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Love in a Fallen City | Eileen Chang, Ailing Zhang

The Author Spotlight reading group started the Eileen Chang month. First up is her story collection Love in a Fallen City.

The Author Spotlight series is organized and hosted by @HardcoverHearts

BarbaraBB Sounds good! 1w

Leoslittlebooklife @BarbaraBB definitely! A different kind of writing and very good. 1w

BarbaraBB I only read Little Reunions but didn‘t like it much. That was a long time ago though 1w

weirdbookbookclub Happy birthday, handsome Leo! I am visiting my brother and his family in Thailand right now, but my calendar reminded me that this is your special day. I hope you have a great one. (Sorry to put this personal message on your post, but I don't know how to do DMs on here. 😅) 6d

Leoslittlebooklife @weirdbookbookclub Thank you so much, Dan! ❤️ 6d

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HardcoverHearts

Love in a Fallen City | Eileen Chang, Ailing Zhang

Sitting on the back deck of our new place with my « on deck » book pile for the weekend! I am quite pleased with this group, and am very curious about Solenoid. Happy weekend, all!

sarahbarnes I‘m also very curious about Solenoid! I‘m on the list for it at the library. 2w

HardcoverHearts @sarahbarnes I may be misremembering but I thought I heard it called a surreal novel and I don‘t always get on with those types of books so we will see… enough people whose tastes I usually align with have said it‘s great so I‘m more optimistic than not. But it‘s a wild card, for sure! 2w

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Karisimo

Shanghailanders | Juli Min

#coverstories #pastel
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great cover 💛💗 1mo

Eggs Lovely 💛💛 4w

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oddandbookish

Women of Good Fortune | Sophie Wan

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This was a fun heist story!

The premise is basically Crazy Rich Asians meets Ocean‘s Eight, which I loved. The plot is essentially a mashup of the two. I thought the story was super entertaining and amusing. I wasn‘t shocked at any of the twists and turns at the end because it was slightly reminiscent of Ocean‘s Eight‘s heist.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/review-women-of-good-fortune/

oddandbookish #book #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #bibliophile #bookobsession #bookish #bookreviewer #booktok #bookspinbingo #coverstories #read2025 #hashtagbrigade #heist #fiction #contemporary #chinese #asian 1mo

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NataliePatalie

Shanghailanders | Juli Min

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Such an interesting concept, but I'm still trying to wrap my head around some of it. If Cloud Atlas was Asian and more linear (or backwards linear??).

RowReads1 It looks so good with your nails. 2mo

NataliePatalie @RowReads1 Thank you! 💜 2mo

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Megabooks

Shanghailanders | Juli Min

A few really good ones, a lot of good ones, and a few disappointments. I read all three of my February #aardvark choices in the month of February! 🎉🎉

Megabooks Favorite @AardvarkBookClub choice: Dead Money. If you love thrillers and Silicon Valley it‘s for you.

Dead Money: A Novel

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Megabooks But this one was great, too, and such a unique book!

Death of the Author: A Novel

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LeeRHarry I really liked The Nest too when I read it years ago - I was in the mood for some unlikeable characters I guess. 😊 2mo

Deblovestoread Great reading month! I love we can share 🌟 reviews from Storygraph. Stacking your faves. 2mo

Gissy Impressed🤩📚👏👏👏👏 2mo

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Ravenpuff

If We Ever Meet Again (If Love #1) | Ana Huang

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Farrah plans to fall in love, but not w/ whom she expected. Blake ran away from his football career to Shanghai & didn‘t expect to fall for Farrah. Will 1 yr be enough for their relationship to last or will they go their separate ways?

I made the mistake of reading the 2nd one 1st, so I would recommend reading this series in order. This one was cute & had banter. I would also recommend the physical/ebook, I didn‘t really enjoy it as an audiobook.

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Megabooks

Shanghailanders | Juli Min

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I loved both my #bookspin and #doublespin this month. Summerwater has rightfully received a lot of love here. Shanghailanders also in that novel-in-stories vibe with the story of a Chinese/Japanese parents with three daughters living in Shanghai after the parents met as young adults in Paris. The story is told in reverse chronological order. I don‘t think that plot device added anything, but the novel was still great! Life update ⬇️

TheAromaofBooks

Megabooks Dad is still in the nursing home. We miss having him here, and he is very homesick, which is heartbreaking! He is making some progress in PT/OT/speech therapy but so far not enough that we can manage him in home. I don‘t have a lot of space to feel my feelings because my energy goes to supporting Mom and Dad. But it is vastly physically easier for me with him there. One of us is visiting him everyday and usually staying for an hour. ⬇️ 2mo

Megabooks I have caught the flu. (I think. No test yet to confirm.) So I‘m just trying to stay away from everyone today. Otherwise, I‘m reading some. If you want to know what, I‘m still logging under the same handle on the storygraph. Miss everyone here and hoping my life hits a routine soon. @BarbaraBB your birthday gift arrived yesterday!!! Yay!! Thank you!! 💙💙 2mo

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Bookwormjillk Happy belated birthday, hope you feel better soon, and hoping for continued progress for your dad. (edited) 2mo

BarbaraBB Thanks for the update. Such hard times. Of course I follow along on Storygraph and I‘ll email soon too! 💕 2mo

sarahbarnes Happy birthday and hope you feel better soon. ♥️ 2mo

Ruthiella ❤️❤️❤️ 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Glad you enjoyed your Spins!!!! It's tough when you just physically can no longer provide someone you love with the care they need. But it's wonderful that you can still be close and do what you can!! 2mo

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Meghan1

If We Ever Meet Again (If Love #1) | Ana Huang

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Book 36 of 2024. I really enjoyed this one, despite reviews on GoodReads. This is a new adult romance focusing on Farrah and Blake who meet studying abroad in Shanghai. Ana Huang wrote it when she was 19. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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