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Terrible; first book in a long time that I couldn't even finish.

I thought this was good, although it took some time to try to sort out all the characters, with the Chinese names, and I was listening to the audio, so I couldn‘t really check back for clarification. So, that took some time. Not that I can really compare it to the original (apparently, the ending was lost), but I thought Chen did a really good job of telling the story that she did. I also like the way she ended it.

#ChinaGrove
This is a modern retelling of the Chinese classic novel, The Dream of the Red Chamber (and, thanks to this prompt, I'm reminded that I still need to read it 😉).
#RockinMay

Because I suck at following directions and the only thing I love more than books by Asians/ Asian Americans is wine, I have two books. This one which is a reimagining of Dreams of Red Chambers. Much more accessible and, I felt, more relatable characters. The other, in comments, is about courtesans in Shanghai. Their lives, and the various connected men, were so fascinating. Love love love

When you have a Chinese minor, love Murakami and are general obsessed with Asia, your #booksbyasianauthors shelf is a bit much. While composing this shot, my husband told me (he grew up in China and has a deeper understanding of these books) that the author of Outlaws of the Marsh was the teacher to the author of Romance of the a Three Kingdoms.

#readjanuary day 18: #royals

I was scouring my virtual shelves for books about non-western royalty and found these:

Tale of Genji - 11th c classic. Court life of Heian, Japan (TBR)
In the Shadow of the Banyan - fiction. members of the Cambodian royal family during the civil war
The Glass Palace - historical fiction. The last dynasty that ruled Burma/Myanmar
The Red Chamber - retelling of Chinese classic Dream of the Red Chamber