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I do love a bit of Japanese whimsy. Not so much a novel as a collection of short stories about people who need help finding a clinic open visible to people who need it, where the treatment is cats prescribed as emotional support animals ☺️ 🐈‍⬛. As a slave to two cats, I know how much snuggles from a cat can help!
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I'm not a fan.

The snobbery, constant gossip and battle of egos just rubbed me the wrong way.

I only finished the book, because I was curious about who Rachel's dad was, and even that was a bit of a disappointment

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Such an odd read. The plot is a bit over the top for me but the twists and turns based on weird house maps make up for that and kept me reading on. A light pick.

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Finished for October‘s #FictionalTraveler #Trees prompt, I quite liked this first book of the Crown Colony series set in 1930‘s Singapore. Su Lin, a young Chinese-Singaporean woman whose childhood bout with polio has made her walk with a limp & be considered “unlucky.”. Her uncle is trying to marry her off while her dreams are bigger. I like Sun Lin & her perspective on race & class & colonialism in Singapore. The ⬇️

Hello, #FictionalTraveler (s)! It‘s November and we‘re heading to #Asia ! What will everyone be reading?

Also - I‘m trying to decide whether to continue #FictionalTraveler for another year. Please comment below to let me know your thoughts. 🤔🤓🙂

This month, I‘ll be reading The Travelling Cat Chronicles.

Fazit: Don‘t trust men. 😝

I knew nothing about the history of Taiwan before reading this book.

In Green Island, the story of a country is told alongside the story of a family.

This was the "blind date with a book" that my daughter in law gifted me earlier this month. I probably would have never picked it up on my own, but am very glad I read it.

**Side note - my Dodgers are struggling tonight

I haven‘t read anything by this author, but her books look amazing. So I bought these so far, of course, back when I was in Arizona last.

Taiwan Fintech Boom

Imperative for Early Adoption by Key Japanese Financial Players

The global financial landscape is undergoing a significant shift, and for Tokyo‘s major financial institutions (JFIs) — and increasingly for Taiwanese institutional investors riding the momentum of Taiwan‘s FinTech boom..

https://giftcityadvisor.com/strategic-financial-anchor-for-japanese-institutions...

My sweet DIL got me a blind date with a book!

I'm kicking myself for tearing into it before taking a picture, but I did my best to recreate it 😄

I had never heard of this book, but it's got 100% here on Litsy!