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ashlinisme
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hes7
American Born Chinese | Gene Luen Yang
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For this excellent graphic novel about identity, it seemed okay to combine two prompts, #America and #ChinaGrove, considering Jin Wang's maturing experience. #RockinMay

Cinfhen Thanks for posting..it's a good reminder that I want to check this GN out 🙏🏻 7y
Zelma @Cinfhen it's really, really good. 💕 7y
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JacintaMCarter
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Cinfhen My TBR is going to crush me! But this sounds so interesting...stacked! 7y
cleoh I completely forgot about this book! I read it for school in grade 8 and completely adored it ❤ 7y
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candyflossramparts
My Fair Concubine | Jeannie Lin
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I've been out of the Litsy loop for a while (life got in the way of reading for a bit). But when I saw the #Chinagrove prompt it aligned perfectly with the book I just started! Only a few chapters in, but loving this so far. #rockinmay

Cinfhen Yay! Welcome back!!! 7y
candyflossramparts @Cinfhen Thank you! 😁 7y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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Okay, so I know this is a total cheat, but my tagged copy of Monkey is in storage, so for #ChinaGrove I'm featuring some of my Chinese films.

Plus In the Mood for Love (my 90th favorite movie) is about a man and woman who discover their spouses are cheating on them so they become friends and write an epic action/adventure serial together. Appropriately bookish I think. Gonna toss this in for #farflung too. #MayBookFlowers #RockinMay

batsy In the Mood for Love 💜💜💜🙌 7y
vivastory I ♥ Wong Kar Wai 7y
CherylDeFranceschi Nice stack! 7y
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Cinfhen I like a good movie recommendation every now & then...love this post ❤️ 7y
elawsan House of Flying Daggers, Hero, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Seven Swords ... all great movies. Check out Iron Monkey, Shadowless Sword, The Bride With White Hair, CJ7, Kung Fu Hustle 7y
RohitSawant Great selection! I wasn‘t aware of most of these titles and so look forward to watching them. 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk @elawsan I've seen Kung Fu Hustle and Iron Monkey, and I own Shadowless Sword. Will check out the others. Thanks! 7y
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EllieDottie
Death of a Red Heroine | Qiu Xiaolong
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I recently picked this up at a used bookstore because I saw some great review that said it does a really good job of describing Chinese culture wrapped in a suspenseful murder mystery! #Chinagrove #rockinmay

AlaMich I liked this book more for the setting and the culture; the mystery element was so-so. 7y
Cinfhen is that a thing? History/culture/murder/suspense genre?!? 7y
EllieDottie @AlaMich that good to know so I start reading with the right expectations! 7y
EllieDottie @Cinfhen it should be!! 😁 7y
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KerriNTurner
The Moon in the Palace | Weina Dai Randel
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This duo of books telling the story of Empress Wu in the 7th century meets both the prompts for #rockinmay ( #chinagrove ) and #maybookflowers ( #farflung ). On the TBR list! #historicalfiction

Cinfhen I like when challenges collide 💞💞😉 7y
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DebinHawaii
The Last Chinese Chef | Nicole Mones
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#RockinMay #chinagrove & #MayBookFlowers #farflung -Nicole Mones writes some great books set in far flung China, so I'm combining photo challenges today. My favorite of her books is The Last Chinese Chef. It was universally loved when I hosted it for virtual foodie blogging book club & it inspired me to make some lovely congee (rice porridge) with plenty of toppings. I'll link to my review/recipe & other books below. #foodiefiction #litsycooks🍴📚

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Lissa00 She was the guest speaker at our local library and was so interesting! Love her books:) 7y
EvieBee I looove Mones!!! 7y
EvieBee @Lissa00 Wow! Wish I'd been a fly on that wall. I adore her. 7y
Flaneurette When I adopted my girls in China I would buy them congee usually with chicken. It was perfect baby food! 7y
Cinfhen Tagged book sounds fascinating ~ stacked! I think I started Night in Shanghai but bailed 🤔😟 7y
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lynneamch
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WATCH THE MOVIE FIRST! Don't read the synopsis! The movie is an amazing look at Mao's China and the changes the Cultural Revolution brings. It's a captivating love story and Jeremy Irons is ? "For the myths of the East, the myths of the West, the myths of men, and the myths of women—these have so saturated our consciousness that truthful contact between nations and lovers can only be the result of heroic effort." #ChinaGrove #RockinMay @cinfhen

Cinfhen Ooooh, I love a good movie recommendation 😍🙌🏻thanks! 7y
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