Book Reviews / C+ Reviews#ownvoices / Anglo-Asian / Asian characters / Asian-American / Contemporary / England / family relationships / First-Person / macabre comedy / mafia / POC / POC author / sisters / weddingNo Comments
The aunties are back, fiercer than ever and ready to handle any catastrophe—even the mafia—in this delightful and hilarious sequel by Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of Dial A for Aunties. Meddy Chan has been to countless weddings, but she never imagined how her own would turn out. Now the day ... more >
B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / Android / Fantasy / Hong Kong based world / Jade Saga series / mafia / novella / POC / POC author / Reading lists / Science Fiction / The Murderbot Diaries / Wuxia9 Comments
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) by Martha Wells This novella launched Martha Wells’s Murderbot Diaries series. These books have been raved about both here and at other review sites, my social media feeds, and by one of my real life friends. I’m late to the ... more >
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I was tempted to make a list of my favorites among the 2019-published books I read this year. In the end I decided to focus on my favorite 2019 reads (first time reads; I didn’t include books I had read / reviewed in prior years) without regard to their year ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / Asian characters / family / Fantasy / Hong Kong based world / Jade Saga series / LGBTQIA+ / mafia / martial arts / POC / POC author / political intrigue / saga / Wuxia5 Comments
Dear Fonda Lee, Your adult fantasy novel, Jade City (the first book in your Green Bone Saga), has won both the World Fantasy and Aurora Awards for Best Novel, as well as being nominated for the Nebula and Locus Awards. Set on an island with some similarities to Hong Kong, ... more >
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Trouble comes to Mosely, Montana, from the outside world. When the residents of Mosely are left on their own, they can make things work. Sure, there’s always been a militia operating up in the hills, but they were small-scale—just survivalists doing their thing—until organizers came in from out of state. ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews Category / B- ReviewsBDSM / m/m romance / mafia / Old Favorites6 Comments
Three years ago, Carl Ragar turned on the mob. His conscience couldn’t handle the murder of an innocent bystander, and he had to turn his back on his mentor, Petroc “Pete” Barbu, a man he’d admired and lusted after. Pete made no apologies for his job as an enforcer, but ... more >