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;five asian audiobooks to listen to
Until recently, I did not listen to audiobooks. My mind wanders even when I’m listening to music, or watching videos online – there would be no way I could focus on audiobooks. Right? Except when I was in Singapore a few weeks ago, I found out the library has an online platform that is accessible on Overdrive, and I thought to myself, maybe it’s time to try an audiobook and see if how it goes? Reader, it went well. It went REALLY WELL. So I made a tweet for recommendations for Asian audiobooks. Some of them are not available here locally, and I wanted to see which ones people would…
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;singaporean novels i had never heard about
I feel like such a bad Singaporean for not reading books written by Singaporean authors! Honestly, growing up, there weren’t many that interested me*. The ones that everyone used to read were local ghost stories, and I have never been a huge horror fan. But a few days ago, I was walking around Popular Bookstore in Singapore, and I came across a couple of YA novels written by Singaporean authors that I had never heard about, so I went looking for more books to add to my TBR**. *I was a book snob, and I admit it. **I have read none of these books, but they look interesting. Run by…
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apr – jun 2019; it’s a wrap
I almost forgot that June is coming to an end, that the second quarter of the year was coming to an end. Oops? Compared to the first quarter of the year, this one seems a little less intense. A lot less seems to have happened, in the last three months. I mentioned in my last wrap-up that we were going to India for our Sikh New Year, and we did! I’ve only been to India in April once, and that was only for a couple of days when my sister had her engagement party there, so this was very different. The heat was intense, and we were a little worried…
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;five asian authors i want to love
It’s the Year Of The Asian, everyone, so obviously I’m going to have at least one post a month relating to either Asian books, bloggers or authors!* *Related posts: ;five asian bloggers you should follow ;five asian authors i love There are a number of Asian authors who have been published over the last few years, and who are debuting this year. I am very excited about a lot of this, and I am looking forward to more, but in this post, I will be talking about authors who have published before 2019 and whose books are on my TBR, but I have not, for whatever reason, been able to…
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;the power of social media
I think most of us know that being on any form of social media can be stressful. Not just as a performative thing (because the pressure to be exciting and fresh and relevant is there) or even as another way to get an audience for your blog or shop – but also because you have to be careful about what you say*. The Internet, after all, is forever. *Am I lowkey, not-so lowkey talking about the recent book Twitter drama? Yes, yes I am. Especially on Twitter, where things happen instantly. Someone is always online to see what you say, and everyone remembers. EVERYONE. REMEMBERS. It doesn’t matter if you…
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;ten things I want more of in books
I actually had no idea what I was going to write for this blog post, but Book Twitter is going through another round of Drama (TM) and I want to stay far away from that, so let’s do a list of things I would love to see more of in books*. All books. Any books.** *I was going to do a YA specific list, but I’m an adult and should not be speaking for the actual target audience. I forget sometimes I’m not still a teenager. Whoops. **This list is in no way exhaustive and only represents my thoughts and feelings on the matter. ON WE GO! Dragons. Are you…
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handle with care; the paranormal edition
I’m still not sure whether I’ve gotten the right definition of the paranormal, but I’m going to take another shot at it. We’ve got a mix of science-fiction and fantasy in here, and those are my favourite genres. But even I have to admit that sometimes there are aspects I do not mesh well with. People consider aliens to be part of the paranormal, thanks I think, to The X-Files. I have not read a lot of books with alien beings, and the ones that I have, well. Most of the time, alien beings are meant to parallel real world situations and people. Most of the time, it is either…
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;five asian authors i love
Last month, I did a post that got more traction than I thought it would*, and I was inspired to make it a series of sorts! Like I’ve shouted from the rooftops, this is The Year Of The Asian, so why not do a post related to Asian books or bloggers every month? *See: ;five asian bloggers you should follow This time around, I’ll be talking about authors who I love! These will be authors whose works I’ve read, at least one of their books, and who I enjoy following on social media.** **Look out for a post on authors whose work I want to read later this year. I’ve…
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SPOTLIGHT; marginsbox ft. interview with the founders
We interrupt our regular schedule to bring you this post. Have you heard about marginsbox yet? Yes? No? Maybe? I don’t know? Can you repeat the questions? Now that I have gotten the theme song of Malcolm In The Middle stuck in your head, I’ll get to my point. This is a new subscription box that I, personally, am very excited about. Described as “a bookish subscription box featuring Black, Indigenous, and person of color (BIPOC) young adult authors alongside handcrafted items from BIPOC creators curated to coincide with book themes”, this box is right up my alley in highlighting marginalised voices and creators. The founders, cara davis and Adrianne…
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;three reasons Love From A To Z is on my TBR
Yesterday was the release day of Love From A To Z by S.K. Ali, and I could not be more excited. I’m already counting down the days* to it being on the shelves in Malaysia so I can pick up both this and Saints And Misfits. Book buying ban? Who’s she? *Related post: ;the a to z of journals I’ve heard nothing but good things about both S.K. Ali’s books, but I thought I’d make a short list of why I am super excited for it. Characters who journal are, in my opinion, a little rare these days. Especially male characters who journal? I think it’s going to give a…