pickThis was really fascinating. On one hand, it‘s hard to@believe this stuff happened. On the other hand, we still do this kind of stuff today and do what the Europeans did, call it art. 😞
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pickThis was really fascinating. On one hand, it‘s hard to@believe this stuff happened. On the other hand, we still do this kind of stuff today and do what the Europeans did, call it art. 😞
pickA lyrical and poetic memoir about a refugee and his thoughts on displacement. This book is set after the Oslo Agreement so reflects the situation during that time.
Next row in my #readinglogsnake is The Fortunes of Jaded Women. Read this in honor of #AAPIHeritageMonth. Also, this is my first general fiction book, so I have picked the color green to represent it. This tells the story of how a curse and generational trauma follows the Duong women through centuries and impacts their lives today. Highly recommend. 4/5 ⭐️ #ARRCReads #BooksAndCrafts
My second book for the Asian readathon. The challenge for this one: read a book by an Asian author or featuring an Asian character that is focused on identity and self-discovery. This book has a cast of fourteen Vietnamese women all trying to find themselves while navigating family dynamics and messy relationships. #asianreadathon2023
so-soMixed feelings with this novel. I liked the “fortune” folklore/myth/story and the dynamic of this family. But sometimes characters actions/behaviors seemed to me like short stories/chunks without a well story integration, as a whole. It has some funny scenes but also some scenes were like “forced” to be funny. But it seems that this is an unpopular opinion with this novel🤷🏽♀️ 3⭐️
pickI loved this story of a “cursed” family of Vietnamese women. It‘ll the perspective switches between the different women in the family. 5/5
pickI enjoyed this story of mothers and daughters across a few generations of Vietnamese Americans.
pickThis was a low pick for me. Audio probably wasn‘t the best format to read this one in. Way too many characters and names for me to keep track of and remember. Overall, I liked this family saga and family drama.
I read this in February, so my memory is already vague. #BOTM
