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Getting Steamy in San Francisco: #CannonBookClub2022!

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

May 2, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

Fog rolling in off the Pacific! Illicit kisses in smoky clubs! Steamed buns filled with jammy pork and spices! What can I say about Last Night at the Telegraph Club that Malinda Lo didn’t already say with total confidence and care when she wrote the book? She felt as if speaking would ruin everything-then they’d have to put a name to this feeling between them, this rapidly growing heat and longing that made the sliver of air between their bodies charged with electricity. She could swear […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, History, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: AAPI, AAPI Heritage Month, AAPI voices, CannonBookClub, cannonbookclub2022, Chinese American, coming-of-age, LGTBQ, LGTBQ+ voices, Malinda Lo, midcentury America, National Book Award Winner, queer, queer love, San Francisco, young love

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:27 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, History, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: AAPI, AAPI Heritage Month, AAPI voices, CannonBookClub, cannonbookclub2022, Chinese American, coming-of-age, LGTBQ, LGTBQ+ voices, Malinda Lo, midcentury America, National Book Award Winner, queer, queer love, San Francisco, young love ·
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This Book Has a Sweet Tooth, Don’t Read While Hungry

The Professor Next Door by Jackie Lau

May 27, 2021 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I received an ARC of this book from the author in exchange for a fair and honest review. The Professor Next Door publishes June 8, 2021. Jackie Lau’s next book in her Cider Bar Sisters series is The Professor Next Door and it tells the story of Nicole Louie-Edwards and David Cho, the titular professor next door. A decade after getting out of a rough relationship Nicole has herself settled into her career and life with friends and family, building a life around the version […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: AAPI, ARC, Cider Bar Sisters, faintingviolet, Jackie Lau, The Professor Next Door, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:21 · Genres: Romance · Tags: AAPI, ARC, Cider Bar Sisters, faintingviolet, Jackie Lau, The Professor Next Door, we need diverse books ·
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