Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Author’s recent cancer diagnosis haunted me as I read her great, new book

Killer Kung Pao by Vivien Chien

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I’ve always assumed that Lana Lee, the main character of the Noodle Shop Mysteries, is a stand-in for the author, Vivien Chien. Near the beginning of Killer Kung Pao, Lana goes to the salon to have her hair dyed gunmetal gray. I know Chien likes to dye her hair fun colors so I checked her Instagram to see if she had tried gunmetal gray. Instead I saw her post about being diagnosed with ovarian cancer. My heart sank. Cancer is always sad and scary but […]

This cozy series is full of love and food

The Noodle Shop Mysteries by Vivien Chien

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The star of the series is Lana Lee, a twentysomething woman who works at her mother’s Chinese restaurant after losing her office job. In the first book, Lana wants nothing more than to leave the noodle shop and get back to her former career. She doesn’t mind being a waitress, but she doesn’t like spending so much time with her family. Plus, relying on them makes her feel like a failure. When the owner of the shopping center dies and the noodle shop’s chef is […]



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