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The Runner is book 5 in Peter May‘s China Thrillers series. It‘s another fast-paced thriller that kept me turning the pages! Li Yan and Margaret Campbell are back in China, investigating the suspicious deaths of several top athletes. I enjoyed the mystery, but the resolution felt a little too neatly packaged. Despite that, if you‘re a fan of a good, suspenseful mystery, in an international setting, it‘s worth picking up. ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫/ 5 (3.5/5) ❤️📚

Li-yan is part of the Ahka minority in China, they live in the mountains, harvesting tea and following their old traditions. As Li-yan grows up she ventures into the outside world,just as the outside world enters her village.

The theme sounded a bit heavy so I kept posponing starting the book but it turned out to be one of my favourite of the year.I loved it from the first page,the descriptions of the scenery left such beautiful vivid pictures⬇️

I like her books and how she writes about women in Chinese history.
This didn't disappoint. It was interesting and detailed, I liked that she had facts alongside more frivolity such as decor and dresses. Obviously not very nice at times but well done.

I like her books and how she writes about women in Chinese history.
This didn't disappoint. It was interesting and detailed, I liked that she had facts alongside more frivolity such as decor and dresses. Obviously not very nice at times but well done.

Here are my books.
I took a break from ebooks, but I'm going to push myself to read at least 2 this month.

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I finished this in the nick of time for tomorrow‘s book club! I found it very interesting. I‘m not sure whether I‘ll read more by Lisa See but it was cool to learn about a time and place that are unfamiliar to me (China in the 1400-1500s).

I finally finished THE STORY OF THE STONE this morning! It was great (aside from the bit at the end maligning the women, who‘re the book‘s main focus despite Bao-Yu‘s central character status), and the last five pages took me half a frickin‘ hour to read because of this adorable red menace. Argh. #deweyoct #readathon

A marvelous folk tale brought to life by Yangtze Choo. Beautifully written, she introduces us to a world where humans and fox spirits coexist. Told in alternate stories, that ultimately coalesce, we meet Bao and Tagtaa whose lives were changed by fox spirits and Snow, whose life was almost destroyed when her kit was killed by a human. As the Qing Dynasty begins to die, all the characters must find their way into a new world. Highly recommended!