Diversity in literature is a humongous passion of mine. Reading books by marginalised authors, being able to support them and raise awareness for the dire need of more diverse voices in publishing, not just via authors, but also the people who work behind the scenes to help books hit shelves—all of it is something that…
The Kinship of Secrets by Eugenia Kim is an #OwnVoices Korean historical fiction novel that is also a continuation of the author’s first novel, The Calligrapher’s Daughter. The story takes place in 1948 and follows Najin and Calvin Cho who travel from South Korea to the USA with their young daughter Miran in search for…
Since I receive a lot of questions from people about Japanese literature and how best to begin reading from it, I thought it would be neat to share recommendations that are perfect for an array of readers, whether the preference is for mysteries to contemporaries and even magical realism and fantasy. All of these books…
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite is an #OwnVoices Haitian-American young adult contemporary about a teenager named Alaine who is the daughter of divorced Haitian immigrants, one of whom has a degenerative illness. She lives in Florida with her father and ends up taking a trip to Haiti for a school…
I should just deem today as the Day of Book Hauls, given my first post and now this one. It’s turning out to be a bookishly fabulous week thus far, that’s for sure. Sticking with my theme from earlier, I shall be sharing with you five holds I picked up recently, which are all authored…
Good morning, friendlings! Saturday is going to be a fun and chill day for me. I plan on visiting my mum and having chai and breakfast with her and my dad. Then I’m going to come back home, do laundry, and play more Legend of Zelda on my Switch! Of course there shall be reading…
Man, I haven’t written up a haul post since September! I think this is a good thing, actually, because it means that I have been reading more library books and owned books, and as such saving up money. At least I hope that I’m saving money. Since it’s the end of the year, I thought…
Historical fiction is one of my favourite genres, especially #OwnVoices historical fiction. My cousin and I were recently chatting about some of our favourites, as well as the titles that we are anticipating the most. This gave me an idea to share with you the top five #OwnVoices Chinese historical fiction novels that I have…
Good afternoon, bibliophiles and otakus. Today, I wanted to share with you all of the books that I have acquired since about March of this year up until the past week or so. I am very blessed with wonderful friends and family who know that in times of stress I thoroughly enjoying buying books to…
Shadow Girl by Liana Liu is an #OwnVoices young adult Chinese novel from the supernatural, mystery genres. It came out fairly recently and when I found it at the library a few weeks ago, I decided to pick it up because the premise sounded interesting to me. However, after reading it, I felt that the…
