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  • A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

    I’m letting you know now that this is going to be a long one. I put a little “recommendation” as a “tl;dr,” but I got a lot on my chest that I need to say. Synopsis (from Goodreads.com) When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they’re…

  • The 2016 Bookish End of Year Wrap Up

    Hey folks! I’m sorry I haven’t been around for a while. I’ve been in some terrible reading slump where I wasn’t enjoying what I was reading and boycotting writing blog posts about it. Also, there was that big holiday that happened that kept me away from the computer. No, honestly I’ve been reading a great…

  • The Kardashians and the imagination

    Ok, I know that’s not a bookish topic but just hear me out. Over Thanksgiving, my family and I got into a conversation about reality TV. As we were rattling off the shows that we loved, I told them my guilty truth. I love Keeping up with The Kardashians. My cousin who isn’t a big fan…

  • The Wangs vs. The World by Jade Chang – Book Review

    I think the last time I read a book by an Asian woman it was Amy Tan. When you’re growing up in the 90s in America, there’s not a lot of stories that feature Asian characters. All I had was The Joy Luck Club and that was pretty much it. Nowadays, you can read so many…

  • December 2016 TBR – #readthemargin

    Recently, a fellow book blogger going by the name of @ladybookmad created a new hashtag called #readthemargin for the month of December. What’s the point of the tag? Well, because there’s a want and need to read more diverse books. As an Asian American woman, I want to educate my fellow readers on the different…

  • Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven – Book Review

    I love Jennifer Niven and when I heard she’s publishing another book, I immediately picked it up. Sadly (and a lot of other book people understand this), I’ve got a TBR pile on the verge of burying me in books sitting around waiting to be read. While it took me a few months to finally…

  • 2016 Thanksgiving Reads

    I’m super excited about this week because: I only have to work three days because of the holiday I love Thanksgiving and all the fruits of that labor I have time to READ And with that, I put together some Thanksgiving reads to enjoy while breaking bread with your family and friends. While some of…

  • The Girls by Emma Cline – Book Review

    Synopsis (from Goodreads.com) – Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park, and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous aura of abandon. Soon, Evie is in thrall to Suzanne, a…