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Contemporary fiction
#ReadAsian: Explore the diversity of Asian books
Posted on June 29, 2021| Posted in Featured
Asian books contain important voices that need to be heard: authentic Asian experiences that bring in a wide array of themes ranging from feminism to Asian philosophy, that can surely widen your reach as a reader. Read here to discover common themes found in Asian literature.
First Look: Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto
Posted on April 25, 2021| Posted in First Look Club
What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with 2 thousand wedding guests, and then toss in a possible curse on 3 generations of an immigrant Chinese-Indonesian family?
You get 4 meddling Asian aunties coming to the rescue!
First Look: Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
Posted on April 8, 2021| Posted in First Look Club
A marvelous new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Lowland and Interpreter of Maladies—her first in nearly a decade, and the first novel Lahiri has written in Italian and translated into English.
First Few Pages: How Beautiful We Were
Posted on March 4, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages
Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, where people live in fear amid environmental degradation, Imbolo Mbue's powerful second novel is told from the perspective of a generation of children and the family of a girl named Thula who grows up to become a revolutionary. Read the first few pages here on the blog.
Love Stories We Love
Posted on February 3, 2021| Posted in Featured
We've entered the month of love, and what better way to get into a cozy mood than picking up your favorite love story? Here are a few of our picks, from love-hate sparks to a steamy Regency romance.
First Few Pages: Super Host
Posted on January 4, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages
55-year-old Turner Prize-winning artist Bennett Driscoll is now a stranger in his own home. Without any income, he's forced to move into his artist studio at the back of his house and put the large West London residence up for rent on a popular vacation rental site. He struggles to find purpose in his day-to-day until three guests come along.
First Few Pages: Super Fake Love Song
Posted on November 19, 2020| Posted in First Few Pages
Self-proclaimed total nerd, Sunny Dae, meets Cirrus Soh and he can't believe how cool and confident she is. She comes over one day and mistakes Sunny's older brother Gray's room — filled with electric guitars and rock posters — for his own. Then Sunny sort of, kind of, accidentally winds up telling Cirrus that he's the front man of a band. He gets knee-deep in the lie until just he's about to come clean, Cirrus asks to see them play sometime.
First Few Pages: Love Your Life
Posted on October 21, 2020| Posted in First Few Pages
Ava still thinks that love should be found in the real world, not just on apps that filter men by specific personal information — she believes in feelings, not algorithms. After a recent breakup and dating app debacle, she decides to put love on hold and escapes to a remote writers' retreat in coastal Italy.
First Few Pages: Bestiary
Posted on October 12, 2020| Posted in First Few Pages
Three generations of Taiwanese American women are haunted by the myths of their homeland.
First Few Pages: Breathless
Posted on October 8, 2020| Posted in First Few Pages
Jennifer Niven brings us a new story about a sensitive girl ready to live her bravest life.
