Flight by Sherman Alexie
24 Feb, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples, Young Adult Readers
I spent my last birthday with Sherman Alexie ...
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Socks! by Tania Sohn
19 Feb, by in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean
Who doesn't love the unlimited possibility of socks? Polka dotted, striped, green, yellow, even holey socks add just the right flash of whimsy to perfect any outfit. If you're thinking of changing your look, choose either baby socks and daddy socks. Add holiday cheer to your...
Schroder by Amity Gaige
18 Feb, by in Adult Readers, Audio, European, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific
This is an immigration story. But not the sort of immigration I've become accustomed to ...
Norman, Speak! by Caroline Adderson, illustrated by Qin Leng
17 Feb, by in Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Children/Picture Books, Fiction
When a young boy and his parents go to the animal shelter, they return home with a brown-and-white dog with a stump for a tail because he's the "saddest." "'No one knows his real name,'" the shelter employee explains, "'Norman is what we call him.'"...
The Undertaking of Lily Chen by Danica Novgorodoff
14 Feb, by in Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Hapa/Mixed-race, Young Adult Readers
Before Danica Novgorodoff’s story even begins, her dedication page offers crucial tidbits: in paying homage to her grandparents, she reveals both her Chinese heritage and inspiration ["To my grandparents, Eugene and Ellen Chen Novgorodoff"]; in quoting a July 2007 article from The Economist (we're talking pretty...
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
13 Feb, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Chinese, Fiction, Malaysian, Malaysian American, Southeast Asian
Hauntings, posthumous marriage proposals, addictions, not-quite-human heroes, in-between spirits growing old, burnt offerings that are actually real in another world. Interest piqued? Get ready for this absolutely ingenious debut novel! And (there's more!), as an exponentially satisfying bonus, the crisply-voiced author herself – Yangsze Choo, a fourth-generation Malaysian...
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
12 Feb, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Black/African American, Fiction
When Oprah reinvented her book club in 2012, she elevated Cheryl Strayed's Wild to near mythic status (I found Wild so tedious, I didn't have the energy to write a post). Oprah's 2013 choice was a first novel that hasn't found quite that Wild level of ubiquitous...
In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner
10 Feb, by in Adult Readers, Cambodian, Cambodian American, Fiction, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American
Confession first: I took almost two years to finish this debut novel. Not until an interview deadline loomed (stay tuned!) could I force myself to keep turning the pages until I reached the end. Because I just couldn't let the book go. As wrenching and...
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
08 Feb, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific
If Gillian Flynn isn't already a household name, she will be sure enough. The film version of her mega-bestselling 2012 novel Gone Girl is due to hit screens in October with Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike starring as the troubled couple. Since Flynn herself wrote the...
Nijigahara Holograph by Inio Asano, translated by Matt Thorn
07 Feb, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation
Long before the latest translated-into-English title from award-winning transgender manga creator Inio Asano is due to hit shelves (fabulous Seattle-based publisher Fantagraphics lists an unspecified February pub date; Amazon lists March 19, 2014 and B&N March 5 for available shipping), the internet has been abuzz...
The Little Hut of Leaping Fishes by Chiew-Siah Tei
06 Feb, by in Adult Readers, Audio, British, British Asian, Chinese, Fiction, Malaysian, Southeast Asian
For all the power and wealth of the Chai clan, discontent and tragedy haunts its three generations. With the challenges facing China at the turn of the 20th century as the last imperial dynasty crumbles and western colonialism looms, patriarch Master Chai's once ironclad rule...
Images of America: Chinese in Hollywood by Jenny Cho and the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
03 Feb, by in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers
In spite of a history that spans centuries – especially in California – Hollywood has long remained an elusive destination for Asian Pacific Americans seeking not always celluloid glory, but at the very least, mere participation and fair representation. From immigration restrictions, limited casting opportunities, miscegenation laws,...
Hidden: A Child’s Story of the Holocaust by Loïc Dauvillier, illustrated by Marc Lizano, color by Greg Salsedo, translated by Alexis Siegel
31 Jan, by in Absolute Favorites, European, Fiction, French, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Jewish, Middle Grade Readers, Translation, Young Adult Readers
Preorder this title now and you can stop reading here ...
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida, foreword by David Mitchell, translated by KA Yoshida and David Mitchell
29 Jan, by in Adult Readers, Japanese, Memoir, Nonfiction, Translation
As spare as this book is, it's turned out to be one of the most bookmarked (with skinny stick-its) titles I've recently read. Written by an autistic Japanese then-13-year-old, the English translation arrives six years later courtesy of parents of an autistic child – internationally...
The Map of Lost Memories by Kim Fay
28 Jan, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Cambodian, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Southeast Asian
This has been my go-to article of late: "The One Thing White Writers Get Away With, But Authors of Color Don't" by Gracie Jin. In the few blurbs I've briefly perused online about Lost Memories, I haven't seen any mention of author Kim Fay's ethnic...
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb
27 Jan, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Memoir, Nonfiction, Pakistani, Young Adult Readers
"'Who is Malala?'" the gunman demanded on that fateful day, October 9, 2012, before he shot three bullets into a bus carrying teenage girls to school. Unable to answer then, Malala answers now in her new memoir for all the world to read: "I am...
Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler
26 Jan, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost
"Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person," Anne Tyler's oldie-but-goodie begins, especially enhanced with the inimitable Blair Brown as welcome, familiar narrator. "How on earth did I get like this? How? How did I ever...
Sickness Unto Death (vols. 1-2) by Hikaru Asada, illustrated by Takahiro Seguchi, translated by Vertical, Inc.
24 Jan, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers
Determined to become a clinical psychologist, young Futaba arrives in an unnamed city to begin college. Before he even gets to his lodgings – arranged through a friend of his father's – he helps a young woman who collapses in a crowded plaza. While he can't deny...
Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami by Gretel Ehrlich
23 Jan, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Japanese, Memoir, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction
Before discussing content, I must start with a warning about presentation – think of it as a public service announcement: Choose the page, choose the page, choose the page! Although narrator Sumalee Montano (an American actress of Filipina and Thai/Chinese descent with a Harvard degree) lists...
Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford
22 Jan, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Chinese American, Fiction
Here's what a fairly recent (pubbed September 2013) bestseller looks like. It hasn't gotten any major nominations or awards (perhaps I should add 'yet,' as author Jamie Ford's debut, Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, garnered a few nods); nevertheless, it's certainly sold plenty of...
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