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I took my #WeeklyForecast picture yesterday, but already need to update it, as I've read three of the very short books from the shelf already!! Do you ever have a book that you think you'll like but you just can't quite start it? I'm that way with the tagged book, which has been in the windowsill all month but keeps getting passed over. Maybe this week. I've added some February reads, although I'm still missing my #LMPBC books, #TrappedonanIsland⬇
My May #bookspinbingo list. Looking forward to a great month of reading. Summer is almost here!
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pickWilliam Eng is a 12 year old Chinese/American boy living in an orphanage in Seattle in the 1930's. The orphans go to the historical Moore Theatre where William watches an actress named Willow Frost and is convinced that she is his mother, Liu Song. William and his friend Charlotte escape the orphanage so he can look for his mother. The story then shifts to the 1920's and we get the backstory of William's mother.
so-soWilliam is a 12 year old boy living in an orphanage in 1934 Seattle. William suspects actress Willow Frost is his mother, and sets out to find her with his friend Charlotte.
Most of the characters are one dimensional unnecessarily awful and EVIL monsters. William and Charlotte unrealistically think and speak like adults.
Depression era Seattle was interesting to read about. It was clear the author did their research in this area.
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pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ While very sad in places, this is excellently written novel that explores Seattle‘s Chinatown in the 1920‘s and 30‘s—a very rich setting. Totally recommend! #TBRRead #WinterGames #JingleBallers
My little song will keep you beside me
Thinking your name as I sing 🎶
William Eng, an orphaned Chinese-American, hears his mother‘s haunting song...perhaps she is alive. He runs away to try and find her
#singitback
#ayupaugust @Cinfhen @squirrelbrain
pickI loved this book. So much suffering and love. Definitely one of 2018 favorites.
Am I supposed to regard the empty space in my heart as my own failing-my own inability to stop the bleeding caused by my mother? You can't expect children to sew their own gaping wounds without leaving a terrible scar.
I can't stop the tears. Thank you Jamie Ford.
so-soFinished this yesterday morning. Didn't impress me nearly as much as Hotel On the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. I'm trying to read some of my TBR in my home library. Now I can donate this to the Friends of the Library sale and make room for new finds. 😉📚
...no one is all bad or all good...life would be much easier if that were the case. Everyone...was a confusing mixture of love and hate, joy and sorrow, longing and forgetting, misguided truth and painful deception.
If you like this author, this book is available as a Kindle loan right now. I snapped it up. Also A Study in Charlotte
At long last I have got round to one of the books @CaroPi sent me for the #halloweengoespostal book exchange.
It is a fast flowing read and easy to empathize with the main characters. I am 98 pages in and hoping for some happier turn of events.
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#Heartsandhardcovers
TODAY'S PROMPT: BE STILL MY HEART
Jamie Ford's books are always from the HEART.
William lost his mother but not to death. He knew in his heart that she was still alive and he would find her some day, but he had to escape from the orphanage to do that.
https://silversolara.blogspot.com/2013/08/songs-of-willow-frost-by-jamie-ford.ht...
Hi everyone! 👋 Yesterday I started reading book number 10 of the year and I honestly can‘t believe I‘ve read that many books already. Last year I did not start out this year this strong
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This is a picture of a book I read a few years ago that I absolutely loved. I highly recommend it if you love historical fiction or are looking for a book with an Asian main character. -
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QOTD: How many books have you read so far this year?
Today's Word: WISTFUL
SONGS OF WILLOW FROST by Jamie Ford was about making decisions, living with regrets, and longing for what some folks have and what you were deprived of. #Yesvember17 #YESvember @Libby1
Another beautiful read by Mr. Ford.
https://silversolara.blogspot.com/2013/08/songs-of-willow-frost-by-jamie-ford.ht...
Well I can't participate in the readathon today because I have work to do this afternoon. But first I am going to snuggle up with this book and my coffee.
🎉👏🏻 Cheering all you dedicated #deweysreadathon participants on today!!
"The library is like a candy store where everything is free ".
Adding this to my TBR after it came as part of my monthly Book 📖and a Brew ☕️ subscription
A name like Jamie Ford doesn't sound Chinese. His relatives changed their name to fit in the US. To hear Jamie Ford tell the story is touching. He's a great guy & solid citizen. #BooksByAsianWriters #ReadJanuary @RealLifeReading
Looking back at my Goodreads shelves, there were some excellent books #publishedinthe2000s. #readjanuary
The soundtrack to today's amplification and making plates for the genetic analyzer in the lab. Here's hoping for no equipment malfunctions!
pickJamie Ford ripped my heart into a thousand pieces and then mended it back together again, better than new. This is one of the most touching books I've ever read. I had all the feels. Set around Seattle in a racially turbulent time, it's the story of a young Chinese orphan. Highly recommend this one.
so-soStory about an orphaned boy's search for his mother and a revelation of the journey that leads to that point. I struggled with the beginning, became intrigued in the middle but felt the ending fell flat.
Struggling with this one. I am probably a third of the way through and I feel like it is slow and a bit redundant. Should I push through or bail?
pickI couldn't resist getting Ford's second book, and boy I was not disappointed. Though the pages may hold triggering content for some, I highly recommend it to see the trials and tribulations of a mother and son, who are brought together again.
@Cinfhen - hope you're having a fabulous trip!!! 2y