pickI felt like I kept searching for meaning while reading this book - where was the narrator and what time was it? Once I gave into the fact that the uncertainty was a deliberate part of the experience, I absolutely loved it.
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pickI felt like I kept searching for meaning while reading this book - where was the narrator and what time was it? Once I gave into the fact that the uncertainty was a deliberate part of the experience, I absolutely loved it.
October 2, 2024 Still reading The Chinese Groove by Kathryn Ma but decided to visit one of my favorite bookstores, Green Apple, on Clement St because I wanted to see what they had. Came across these two gems and will be reading them soon...One of the books is a gift for my mom 🤪🧐🥳
pickSet in the midst of the pandemic,Jay,a once promising artist,now in his 40s&homeless runs into his first love,Alice&is confronted with the life&people he left behind.I gave this novel a pick bc I was intrigued but I feel it‘s more a so-so since the story& writing don‘t always work for me: overdone,pompous. BUT there‘s real depth, too. And the concept of life as art, some sort of modern philosophical Odyssey journey kept me engaged.The ending - hm.
pickThis book seriously made me love Simu Liu even more than I already did. This made me laugh in multiple places. The acknowledgments made me cry, only partly because he was pretty much crying. This was a real rollercoaster. Highly recommend.
Now if Owala would make me a Shang-Chi water bottle, I will be ready for the sequel.
#SimuLiu #WeWereDreamers #ShangChi #superherooriginstory #immigrant #lovelyhumanbeing
My high school mascot was the colonels, and I feel this so hard! Every foreign language teacher would try to teach us the word for colonel in whatever language. We also talked about how the English version made no sense! I cannot imagine trying to learn this word as someone from a completely different language group.
#SimuLiu #WeWereDreamers #ShangChi #superherooriginstory #immigrant #lovelyhumanbeing
I loved Shang-Chi so much, the second I saw this I had to have it. I‘ve been giving my brain a break (or a total escape) lately, I just feel like it‘s time for this. I need a happy, but true story... I also need a good distraction from waiting for Tuesday to roll around... eventually.
#SimuLiu #WeWereDreamers #ShangChi #superherooriginstory #immigrant #lovelyhumanbeing
August 10, 2024 Started this TBR today. Not sure if I like it yet. Also not sure whether I am going to have enough time to read it as the school year is approaching around the corner...
