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Where I find the best book. I don't want to return it to Mum, but I must. Many thanks to Alice Pung for sharing your polished words in Unpolished Gem.
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Told in three storylines: an American vet with PTSD returning to Vietnam to heal & find his wartime girlfriend and their child, a man who was orphaned during the war trying to get to America due to him being the child of a GI, & a farm girl who moves to Saigon to work at a bar & is coerced into sex work.

It had a slow start but it was otherwise well written & researched, & about things that aren‘t talked about enough, but it wasn‘t for me.

Really interesting information about Japan and loved the narration!

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Finished a couple of weeks ago for November‘s #FictionalTraveler #Asia

I liked this second book in the series set in 1930‘s Singapore. This one takes place just after the first book with Su Lin now working at & living above the Detective & Intelligence unit. A high-profile wedding is rocked by the death of the groom after a prank involving betel nut juice. It gets a bit convoluted, but it kept the pages turning.

I do love a bit of Japanese whimsy. Not so much a novel as a collection of short stories about people who need help finding a clinic open visible to people who need it, where the treatment is cats prescribed as emotional support animals ☺️ 🐈‍⬛. As a slave to two cats, I know how much snuggles from a cat can help!
Second finish for #10BeforeTheEnd @ChaoticMissAdventures
#Asia for #FictionalTraveler @julieclair
Book 95 #Read2025 @DieAReader

I'm not a fan.

The snobbery, constant gossip and battle of egos just rubbed me the wrong way.

I only finished the book, because I was curious about who Rachel's dad was, and even that was a bit of a disappointment

#FictionalTraveler #Asia @julieclair
#BookChain2025 #MoreRecentlyAdded @TheAromaofBooks
#LitsyAtoZ #C @Texreader
#Pantone2025 #FrenchRoast @Lauredhel

Such an odd read. The plot is a bit over the top for me but the twists and turns based on weird house maps make up for that and kept me reading on. A light pick.

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Finished for October‘s #FictionalTraveler #Trees prompt, I quite liked this first book of the Crown Colony series set in 1930‘s Singapore. Su Lin, a young Chinese-Singaporean woman whose childhood bout with polio has made her walk with a limp & be considered “unlucky.”. Her uncle is trying to marry her off while her dreams are bigger. I like Sun Lin & her perspective on race & class & colonialism in Singapore. The ⬇️

Hello, #FictionalTraveler (s)! It‘s November and we‘re heading to #Asia ! What will everyone be reading?

Also - I‘m trying to decide whether to continue #FictionalTraveler for another year. Please comment below to let me know your thoughts. 🤔🤓🙂

This month, I‘ll be reading The Travelling Cat Chronicles.