Thank you so much for the gorgeous book @Soubhiville I‘ve read two of her others and loved them - so can‘t wait to read this one. It will be my NYE treat. Wishing you a very very Merry Christmas 😘
pickThis is a novel of class and gender in modern China, mainly following a nanny and her young charge with glimpses of the wealthy family sprinkled through. I found it really absorbing but thought the ending was a little lacking. #TOBlonglist
so-soThis was a very tough go. Compelling, for sure, but I don't think the mix of what happened to Lindsay alongside her parents at her bedside worked for me.
so-soI started and stopped this because it didn‘t grab me a few weeks ago then dove back in at the beginning just yesterday. It‘s short but felt long and drawn out. I would have done much better with the print but only had access to the audio, so take this with a grain of salt. A Chinese nanny and her charge are caught up in the schemes of the family. I read that this is a part of a push to translate more Chinese literature. #tob26 long list
pick10-20 Nov 25 (audiobook)
I may have read this back in my uni days - certainly I remember it being on my mother‘s bedside table, for quite a long time! So when the update came up as a recommended title after finishing Motherland I decided to listen to the original title first.it was long! And not quite as engaging as Motherland, but still an interesting look at the lives of the author, her mother and grandmother, and by extension women, in China.
pickI love my Apple products. And, between covering the innovation, materials, scalability, Chinese factories, US-China politics, high skilled workers, economic and political strategy, and Apple policies, McGee has written a compelling, terrifying, engaging, and interesting book. I loved it.
Read 50%. The action moves along fast but I'm just about keeping up, my favourite parts are the range of characters and their stories that are a mix of comedy, drama and lessons to learn. This is challenging but enjoyable read.
In the image is a very very short extract from one of my many favourite scenes, where Xuande (also known as Liu Bei) visits Master Tranquil Water.
This book is one of the 4 reads I've put off to the end of the year.
A 667-pages roadtrip novel, with chapters alternating between a disillusioned “you“ mainly looking for young women to spend the night with (those sections haven't aged well), and a “I“ looking for what I'll sum up as “Eternal China“: folksongs, old monasteries, folktales... and of course, the Soul Mountain in the title. I am glad I read it -I enjoyed the folk chapters- but I am in no hurry to read any more from this #NobelPrize winner.
bailedThe first chapter intrigued me but later on I found myself reading words and not really (listening).
This is probably a very good book just not my cup of tea.
#10BeforeTheEnd update:
I finished Paris noir and The Adventures of Vela. I was planning on starting Mejnun and Leyla but after Vela, I need a break on the long-form poetry front, so Soul Mountain it is! As it is a doorstop and I have a few days off, it should be perfect.
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Pic is of the Chinese Garden in Chaumont, back in June
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