pickYou can now read the full review for our most recent #LiteReads selection, In The Cave of the Delicate Singers by Lucy Taylor! Link below. I personally loved this creepy horror story. Be sure to let me know your thoughts in the comments!
https://wp.me/p9KSXu-UW
pickThis was a great dark fantasy short story with wonderful twists and turns. I hope you enjoyed it despite the delays in my wrapping it up. We will be taking a hiatus from Lite Reads until the fall (September 12) but this was a great one to end for the summer on.
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Our new #LiteReads selection is Circus Girl, The Hunter, and Mirror Boy by Neon Yang! Chosen with the end of Asian Heritage Month/Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and the beginning of Pride Month in mind, this 2019 fantasy story has links to read it through our full intro post (link below). Be sure to let me know what you think of it once you've had the chance to read it!
https://wp.me/p9KSXu-S2
pickWe've wrapped up our #LiteReads selection, Mani Pedi by Souvankham Thammavongsa. I personally enjoyed the story and I'm eager to read more from the author. The full review is available now (link below). Be sure to let me know I the comments what you thought of this one.
Our new selection will be available tomorrow, chosen with the end of AHM/AAPIHM in mind, as well as with the beginning of Pride Month in mind.
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Our new #LiteReads selection is Mani Pedi by Souvankham Thammavongsa! This 2015 short story was featured as part of Thammavongsa's award winning 2020 collection How to Pronounce Knife. Mani Pedi is about a former boxer who takes up work at his sister's nail salon. You can find the link to read the story in the full blog post (link below). Be sure to let me know what you think of this new AHM Lite Reads pick!
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pickYou can now read the full #LiteReads review of Exhalation by Ted Chiang! My apologies for the delays. I personally really enjoyed this story, which was my first experience with the author. You can read my full review on the blog (link below). Let me know in the comments what you thought of it.
New selection shortly.
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Our new #LiteReads selection is Exhalation by Ted Chiang! This award winning science fiction short story about air breathing mechanical beings was chosen with #AAPIHeritageMonth / #AsianHeritageMonth (varies based on country) in mind. You can find links to read the story through the full intro post (link below). Be sure to let me know what you think of it once you've had the chance to read it!
https://wp.me/p9KSXu-Pd
pickWe have wrapped up our #LiteReads selection Letter From the Dust Bowl by Caroline Henderson! This letter is a fascinating look into the events of the height of the Dust Bowl and the mindset and emotions of those living through them. It is also a fascinating look into a man-made environmental crisis of the past while we are experiencing yet another man-made environmental crisis. Let me know in the comments what you thought!
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Chosen with #EarthDay in mind, and our first letter, our new #LiteReads pick is Letter From the Dust Bowl by Caroline Henderson! This is a real letter an Oklahoman wrote in 1935, only weeks after Black Sunday. We get to see some of the impact on communities, hopes for the future, and action taken to alleviate these problems. The full blog post includes a link to read the letter as well as links to extra resources.
https://wp.me/p9KSXu-Ou
Our new #LiteReads selection is Pearls On a Branch by Najla Jraissaty Khoury, translated from Arabic to English by Inea Bushnaq! This short story is based on an oral tale from Lebanon about a girl who asks her father for "pearls on a branch" when he makes the pilgrimage to Mecca and what ensues. You can find a link to read the story for free in the full blog post. Let me know what you think once you've read it!
https://wp.me/p9KSXu-NY
