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Three friends, a revolution, and (for me) a look at our literary biases

Good True Thai by Sunisa Manning

January 4, 2021 by denesteak 2 Comments

Last year came and went with the stillness of a thrashing fish out of water — I certainly don’t need to recap what an astoundingly not-normal year 2020 was. We were all just doing our best, gasping for air while picking up new hobbies to distract ourselves from the pandemic, racial injustice, the world ending, etc. And this is where I let you non-Asia readers in on a secret: While the US and Europe played cat-and-mouse with the virus (seriously, does anyone really know what […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #history, CBR13, Fiction, Sunisa Manning, Thailand

denesteak's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #history, CBR13, Fiction, Sunisa Manning, Thailand ·
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A city whose fate can change as suddenly as the monsoon rain

Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad

December 17, 2019 by denesteak 2 Comments

From the very first pages describing Bangkok’s early evening crowd of school children, food vendors and no-shits-given receptionist that a character encounters as she walks into a condo building, I knew I was in for the real thing. Literally, Pitchaya Sudbanthad could have been describing my walk home after work. It’s even the details in the condo’s lobby that he gets right, like the random coffee venture that pops up to please management or the “pre-fabricated panels of exposed brick” and the trendy Scandi-but-really-Thai-imitation furniture […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: asian author, Bangkok Wakes to Rain, Fiction, Pitchaya Sudbanthad, Thailand

denesteak's CBR11 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: asian author, Bangkok Wakes to Rain, Fiction, Pitchaya Sudbanthad, Thailand ·
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A world where only cats tell the truth!

Saga Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

Saga Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

Saga Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

December 16, 2019 by denesteak Leave a Comment

Let me be clear — I read these ages ago. And I’m writing a review for them months after the fact. So this will not be the best/clearest/most coherent reviews for a truly awesome series, but I’ll do the best I can. Sage Volume Two introduces Marko’s parents… … who drop into the fleeing couple’s ship unannounced. Marko and his mother immediately take off to a different planet to retrieve their “babysitter”, the ghoul Isabel, while Alana is left with his dad — her now-father-in-law. It […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novel/Comic

denesteak's CBR11 Review No:8 · Genres: Graphic Novel/Comic · Tags: ·
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Finally embarking on this “space opera” journey thanks to you guys

Saga Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

August 18, 2019 by denesteak 4 Comments

CBR11bingo: And So It Begins It was a time of war. Isn’t it always. Volume 1 of Saga kicks off with Alana giving birth to a baby as Marko talks her through it. The two are lovers from two different worlds which have been warring for as long as anyone can remember — but politics is not at the forefront of the couple’s minds. They are more keenly aware of their newborn’s traits, like how she has Alana’s wings and Marko’s horns, but her eye colour […]

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denesteak's CBR11 Review No:5 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: ·
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‘lines of a story I’ll rewrite and understand on a future rereading’

Sidewalks by Valeria Luiselli

July 8, 2019 by denesteak Leave a Comment

CBR11bingo: The Collection My first experience with Mexican writer Valeria Luiselli was her evocative, heart-wrenching run-down of a questionnaire she had to translate when interviewing children seeking asylum in the US for the New York court system. I still think of Tell Me How It Ends frequently, which is what pushed me to seek out more of her writing. Sidewalks is a collection of her essays (heyo, first Bingo square!!), translated from Spanish by Christina MacSweeney. Much of Luiselli’s writing feels very nostalgic, almost like she’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #thecollection, cbr11, cbr11bingo, denesteak, essays, Fiction, Valeria Luiselli

denesteak's CBR11 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #thecollection, cbr11, cbr11bingo, denesteak, essays, Fiction, Valeria Luiselli ·
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