Tiger Daughter by Rebecca Lim, Can be read in a few hours depending on your speed, Middle Grade One of the hardest things to convey is the challenge children of immigrants face trying to navigate both the culture of their parents and the culture of where they live. Perhaps even harder is to explain what it’sContinue reading “Tiger Daughter”
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Song of the Sun God
Song of the Sun God by Shankari Chandran, Can be read in a few days depending on your speed, Adult Fiction (CW: rape on the page, including flashbacks) If not done well, books that span generations can be tedious and difficult to read. When done well, you end up with a book like Song of the SunContinue reading “Song of the Sun God”
When Oceans Rise
When Oceans Rise by Robin Alvarez, Can be read in a few days depending on your speed, Young Adult (Thanks to BookFunnel and Robin Alvarez for the eARC!) If you could make a deal with a sea witch to change your life completely, would you take it? Would you risk everything for your one shot atContinue reading “When Oceans Rise”
Queen of the Tiles
Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf, Can be read in a few days depending on your speed, Young Adult Let’s go way back to one of my March reads with Queen of the Tiles! This is a very fun somewhat murder mystery young adult book set in the world of competitive Scrabble. It’s been a year sinceContinue reading “Queen of the Tiles”
Two Can Play that Game
Two Can Play that Game by Leanne Yong, Can be read in a few days depending on your speed, Young Adult Romance It’s the first review for Aussie April! And we’re starting with Leanne Yong’s adorable and super nerdy (in the best way possible) debut novel, Two Can Play that Game. TCPTG has a lot of what you wantContinue reading “Two Can Play that Game”
She Who Became the Sun
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan, Can be read in a few days depending on your speed, Adult Fantasy The final review for the Trans Right Readathon! But that does not mean that’s the end of reading trans/non-binary authors or books. In this house, we read trans/queer book all the time! Which is whyContinue reading “She Who Became the Sun”
Book of Tea Duology
A Magic Steeped in Poison and A Venom Dark and Sweet by Judy I. Lin, Can be read in a few days depending on your speed, Young Adult Fantasy I know they say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but I’d be lying if I said that wasn’t the sole reason why I bought the firstContinue reading “Book of Tea Duology”
Spice Road
Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim, Can be read in a few nights depending on your speed, Young Adult “We will fight, but first there will be tea.” ~Imani, p. 1 One of my goals while in Australia is to read as many books as possible by Australian authors. So I was really happy to learn toContinue reading “Spice Road”
Year of the Tiger
Year of the Tiger by Alice Wong, Can be read in a few nights depending on your speed, Memoir A quote that I really appreciated: “No one is disposable or invisible.” p. 273 I’ll admit I didn’t know who Alice Wong was until very recently, but for several years now I have learned a lot aboutContinue reading “Year of the Tiger”
The Rita Reads 