pickThis was a moving family drama!
The book starts off strong. The story is about 3 sisters who reunite at their home on the Japanese coast. Immediately, I was invested in the story and the scandal involving the youngest sister. The ending was also very strong. It was touching and packed an emotional punch. However, the middle of the book was slow and dragged on.
Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/08/09/review-kakigori-summer/
Star-crossed lovers, meddling immortals, feigned identities, battles of wits, and dire warnings: these are the stuff of fairy tale, myth, and folklore that have drawn us in for centuries.
Fifteen bestselling and acclaimed authors reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia in short stories that are by turns enchanting, heartbreaking, romantic, and passionate.
#AThousandBeginningsAndEndings #EllenOh #ElsieChapman #book #AAPI
#HaikuADay
All the work bustle & travel lately & I‘ve caught a cold. Stopped for a bowl of Phở yesterday which inspired this haiku:
Ode to Phở
Steam lifts from the broth
Cold‘s healer, soother of souls
Solace in a bowl
#HaikuHive
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Every day I bring home a baguette, and maybe some meat & vegetables if I‘ve run out, and I have a sandwich while I listen to a couple stories from the tagged book. One of today‘s was an intense Warchild-universe story by Karin Lowachee.
Today‘s baguette came from a bakery established in 1889. It was good, but the less established shop around the corner from me does a better one. #audiocooking
pick#DynamicDs Day 7: I loved seeing how the two friends were able to tell each other about the things they love through their dancing hands. The Afterword provides information about Filipino Sign Language and how it is distinct from American Sign Language. People tend to assume homogeneity among the non-speaking, #differentlyabled communities, and this book shows how this is not the case. My review of this award-winning book: https://wp.me/pDlzr-r64
pickThis was a fun heist story!
The premise is basically Crazy Rich Asians meets Ocean‘s Eight, which I loved. The plot is essentially a mashup of the two. I thought the story was super entertaining and amusing. I wasn‘t shocked at any of the twists and turns at the end because it was slightly reminiscent of Ocean‘s Eight‘s heist.
Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/review-women-of-good-fortune/
#FeelinTheLove
I was having trouble thinking of a book for #SteamyLove but I did love the Steamy Kitchen food blog back in the day & I still have a couple of her cookbooks. 🍜♥️
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Others have seen a small orange fox. And, on rare occasions, a small boy has been seen at the gravesite as well, his eyes the yellow gold of candlelight.
#AThousandBeginningsAndEndings #EllenOh #ElsieChapman #lastline #closingline #book #books #bookobsessed #bookobsession #bookoholic #bookoholics #bookperson #bookpeople #bookpassion #bookpicture #bookpictures #Fantasy #ShortStories #YoungAdult #Mythology #Anthologies #Fiction #Retellings 💜💜💜💜
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