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#CurrentListen after finishing The Busybody Book Club and bailing on The Unwedding (a Reese pick not beloved on Litsy.

This is the 5th in the #TitaRosieKitchenMystery series and I‘ve enjoyed books 1-4, so here goes!

Cheeky!
Curato, the author of the often-banned Flamer (ya graphic novel) has created a GN for adults. We‘re invited into a friend group of Asian gays in Seattle. Our MC is newly out and experiencing a new world of drag, dating apps, and found family. In turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Gaysians was another win for me in this format. Still need to read Flamer!

Stocked up on graphic novels. Olympia approves.

Wow! What a powerful memoir!

As an Asian American female, I was super intrigued by the premise of this memoir. It did not disappoint!

The memoir is told through a series of essays, which worked so well. Each essay was well crafted and blended personal experience with research. It dove deep into how Asian women have been fetishized throughout history and the media.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/review-fetishized/

This story can be used in a discussion about how some things can be seen in very different ways, even when they are the seemingly black and white. Before the story begins, the students can engage in discussion about what they think they know about dragons and at the end, they can be asked on whether their ideas have changed about dragons.

“Both journeys are yours to take.“

Picturebook. The bright red and blue dragons represent the fire and water themes, two supposedly conflicting ideas that follow the theme of the story. The illustrations and colors used throughout the book represent the mystique of the imaginative travels the little boy faces. The illustrations throughout the book represent the mystical themes shown in the book.

Such a fun and strange (in a good way) graphic novel!

The premise is very cool. It‘s about a soon to be 13 year old girl who starts getting nightmares of her impending doom filled birthday (she‘s born on 4/4, which is considered unlucky in Chinese culture). These dreams somehow end up in the comic she is creating.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/09/13/review-the-many-misfortunes-of-eu...

This is a must read. Such an incredible dive into being Asian American. With a focus on art, and what she describes as the invisible area between Black and White America.

Park Hong is a poet and her writing shows. It is not overwritten but is very well told.

I‘m glad our library picked this book for One Book One Denver this year so that I finally got around to it. I loved Hsu‘s approach to this memoir about his college experience, his relationship with his friend Ken, and his identity as Taiwanese American. Trying to find his place and who he wants to be in the context of who he is and who others are around him. It felt so relatable despite our different experiences. A sign of a great memoir.