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Bangkok Wakes to Rain is my pick for #FoodandLit this month. This is my first time listening to an audiobook. The narrator is overly dramatic, which is distracting.

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A multi generational tale that focuses on #bangkok #thailand and weaves that into the story well. A mixture of historical fiction, contemporary and some futuristic story lines. You do need to invest a few chapters before it starts to gel together.
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Beautiful. Haunting. Heart-rending. I'm incapable of thinking about this book outside my own life & relationship to Krungthep (Bangkok). As I was reading I remembered that I first traveled to Thailand for an internship in BKK 30 years ago this summer. That trip changed the course of my life. Since then I've been back to BKK many times - I've been there for 2 coups (& barely missed a 3rd), 3 elections, & many many rainy seasons.... (cont.)

Wow, wow, wow! How did I do this? I read 14 books this week!! How is that even possible? Rounding up: 3 * 5 stars, 5 * 4 stars, 6 * 3 stars. Really enjoyed Hidden Lake and Gone Before! Both arcs through #NetGalley 🙂

‘The thicker the crowd on the sidewalk, the louder the hawkers call out. Stampedes of dusty shoes and shopping bags and stray dogs crisscross near the ground; canopies of sun-shielding umbrellas and twisty headphone cords drift above. The fruit sellers have laid parrot-green pyramids of pomelo on their tables.‘

A lovely book, wonderful writing. It‘s making me homesick for Krungthep - Bangkok - megacity of my heart, 1 of my true homes in the world

#AcrossApril #Rain
This was the last book I read for 2019! 🌧

#bookreport Read ONE book this week!

These are stories of different individuals interlace with one another; they do feel disconnected in the beginning..these people appear and disappear throughout the book, and it‘s quite a huge cast. Eventually the stories tie up and you‘ll see how remarkably intricate they have been weaved together to reveal the soul of the city. I like the lovely imagery and quiet intimacy the elegant writing exudes.👇

..”the city of Bangkok is highly vulnerable to climate change. Its 10 million people live on ground that sits only five feet above sea level—and has been sinking by more than a centimeter every year. The World Bank estimates that up to 40 percent of Bangkok could be inundated in little more than 10 years.” Image source: Shutterstock.

Reading the tagged book makes us wonder what will happen to cities and homes as climate changes.

From the 19th century to a future derelict and doomed Bangkok, this is a story of lost men and women. The strands that connect them are centered around a house. Lovely, elegiac, love song for a city.

Magical book from the #tob2020 longlist. I‘ve never read a book from Thailand before but this gave such a vivid, sensory impression of Bangkok I felt like I was living and breathing it so much. Intricate plotting and characterisation and such fantastic description, so many different aspects of life in Bangkok, if you like dense, evocative, melancholy cities this is for you.

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#7days7covers #covercrush 😍

Day 7 💕📚💕📚

Cool interlocking stories set in, around, or about Bangkok. Some set in the future, some in the past. Really cool.

My GOODNESS, I enjoyed this book, which is partly about the persistence of memory and partly about environmental disaster and partly about a wide sweep of history. I am going to give it 5 stars because even with occasional wild rivers of language - not that I object to that; I actually love it, even though this book is also very story-driven - it‘s a love letter to Bangkok, humans, irony, and beauty in the wreckage. Ahhh!

Getting started! The first short story/chapter was fascinating and alarming.

Bangkok Wakes to Rain is an intertwining narrative between eras (Siam to Bangkok to New Krungthep) and characters that move in and out of each other's lives in sometimes unexpected ways. Take the sensory placeness of Murakami, the vibrant city of Thayil, and the connected but widely varied stories of David Mitchell and you'll get some of the feeling of the novel. I'll talk more about it on an upcoming podcast episode.

I have Thai fruit and books for the weekend!

This beautifully written book draws on all the senses to evoke Bangkok past, present, and future, as seen through the eyes of multiple characters. The interwoven stories examine memory and identity in a city where water has always meant life, but rising sea levels bring inevitable doom. I lived in Bangkok for three years, so this was a particularly fascinating read.

This is definitely one of my favorite books of 2019 so far. It was very reminiscent of Cloud Atlas, another favorite of mine. Multiple characters, points of view, and time periods mixed with unbelievably gorgeous writing. Many have said that its boring or too slow, but I found the pace hauntingly hypnotic. The city of Bangkok is the real protagonist of this story. Loved it so very much! I highly recommend it! 💕📚

I don't know what I just read. High brow literary fiction for sure. I suspect it will be up for awards, but I don't get it.

A collection of loosely connected stories, centered around a condo building in Bangkok, Thailand. The book is interested in the idea that places bear witness to us and our lives. It was tricky to keep some characters straight and a bit tough to get into at the beginning. Once I got in the rhythm of the writing it got a bit easier. A fitting book to read on a gray, almost rainy, day. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

IT‘S NEW BOOK DAY! Here are some of today‘s new books! What are you excited to read? 📚❤️📚

Some bright nature covers to combat a gray Maine day. 🌿🌺🌻

So many exciting releases this year, here‘s my #mostanticipatedrelease2019 (yeah, I can‘t choose one 😁). #anewchapter

Today in kitten exploiting: Look at this gorgeous cover! It‘s out February 19th. (Book photos: now with 50% more cat hair.) 📚❤️📚