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Thanks I’ll take a cab

Night Bus by Zuo Ma

January 9, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I started Night Bus in November of 2022 and finished in January 2023. This was partly because I took my time reading as it was complex and needed time, I was unable to concentrate on it as I never found a good reading time where it was quiet without a lot of distractions, and I took a long break in between to read other things as my brain needed a cleaning out of the oddness of Zuo Ma’s story. The whole graphic novel can be […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: China, family, grandmothers, Zuo Ma

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:24 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: China, family, grandmothers, Zuo Ma ·
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“By the time you’re my age, you’ll realize that everything you once thought mattered so much turns out to mean very little.”

The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin

September 20, 2022 by ardaigle 1 Comment

Cannonball Read Square: Star I received this book as a gift for the Cannonball Read Book Exchange last year, so that alone bumped it up my to-read pile. I’ve gotten more into science fiction in the past few years, and I’m always excited to read from non-American viewpoints, so it was an obvious choice for me. I’m a sucker for award winners, and this book won the Hugo Award and Liu Cixin is the nine time (!) winner of China’s Galaxy Award and Ken Liu […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Aliens, cbr14bingo, China, Hugo Award, liu cixin, the three-body problem, translated by Ken Liu

ardaigle's CBR14 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Aliens, cbr14bingo, China, Hugo Award, liu cixin, the three-body problem, translated by Ken Liu ·
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After writing this, I learned we are still making breakthroughs in this field! 

Fever: How Tu Youyou Adapted Traditional Chinese Medicine to Find a Cure for Malaria by Darcy Pattinson

September 9, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Have you heard of Tu Youyou? She is a Chinese scientist who used traditional Chinese medicine to help cure malaria. And she was not from the 1800s or even early 20th century when we think of malaria research happening, but she was working during the late 1960s and 1970s in a People’s Republic of China task force. Therefore, relatively “new” in the grand picture. And not only did she and other scientists figure out the right ingredients, amounts, heat, and such, she was one of […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: China, Darcy Pattinson, malaria, medicine, Peter Willis, science, Scientists, Social Themes, Tu Youyou, women

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:473 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: China, Darcy Pattinson, malaria, medicine, Peter Willis, science, Scientists, Social Themes, Tu Youyou, women ·
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New Rural Chinese Mystery Series!

Thief of Souls by Brian Klingborg

July 31, 2022 by Halbs Leave a Comment

Thief of Souls is the first book in the Inspector Lu Fei mystery series. I’m not sure how long the series is intended to go, but I know a second book was released earlier this year. In fact, Bookpage’s review of the newest installment is what had me track this one down at my local library. Inspector Lu Fei is a mid-level law enforcement agent for China’s Public Security Bureau (PSB). He lives and works in the rural agricultural town of Raven Valley. The reader […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Brian Klingborg, China, detective, murder

Halbs's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Brian Klingborg, China, detective, murder ·
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Don’t Go West

The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War by James D. Bradley

July 17, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Like a lot of Americans, I learned the broad strokes about the Pacific theater in World War II. The Japanese attacked us at Pearl Harbor. Attacked us! Obviously, we couldn’t just stand pat. So we warred with them from island-to-island until we had no choice but to drop the atomic bomb and end the war. They were the aggressor and it was all their fault. I’m reluctant to call this narrative propaganda. Japan did attack us. But the history of the war in the Pacific […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: China, hawaii, James D. Bradley, Japan, korea, Okinawa, Philippines, Teddy Roosevelt, The Imperial Cruise, William Taft

Jake's CBR14 Review No:120 · Genres: History · Tags: China, hawaii, James D. Bradley, Japan, korea, Okinawa, Philippines, Teddy Roosevelt, The Imperial Cruise, William Taft ·
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Class Work

“Promise and potential:” Overlooked Vocational School Students in China

Class Work: Vocational Schools and China's Urban Youth by T.E. Woronov

June 19, 2022 by GentleRain 2 Comments

Stanford University Press was having an 80% off summer sale, which was an amazing deal, so I got a bunch of books that I otherwise would never have thought to purchase since academic press prices are usually prohibitively high. Class Work is the first of the batch that I’ve read, and it was a good start. This is a slim volume that packs a lot of information about the Chinese school system and the impact of testing and government efforts to make or re-mold class structures. […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Anthropology, China, ethnography, schooling, T.E. Woronov, working class

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:55 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Anthropology, China, ethnography, schooling, T.E. Woronov, working class ·
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