My Life Growing Up Asian In America by CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) (Format used for this book: Print–hardback) A collection of 30 heartfelt, witty, and hopeful thought pieces on the experience of growing up Asian American, for fans of Minor Feelings. There are 23 million people, representing more than 20 countries, each with…
The Last Neanderthal by Claire Cameron Forty thousand years in the past, the last family of Neanderthals roams the earth. After a crushingly hard winter, their numbers are low, but Girl, the oldest daughter, is just coming of age and her family is determined to travel to the annual meeting place and find her a…
How To Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann This darkly funny and provocative novel reimagines classic fairy tale characters as modern women in a support group for trauma. In present-day New York City, five women meet in a basement support group to process their traumas. Bernice grapples with the fallout of dating a psychopathic, blue-bearded billionaire.…
The Circus Infinite by Khan Wong (Format used for this read: Paperback–Library copy) Roll up! Roll up! The Space Circus is about to begin….. Persephone-9 is the galaxy’s most infamous pleasure moon, and it is here that Jes, a mixed-race asexual empath with gravity manipulation abilities, is hoping to hide in plain sight from the…
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan (Format used for this read: Print–Hardback from the LIBRARY which is the BEST!) The Candy House opens with the staggeringly brilliant Bix Bouton, whose company, Mandala, is so successful that he is “one of those tech demi-gods with whom we’re all on a first name basis.” Bix is forty, with…
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano What does it mean not just to survive, but to truly live?One summer morning, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, his beloved older brother, his parents, and 183 other passengers board a flight in Newark headed for Los Angeles. Among them are a Wall Street wunderkind, a young woman coming to terms with…
Me by Elton John (Format used for this read: Print–hardback from the library….how I miss yooouuuuuuuuu 😭😭😭😭😭) Reading autobiographies and memoirs has become one of my new favorite things. Especially when the author is extremely vulnerable and painfully honest. Sir Elton was ALL THAT AND THEN SOME in these pages. Here is the official summary:…
The Devil in White City by Erik Larson (Format used for this read: Print–hardback AND FROM THE LIBRARY WHICH IS THE BEST KIND OF BOOK!) In my monthly book club we try to alternate genres when we make our selections each month. Quite a few ladies really enjoy mysteries/thrillers/murder stories (I am NOT one of…
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (Format used for this read: Print–paperback–from library) This book was MUCH more fun to read than the Hamilton book 🤣 Here is a summary: When New Yorker Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and quality time…
American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Format used for this read: print–paperback from the library) I honestly never would have picked this book up if my friend Jamila wouldn’t have recommended it. And y’all I am SO glad she DID tell me to read it! Because it was some kinda weird and some kinda GOOD. Here is…