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March 25, 2022

DUELING REVIEW: How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

JennieB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / C+ Reviews#ownvoices / Asian Americans / California / death / Fantasy / grief / Japan / joint review / Literary Fabulism / near-future / Novel-in-Stories / Pandemic / POC / POC author / Speculative-Fiction12 Comments

Content warnings: Jennie: When Janine suggested we review this book together, I hadn’t heard of it. But the blurb told me it was dystopian, and I have a weakness for dystopian novels even though they don’t always end up working for me. Though it’s billed as a novel, How High ... more >

September 22, 2021

REVIEW: Auspicious Animals by Jun’ichi Uchiyama

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsanimals / Art / Asian / China / Japan / photography / POC authorComments Off on REVIEW: Auspicious Animals by Jun’ichi Uchiyama

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The world of mythical creatures born from human imagination. Many imaginary animals believed to be auspicious symbols of good fortune originated in ancient China. The most famous ones are the “Big Four”: the Winged Dragon, the Chinese Phoenix, Qilin (a hooved chimeric creature) and the Spirit Turtle. There are many ... more >

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May 29, 2021

Jayne’s Grandpa Reading List

JayneB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book ReviewsAsian Americans / Asian characters / children's book / China / grandfather / Japan / Korea / picture books / POC / POC author / poetry5 Comments

Kiyoshi’s Walk by Mark Karlins Where do poems come from? This beautiful picture book about a young aspiring poet and his grandfather shows that the answer lies all around us—if we take the time to look. After Kiyoshi watches his grandfather, Eto, compose his delicate haiku, he wonders out loud: ... more >

April 26, 2021

REVIEW: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell

JanineBook Reviews / D Reviews / F Reviews18th-century / accountant / Dark / Japan / Literary fiction / midwife / Netherlands / POC / shipping / unrequited-love8 Comments

Trigger warning: Dear David Mitchell, Your literary novel, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet, caught my attention because of its setting, the environs of Nagasaki in 1799-1800. I heard of the book through great word-of-mouth from people whose opinions I generally trust so I was excited to read it. ... more >

February 18, 2021

REVIEW: This Party’s Dead: Grief, Joy and Spilled Rum at the World’s Death Festivals by Erica Buist

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsdeath / England / funeral / Indonesia / Japan / Madagascar / Mexico / multicultural / Nepal / non-fiction / Sicily / Thailand / USA3 Comments

Journalist Erica Buist travels to seven death festivals around the world (Nepal, Madagascar, Indonesia, Sicily, Japan, Mexico and New Orleans) in search of better attitudes towards death After the death of her father-in-law, journalist Erica Buist decided to travel to seven death festivals around the world, in an attempt to ... more >

August 20, 2020

REVIEW: The Fox & the Little Tanuki Volume 2 by Mi Tagawa

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After 300 years, the gods that imprisoned Senzou the Fox Spirit for his arrogance finally set him free. There is only one condition – he can’t have any of his supernatural abilities back until he successfully helps a tanuki cub named Manpachi become one of their magical assistants. Unfortunately for ... more >

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