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#rockinmay #chinagrove #catchingup

For this excellent graphic novel about identity, it seemed okay to combine two prompts, #America and #ChinaGrove, considering Jin Wang's maturing experience. #RockinMay

#ChinaGrove #RockInMay

I've been out of the Litsy loop for a while (life got in the way of reading for a bit). But when I saw the #Chinagrove prompt it aligned perfectly with the book I just started! Only a few chapters in, but loving this so far. #rockinmay

Okay, so I know this is a total cheat, but my tagged copy of Monkey is in storage, so for #ChinaGrove I'm featuring some of my Chinese films.

Plus In the Mood for Love (my 90th favorite movie) is about a man and woman who discover their spouses are cheating on them so they become friends and write an epic action/adventure serial together. Appropriately bookish I think. Gonna toss this in for #farflung too. #MayBookFlowers #RockinMay

I recently picked this up at a used bookstore because I saw some great review that said it does a really good job of describing Chinese culture wrapped in a suspenseful murder mystery! #Chinagrove #rockinmay

This duo of books telling the story of Empress Wu in the 7th century meets both the prompts for #rockinmay ( #chinagrove ) and #maybookflowers ( #farflung ). On the TBR list! #historicalfiction

#RockinMay #chinagrove & #MayBookFlowers #farflung -Nicole Mones writes some great books set in far flung China, so I'm combining photo challenges today. My favorite of her books is The Last Chinese Chef. It was universally loved when I hosted it for virtual foodie blogging book club & it inspired me to make some lovely congee (rice porridge) with plenty of toppings. I'll link to my review/recipe & other books below. #foodiefiction #litsycooks🍴📚

WATCH THE MOVIE FIRST! Don't read the synopsis! The movie is an amazing look at Mao's China and the changes the Cultural Revolution brings. It's a captivating love story and Jeremy Irons is ? "For the myths of the East, the myths of the West, the myths of men, and the myths of women—these have so saturated our consciousness that truthful contact between nations and lovers can only be the result of heroic effort." #ChinaGrove #RockinMay @cinfhen