…With Chinese Characteristics

History, ex-pat memoir, or just novels set in the Middle Kingdom.

American Born Chinese

I originally read American Born Chinese, a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang, for a YA fiction course, and I…

3 months ago

Kevin Kwan’s New “Lies and Weddings”

Lies and Weddings, by Kevin Kwan, contains the same kind of frothy lifestyle fun as the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy.…

7 months ago

More Murder, More Secrets, and More Delicious Indonesian Food in ‘The New Girl’

Jesse Q Sutanto is back with more secrets, more murder, and more delicious Indonesian food in The New Girl. Teenage…

1 year ago

Yellowface

In Yellowface, by R. F. Kuang,  unsuccessful writer Juniper Hayward ends up with the only copy of an almost-finished manuscript…

2 years ago

White Ivy: What Did I Just Read?!?!?!?!

What did I just read? What even is this?! And I mean that in the best way. White Ivy by…

2 years ago