{"id":3521,"date":"2019-09-11T16:30:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T08:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/?p=3521"},"modified":"2021-09-10T15:45:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T07:45:34","slug":"five-asian-2020-debuts-to-look-forward-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/?p=3521","title":{"rendered":";five asian 2020 debuts to look forward to"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/five-asian-2020-debuts-to-look-forward-to.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3522\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve barely read all the 2019 books I want to read, and even some of the 2018 books I&#8217;ve had on my TBR, but I&#8217;m already looking at 2020 and eagerly anticipating so many books. These are only some of the books I cannot wait for, my full list is extensive and I won&#8217;t be posting that anywhere to keep my stress levels a little low*.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">*Though, my stress levels are never low.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/yarc2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3523\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What I know of these following books comes from Goodreads mostly, but they sound right up my alley, so you know I&#8217;m excited!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I am usually not a huge fan of <em>Romeo &amp; Juliet<\/em> retellings, but <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/44084752-these-violent-delights\">These Violent Delights<\/a><\/em> by Chloe Gong sounds so good, I cannot handle it. Set in 1920s Shanghai, the heirs of two rival gangs must work together to stop a monster from destroying everything they love. Honestly, it sounds perfect for me.<\/li><li>There isn&#8217;t a full synopsis for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/42993339-star-daughter\">Star Daughter<\/a><\/em> by Shveta Thakrar, but it involves Hindu mythology and celestial bodies, and a competition to save the life of the protagonist&#8217;s family. All things I adore.<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/42893340-the-kinder-poison\">The Kinder Poison<\/a><\/em> by Natalie Mae sounds a little bit dark, and I love it. It is set in a fictional land, where the protagonist has been chosen as a human sacrifice for the land&#8217;s three heirs. It&#8217;s a fight for survival, and I&#8217;m sure there will be some twists and turns.<\/li><li>The author of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/47572523-jade-fire-gold\">Jade Fire Gold<\/a><\/em>, June C.L. Tan, is Singaporean, and I feel represented. But also, this is so my brand it is scary. The protagonist enters into a reluctant alliance in order to save her grandmother, and secrets abound.<\/li><li>A large part of why I am excited for Anuradha D. Rajurkar&#8217;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/40939411-american-betiya\">American Betiya<\/a><\/em> is the title. It&#8217;s not often I see a title with words untranslated into English for whatever reason. And this contemporary about forbidden first love and a large Indian family is something teen!me would have adored having.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-weight-of-our-sky.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3524\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, there are so many good books coming out in 2020 and there will be more announced that I will be excited about, but these are some of the ones that have gripped me already. I cannot wait to read them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are some of the 2020 debuts you are looking forward to, Asian and otherwise?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/footer.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/footer.png 1010w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/footer-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/footer-768x304.png 768w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/footer-600x238.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1010px) 100vw, 1010px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pin-this-post.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pin-this-post.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pin-this-post-300x15.jpg 300w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pin-this-post-768x38.jpg 768w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pin-this-post-600x30.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1010px) 100vw, 1010px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/five-asian-2020-debuts-to-look-forward-to-pin.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3525\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve barely read all the 2019 books I want to read, and even some of the 2018 books I&#8217;ve had on my TBR, but I&#8217;m already looking at 2020 and eagerly anticipating so many books. These are only some of the books I cannot wait for, my full list is extensive and I won&#8217;t be posting that anywhere to keep my stress levels a little low*. *Though, my stress levels are never low. What I know of these following books comes from Goodreads mostly, but they sound right up my alley, so you know I&#8217;m excited! I am usually not a huge fan of Romeo &amp; Juliet retellings, but These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong sounds so good, I cannot handle it. Set in 1920s Shanghai, the heirs of two rival gangs must work together to stop a monster from destroying everything they love. Honestly, it sounds perfect for me. There isn&#8217;t a full synopsis for Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar, but it involves Hindu mythology and celestial bodies, and a competition to save the life of the protagonist&#8217;s family. All things I adore. The Kinder Poison by Natalie Mae sounds a little bit dark, and I love it. It is set in a fictional land, where the protagonist has been chosen as a human sacrifice for the land&#8217;s three heirs. It&#8217;s a fight for survival, and I&#8217;m sure there will be some twists and turns. The author of Jade Fire Gold, June C.L. Tan, is Singaporean, and I feel represented. But also, this is so my brand it is scary. The protagonist enters into a reluctant alliance in order to save her grandmother, and secrets abound. A large part of why I am excited for Anuradha D. Rajurkar&#8217;s American Betiya is the title. It&#8217;s not often I see a title with words untranslated into English for whatever reason. And this contemporary about forbidden first love and a large Indian family is something teen!me would have adored having. Of course, there are so many good books coming out in 2020 and there will be more announced that I will be excited about, but these are some of the ones that have gripped me already. I cannot wait to read them. What are some of the 2020 debuts you are looking forward to, Asian and otherwise?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[714,63],"tags":[571,59],"class_list":["post-3521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-discussion-post","tag-five-asian-2020-debuts-to-look-forward-to","tag-writings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3889,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521\/revisions\/3889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}