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Before he rumbled in the Bronx, wore a tuxedo and voiced a monkey

The Rise (and Falls) of Jackie Chan by Kristen Mai Giang

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The Rise (and Falls) of Jackie Chan is one of my favorite picture books that I have read, or at least, read this year. Kristen Mai Giang’s picture book highlights the life of the actor Jackie Chan. It is humorous, informative, and inspirational. From a poor child living in an ambassador’s home, but was limited to a small room and forced to share a bed with his parents, to international martial arts and move star, Chan’s life unfolds. Due to the poverty his family faced, […]

“The clan is my blood and the Pillar it’s master. On my honour, on my life, on my jade”

Jade City by Fonda Lee

Jade War by Fonda Lee

Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

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  Wow Have you ever read through a new series that was so good, so engrossing, that you feel like you’re waking up the night after downing a six-pack? Like, you literally have a reading hangover? This is me with Fonda Lee’s Green Bone Saga. I don’t understand how this series managed to miss me personally; my first introduction was to the series was very late last year, around the release of the third book. Which turned out to be very very convenient for me, […]

So, Do You Like Knives?

The Martial Arts of Indonesia: A Guide to Pencak Silat, Kuntao and Traditional Weapons by Donn F. Draeger

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  Yes, I am really amusing myself here for picking a ‘sportsball’ book where balls don’t really feature in the sports of focus. To make up for that though—as I discovered—nearly everything else that you could think of has been used as a weapon in an Indonesian martial art at some point. This includes knives, more knives, swords, shields, sticks, more knives, whips, chains, and teeth. And the knives? More knives than spam in Monty Python. Some of these people folks really love their knives. […]

A Disappointing Story but one with interesting ideas

Unsouled by Will Wight

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I hate writing reviews on books I did not like, but it is necessary. I go to a lot of websites and on one of them, cannot remember which one, this series was suggested as a different take on fantasy. And it is. Unfortunately, it also does not apply a consistent set of rules to the world that is described and has a main character that is unlikable. The story is a basic Campbell-esque hero saga one where a young man, who has a difficulty […]

If you step on this Lego you’ll only slip

Mystery of the Masks (Lego Ninjago) by Kate Howard

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Are you social distancing? In the house for way to long with your kiddos? Are they are Lego Ninjago fan? Then try this book (or series) on.   Mystery of the Masks (Lego Ninjago) by Kate Howard is a book if you know who these characters are. This book starts in the “middle” of the characters story. Their characteristics and what these people (Lego) can do are already in place. This is #17 in the series of books. I did not realize this when I […]

SumoKitty: scourge of mice

SumoKitty by David Biedrzycki

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David Biedrzycki has a cute book about a cat that shows the sumo wrestlers a few tricks after they show him how to be the best kitty he knows how to be. Yet, I am much more interested in the real SumoKitty (only shown in a brief photograph cameo at the end) that inspired the book SumoKitty. And I want to know more about Sumo wrestlers as the terminology that is given on the page alongside the story is nice, but I want more.  And […]



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