I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Four Treasures of the Sky, Daiyu spends the first few years of her life with …
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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Sea of Tranquility, the reader follows various storylines: a young man traveling in Canada in 1912, …
I feel like I missed something. Something being why everyone adores this book so much. Apologies in advance to those who loved this book! I mean you and the author no ill will! That said, I have to get this off my chest. In A Man Called Ove (written by Fredrik Backman and translated into …
I can’t believe it’s already time for another Top 10 post; 2021 really flew by (even though it wasn’t all that great). How is it already the end of the year? What is happening? Actually, don’t answer that. I read a lot more than last year, which is likely due to it being the first …
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Cloud Cuckoo Land, we follow several different characters from several different times and settings: there’s Anna and Omeir …
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