pickNominated for the 2026 Washington State Children's Choice Award, Built to Last is a simple story with intense illustrations about perseverance, patience, and friendship.
Continental Drifter is an excellent graphic memoir about a childhood spent between Bangkok and Maine, and the search for belonging.
And it has a lighthouse on the cover, so that's July done! #ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks
Also. Bangkok is Somewhere Hot @julieclair #FictionalTraveler
pickSearching around for some local authors, I came across Sejal Shah and her collection of essays. Thank you, Internet! There‘s so much in these essays, identity and community, food and travel, weddings and dancing, joy and sorrow. And I do admit all the Rochester mentions—from the Lake to Cobb‘s Hill to Monroe Ave—well, there‘s just something so fun about hearing mentions of the places that are part of your world, isn‘t there?
What‘s helped you realize your success?
I discussed this just earlier this week thinking back to what 8 year old me would say if she could me now.
my read for women‘s history month…such a trailblazer—the 1st asian american actress to have a successful career and overcoming discrimination and racism—“…back then anna may wong was the 1st and only today thanks to her struggle she is the 1st of many.” #audiophile #readinggoal #readinglife #womenshistorymonth
"I also meet some funny people who advise me to "trade" upon my nationality. They tell me that if I wish to succeed in literature in America I should dress in Chinese costume, carry a fan in my hand, wear a pair of scarlet beaded slippers, live in New York, and come of high birth... I should discourse on my spirit acquaintance with Chinese ancestors..."
Written more than a hundred years ago by a Chinese-American author.
