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Third #wickedwords for the month. This was a good spooky-season fantasy graphic novel.

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When arms instructor Lin Chong is wrongfully accused of treason, she is rescued and taken to the mountain sanctuary of Liangshan where she joins bandits who fight for the good of the Empire.

Bad ass women being bad ass while taking down corrupt politicians. Shes, Theys, and (maybe??) Gays unite!
Also, magic (that isn‘t magic).
I enjoyed this book so much!

Great adventure fantasy. I like that it is mostly a band of women and non binary folks as protagonist bandits, but really, this I s a darker Asian version of the kind of tale the three musketeers are👍

Destiny, secrets, loyal friendships and slow burning romance topped with action and adventure. This was a great fantasy read and satisfying standalone story. I loved all the main characters, the descriptions, and the story arc. Highly recommend!

I‘m a huge fan of legend adaptations, so of course I‘ll read another adaptation of Journey to the West. Naturally, this made me nostalgic for manga I read as a teen line Saiyuki that also adapt this story. This has a fun balance of silly & serious. I laughed when Genie didn‘t react to Sun Wukong‘s identity reveal. I picked this up because I loved Yee‘s work in the Avatar novels & because I needed a local author read for #ReadingWithMaja @maich

This queer, feminist retelling of a Chinese classic follows a master arms instructor whose life is destroyed by a corrupt official. But when a band of outlaws save her, she discovers a new way of living she's never let herself imagine before. If you love martial arts movies/ books, this is definitely for you.v

Enjoying this one so far. About halfway through and the story has really picked up after a slightly slower start.

Finishing up an audiovook and hoping to start one of the new short story collections I got at the bookstore today #WeekendReads

Two babies are born in the same hospital on the same night. One was supposed to die but didn‘t. In this fast-paced middle grade graphic novel set during the month of the hungry ghosts, two children try to outwit the forces of death. Chinese Australian artist Remy Lai has an appealing cartoony style and has created a complex fantasy world with wonderful characters and lots of humour. #ozfiction #kidlit #comics

In a word, excellent. A queer retelling of the 14th century book Water Margin, a Chinese classic, this book is a brutal, unflinching story filled with political machinations, battles, alchemy, battles, women fighting for agency, battles, betrayal, batt—probably don‘t need to keep repeating that, you get the idea. Excellent, if occasionally slow, this is a fantastically entertaining book. Totally get why it was on so many “best of” lists last year.