“Sarong Party Girls” by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
Thanks to Atlantic Books and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
I knew when I read the synopsis for this book that it would be marketed as similar to Crazy Rich Asians – it’s really not though. It’s more of a satirical look at lives of a group of young Singaporean women and their never-ending quest to snag an ‘Ang-Moh’.
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“The Mercies” by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Thanks to Pan Macmillan and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
Sighs into infinity
Rightio, I was really excited to read this book. I feel like Hargrave has the coolest sounding books and I’m always really pumped to read them.
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I haven’t posted in ages. There’s a few reasons why but no sense getting into them here. Looking forward to getting back into the swing of things though!
“Starve Acre” by Andrew Michael Hurley
Thanks to John Murray Press and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
I’ve heard a lot of good things about this author on the Guardian Books Podcast and have some of his books unread on my Kindle. I’ve also seen Book Twitter raving about it so what better excuse to read a spooky book in the fine month of October.
“Before the Coffee Gets Cold” by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Thanks to a Pan Macmillan and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
I am a huge fan of Japanese literature and always hesitate to describe something as very ‘Japanese’ because Japanese culture is not a monolith but…this book is very Japanese.
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“The Beautiful” by Renee Ahdieh
Thanks to Hodder and Stoughton and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
I for one am SO ready for the Vampire genre to rise from the dead. There’s been a lot of buzz about this book so I was looking forward to sinking my teeth into it.
Ok, ok I’ll stop.
Things My Mother Told Me by Tanya Atapattu
I know I haven’t updated in forever. In my defence, I am doing two Masters qualifications concurrently and I have a two year old child. My job is also insanely busy. I’ve still been reading a ton but my blogging has slipped unfortunately. Apologies all.
Thanks to Little Brown Book Group UK and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
My expectations were already pretty high for this book because contemporary South Asian diaspora stories are my jam, but if anything, this book managed to exceed them. I tend to read multiple books at once, but when I was reading this I basically did not leave my bed until I finished it.
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