Good morning, friends! Since I shall be spending my New Year’s Eve on bedrest, with a nearly bottomless cup of hot chocolate and biscuits, I thought it would be nice to share with you my favourite books from 2018! While I didn’t read nearly as many 5-star titles as I had initially desired, I’m still…
Happy Wednesday, friends! I hope that those of you who celebrated the holidays had a pleasant time these past two days. For those of you who don’t celebrate, like me, I hope you had a lovely day in general. If it’s a difficult time for you, then you have survived and that’s always a good…
Markswoman by Rati Mehrotra is an #OwnVoices Indian, young adult fantasy novel that is the first instalment in the Asiana book series. I was so damn excited when I found this novel because it sounded like it was going to be full of neat fantasy elements and a strong, powerful female protagonist. While it did…
Good morning bibliophiles and otaku friends! I hope that your Saturday morning is off to a good start so far. My weekend will be spent doing homework and working, which means I’ll be reading and writing a lot. However, I don’t mind at all as I love doing both of those things! August was a…
American Panda by Gloria Chao is an #OwnVoices Taiwanese-American young adult contemporary novel about a seventeen-year-old MIT freshman named Mei. We follow Mei on her journey through the struggles that she has, pertaining specifically to obeying parental expectations—such as her becoming a doctor and marrying a smart Taiwanese boy with good prospects—versus pursuing her own…
Day 12: A book you love but hate at the same time. Another one that popped immediately into my mind, it’s going to have to be Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed, which is an #OwnVoices Pakistani young adult literature novel about a girl who is brutally forced into an arranged marriage by her…
Day 06: A book that makes you sad. Ah, another difficult one to answer. I feel like I have read a lot of sad books within the past couple of years, but I decided to go ahead and choose one from this year. It is the #OwnVoices Malaysian historical fiction novel, The Garden of Evening…
