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These Virtues are Formed in Man by His Doing the Actions

Severance by Ling Ma

February 25, 2019 by allisonata 2 Comments

“I couldn’t see myself as a product coordinator forever, coordinating Bibles, shaving razors, Nike sneakers, or whatever, from my desk in New York to various plants across Southeast Asia. Just because you’re adequately good at something doesn’t mean that’s what you should do.” On the surface of it—introverted young woman absorbed by her career struggles to survive a plague-ridden world—this book’s premise isn’t particularly innovative. Turns out it’s all in the execution. This finely crafted novel fully deserves the flotilla of awards it gathered in […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: apocalypse, Asian-American, cbr11, globalization, immigrant

allisonata's CBR11 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: apocalypse, Asian-American, cbr11, globalization, immigrant ·
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No Matter the Wreckage there Can be Hope

August 21, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Sarah Kay, along with illustrator Sophia Janowitz, created her debut collection of poetry back in 2014. And in 2018 No Matter the Wreckage came on my radar. Kay’s poems celebrate family, love, travel, as well as the oddness, beauty and darkness of the world. She is powerful and soft. Bold and quiet. She hits you over the head and whispers in your ear. To hear her read her works (so far only on YouTube) would be a grand treat. Her voice is the perfect vessel […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: american, Asian-American, poetry, Sarah Kay, Sophia Janowitz, women, Women Authors

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:314 · Genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: american, Asian-American, poetry, Sarah Kay, Sophia Janowitz, women, Women Authors ·
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“Everything Here Is Beautiful” is beautiful

January 13, 2018 by soapyme Leave a Comment

If you want to cleanse your… brain? palate? brain-palate? of the hellstorm that was 2017, this book is an excellent way to kick off the new year. Everything Here Is Beautiful is the story of two sisters, Miranda and Lucia. Since childhood, Miranda has been the careful and responsible big sister, Jie, while Lucia has been the cheerful and impulsive little sister, Mei. But Lucia occasionally has episodes where she has violent mood swings, hears voices, and becomes increasingly paranoid. Miranda, frightened at what could happen to her […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 2018 favorites, Asian-American, contemporary, Mira T. Lee

soapyme's CBR10 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 2018 favorites, Asian-American, contemporary, Mira T. Lee ·
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A Study of Grief and Dysfunction

April 20, 2016 by expandingbookshelf 2 Comments

Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.  At first glance, Everything I Never Told You looks like a classic thriller. There’s a missing girl, a family with secrets, a lake, and a bad boy who knows more than he’s willing to say. It’s easy to think it’s a familiar story about catching a killer. That’s the first curve ball author Celeste Ng throws at  you, but not the last. It turns out discovering who killed Lydia (and did anyone actually kill Lydia?) is […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Asian-American, Celeste Ng, Everything I Never Told You, Fiction, historical fiction, Racism

expandingbookshelf's CBR8 Review No:51 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Asian-American, Celeste Ng, Everything I Never Told You, Fiction, historical fiction, Racism ·
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Constantly movin while makin millions

February 12, 2015 by DataAngel 1 Comment

I sometimes have trouble writing reviews of autobiographies. Especially when the author is still very much alive and active and online. I feel like I can’t be honest. I don’t have that problem with writing about Eddie Huang’s “Fresh Off the Boat” though because he seems like the kind of guy who appreciates honesty over careful wording. There were times when this book was incomprehensible to me. I’m not up on basketball or hip-hop so I was grateful for the footnotes that show up occasionally. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #food, Asian-American, autobiography, celebrity chef, non fiction

DataAngel's CBR7 Review No:5 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #food, Asian-American, autobiography, celebrity chef, non fiction ·
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