journeys-I recommend!
#authoramonth2021 @Soubhiville
#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks
pickA ghost story, some history, and selfless love. Kwan says she can communicate with spirits and has lived past lives. Her half sister Olivia, a photographer, believes what she sees and finds Kwan annoying. But what is Kwan is not crazy? Amy Tan takes us to China 1865 and modern SF to tell us Kwan‘s stories. Beautiful and tragic. https://cannonballread.com/2021/05/the-hundred-secret-senses-elcicco/
A Kindle deal today for Amy Tan our August author. Unlike the rest of the month‘s I had not chosen a book for August and this showed up today. Problem solved! #AuthoraMonth
"When there is great suffering," he said, "everyone struggles the same. But when there is peace, no one wants to be the same."
another gift from my sister, this is one of her favorites 💜🌿 i plan on reading it as soon i can 🌞☁️☁️
“Are we born with blank hearts, waiting to be imprinted with any imitation of love?”
“For many hours each day, she and Yiban talked, their heads bent together like two flowers reaching for the same sun.”
“I once thought love was supposed to be nothing but bliss. I now know it is also worry and grief, hope and trust. And believing in ghosts--that's believing that love never dies. If people we love die, then they are lost only to our ordinary senses. If we remember, we can find them anytime with our hundred secret senses.” #ghost #QuotsyOct18
#augustisatrip #china
A favorite book by a favorite author. Tan's books are always filled with rich detail about Chinese culture.
I'm a mood reader so I don't really make monthly TBR plans, but I'm trying to complete several reading challenges this year (#LitsyAtoZ2018, #ReadHarder2018, #LRC2018, #LitsybytheNumbers) and I also signed up for @DuckOfDoom 's #SFFTBR year-long challenge which just started today (July 1). I'm hoping to finish my current read which is my pick for "100" and then continue chipping away at these challenges! #AnticipatedJulyReads #JulyinBooks18
Since I'm not a summer person--I hate heat & humidity and I burn easily--I don't do beaches. But my bedding looks close enough to water & sand that with a fan blowing at me, an ocean waves CD playing in the background and a bit of imagination, I could lie in bed and pretend that I'm at the beach with my current read! 😂 #beachread #ReadingResolutions
pickThe combination of western belief systems and Asian beliefs is fascinating to me. Amy Tan did a great job in bringing them together. Loved her books before I read this one and am even more of a fan now.
Listening to this on the way to meet my boyfriend
I bought this signed copy for $1 at a recent rummage sale near Cleveland, OH & found this picture inside... after some research I uncovered the mystery man's identity!
This is Cleveland bookseller Richard Gildenmeister who opened a pop-up shop in 2012 to sell off his private book collection after having dreams of "all these books moving around my brain". The sale included 2000+ volumes and I'm wondering if this could have been one of them?? ?
#bookclub I posted yesterday about my book club reaching its 20 year milestone. At the end of each year we vote on our favourite book for that year: roughly 10 books to choose from and 10 members voting. This is a list of the books that got the most votes each year since 1997. Sorry about the small font, it might be a bit hard to read on a phone. Many great books did not make it onto this list. But that's reader diversity for you 😊.
Library book sale!!! 8 books for $8
#septphotochallenge today are book #setinasia and it was difficult to find any in the stacks...I need to buy more! #somethingforsept #somethingforseptember
