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the dragron republic made me fall in love with this series even more. i read The Dragon Republic last year pre-release, but never got around to writing a review because i was so emotionally distraught. but a year late and...
Anna K is so good, it convinced me to start reading the classic 982 paged classic it was based on — Anna Karenina. if i’m being honest, there’s nothing super special about this novel. the writing is alright; pacing is...
objectively, this book is closer to a 3.5 or 4/5 star BUT because i had such a wonderful reading experience and enjoyed it so so so much, i have no qualms for giving it a 5/5. Permanent Record is the...
dear chicken girl, contemporary novels. i don’t really like them. i feel like i’m usually weird because of this fact, but i’m not sure. it’s probably because i don’t want to read about real life (i have enough of that...
oh man. oh man. oh man! i adored this book so, so much. i don’t usually rate books so high, but Lady’s Guide was one of my most anticipated reads of 2018 and after sitting on it, to process after i finished reading,...
Wildcard was WILD. Warcross was one of my favorite books of last year, so i (obviously) had high hopes for Wildcard. but i was also really worried i’d be disappointed. spoiler alert: I HAD NOTHING TO FEAR (aka it was...
The Way You Make Me Feel is one of my favorite books of 2018, and possibly ever. i was super excited to read it because 1) cute summer contemporary!! 2) set in LA, my hometown, and 3) asian-american representation!!!!! it...
first of all, can i just say how much i’m LOVING the rise of asian visibility in ya? or books in general? + written by an asian author (!!!), Emergency Contact featured korean-american penny lee but there wasn’t much mention about race...
