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May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month in the US and each year I take part in the #asianlitbingo it‘s mostly a Twitter/Instagram/blog thing but in case anyone is interested the details can be found here
https://litcelebrasian.wordpress.com/2019/04/27/asian-lit-bingo-2019-reading-cha...

Wheee! I got some #bookmail - as my prize for most points in #asianlitbingo I got to pick a book by an Asian author and I really wanted this one! Thanks very much to the organizers of #AsianLitBingo

Woohoo! I actually won something!
I get to pick a 2018 release by an Asian author as my prize and would love some recommendations!
#asianlitbingo

I haven‘t posted much lately but that doesn‘t mean that I haven‘t been reading! I finished 8 books in May and focused on choices for #asianlitbingo
My favorite was The Great Passage! Translated from Japanese, it tells a story about making a Japanese dictionary. Perfect for people who love words and language! #maywrapup

In all the pneumonia-excitement (NOT), I forgot to post my wrap-up for #AsianLitBingo. Just like last year, I had a great time with this challenge, learnt plenty of new things, discovered many new-to-me authors (actually 12 out of the 14 I read were new-to-me authors) and made three bingos! Here‘s the link to all my reviews https://reallifereading.com/2018/06/01/asianlitbingo-wrap-up-2/

I finished a second line for #AsianLitBingo! Down the right side of the grid, I read:

Multiracial Asian MC -
A SCANDALOUS SECRET by Jaishree Misra

Poor Asian MC -
BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS by Dai Sijie

Contemporary With Asian MC -
SKIM by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

Translated Work By An Asian Author -
THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM by Cixin Liu

South Asian MC -
THE SUN AND HER FLOWERS by Rupi Kaur

I planned to leave the library empty-handed this morning, but I couldn't resist a couple more possibilities for #AsianLitBingo.

Y'all. This is such a great pirate-adventure-badass teen fantasy story. Super entertaining, gorgeous writing, and intrigued to read the sequel. Totally devoured this on the plane instead of working, oops. #AsianLitBingo

Pork floss sandwich + Nespresso +New-to-me author whose book Serpentine fits into one of the #asianlitbingo squares perfectly = Happy Wednesday

#Asianlitbingo #eastasian #fantasy #fiction