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Return from Vacation – Various books!

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

July 24, 2022 by booktrovert 2 Comments

I’ve just returned from our family vacation – where me, my husband and daughter caught Covid (there’s not many great times to catch Covid, but catching it while staying with your extended family in a vacation rental is definitely a supremely shitty time to catch Covid). My brain still feels a bit foggy, but as I return I’m excited to read all the posts about CBR Bingo. I am going to post my reviews from vacation reads (all completed after July 15) and claim their […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, e. lockhart, Malinda Lo, S.A. Barnes, Ted Chiang

booktrovert's CBR14 Review No:74 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, e. lockhart, Malinda Lo, S.A. Barnes, Ted Chiang ·
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My thoughts, two months later.

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

July 12, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

. . . which are not many. I’ve honestly been wanting to read one of Malinda Lo’s books for years now, but never got around to it. After having finally done so, now I’m not sure if I’ll be reading more . . . maybe the queer Cinderella retelling (Ash, I think?). This was well-written and I liked it, and the premise is well-thought out and a bunch of other complimentary things . . . but this was just a good read for me, not […]

Filed Under: Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: #CannonballBookClub, historical fiction, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, LGBTQIA, Malinda Lo, narfna, Young Adult

narfna's CBR14 Review No:101 · Genres: Romance, Young Adult · Tags: #CannonballBookClub, historical fiction, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, LGBTQIA, Malinda Lo, narfna, Young Adult ·
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Growing up is hard to do

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

July 4, 2022 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Official book description: Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can’t remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father–despite his hard-won citizenship–Lily and Kath risk everything to […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, History, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: #CannonballBookClub, 1950s, cbr14, coming-of-age, historical fiction, LGBTQIA, Malinda Lo, Racism, Young Adult

Malin's CBR14 Review No:16 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, History, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: #CannonballBookClub, 1950s, cbr14, coming-of-age, historical fiction, LGBTQIA, Malinda Lo, Racism, Young Adult ·
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sorry this review is so late…

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

June 4, 2022 by wicherwill 1 Comment

CW: homophobia galore, of course, but also familiar disappointment/lack of support on coming out (period appropriate, I suppose, but heart wrenching nonetheless) This is a hard one for me to review–it hits a bit close to home, years later and on the opposite coast. I’m so glad that it was the chosen book for AAPI month for Cannonball Read, even though I didn’t end up writing my review OR participating in time (everything lined up with when I was moving across the globe, but I […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: book club discussion, Homophobia, Malinda Lo

wicherwill's CBR14 Review No:54 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: book club discussion, Homophobia, Malinda Lo ·
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

May 23, 2022 by Classic 2 Comments

This took a while for me to get going. Some parts of it dragged out a bit too much. I also think the breaking up of chapter/sections by dates and following certain characters sometimes got a little confusing. That said, I really enjoyed this and though some of Lily’s family background didn’t add much to the story, IMHO, it didn’t hurt things. “Last Night at the Telegraph Club” follows 17 year old Lily who starts to explore her sexuality in 1950s San Francisco. I really […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Malinda Lo

Classic's CBR14 Review No:108 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Malinda Lo ·
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Book Club Discussion Post: Last Night at the Telegraph Club

May 20, 2022 by faintingviolet 27 Comments

Welcome to our our AAPI-themed Cannon Book Club discussion of Malinda Lo’s Last Night at the Telegraph Club! In this National Book Award-winner, Malinda Lo challenges popular perceptions of the 1950s, including stereotypes about Chinese Americans, the invisibility of the lesbian and gay community, and the role of women in the space program, particularly as computers. For those of you returning or who might be joining in for #CannonBookClub for the first time (hello new friends!) all are welcome, you don’t have to be registered […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction Tagged With: AAPI Heritage Month, AAPI voices, CannonBookClub, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo

Genres: Book Club, Fiction · Tags: AAPI Heritage Month, AAPI voices, CannonBookClub, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo ·
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