Beijing

This Time It’s Real

I was delighted to get this ARC of This Time It's Real because I love Ann Liang's If You Could…

2 years ago

The Beijing Ghost of “If You Could See The Sun”

If You Could See The Sun, by Ann Liang, uses a supernatural invisibility power to tell a moving, realistic story…

2 years ago

The People’s Republic of Desire

 The People's Republic of Desire by Annie Wang revolves around four girlfriends in Beijing, in a way that invites the obvious logline is…

4 years ago

The Ship of Brides

I first read Jojo Moyes' The Ship of Brides in Beijing, in fact, I have a paperback copy with a 100RMB…

5 years ago

Kitchen Chinese

I was pretty much hooked on Kitchen Chinese by Ann Mah as soon as the protagonist explains she only knows…

7 years ago

My (Not So) Perfect Life

I really enjoyed Twenties Girl and Something Borrowed, so I was excited to read Sophie Kinsella's latest, My Not So…

8 years ago

The Street of Eternal Happiness

For me, one of the most interesting parts of the story was the arc about CK's struggling restaurant, Your Sandwich.…

8 years ago