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Love in Penang
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The Making of a Jurusihir
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Amok (Absolution, #1)
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A Spoonful of Malaysian Magic: An Anthology
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Coexist
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The Tale of the Hostage Prince (Absolution, #1.5)
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When Winds Blow Cold (North, #1)
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Absolution (Absolution, #2)
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Home Groan: A NutMag Anthology
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Book review: The Light Between Us | Elaine Chiew
The Light Between Us by Elaine ChiewAs books go, I went in to this warily because I tend not to like WW2 (and adjacent) stories. But I also wanted to read this to support a SEA writer! So ok la #cubatry.
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I loved the writing and the language, the fluidity of moving between English and Malay and Chinese (of various dialects). I felt that it represented us so well. I am pretty muc Read more of this blog post »
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| The Honjin Murders is a locked room murder told to us by an unnamed narrator, who posits himself as a writer of detective stories. At first, I read this to mean he was something of a Watson or Hastings character, but after a while I wondered if the " ...more | |
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If I understand the intro correctly, this was translated from Chinese to German to English, so I feel like a lot of nuance has probably been lost and some of the footnotes felt stereotypically condescending for those times. The stories themselves were ...more |
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Picked this up because I was at the Bangkok Speculative Lit Fest, and Veeraporn was the keynote. I suppose this falls within the magical realism side of things, but it really reads like Literary Fiction with some woo-woo. It felt like it was supposed ...more |
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I AM SO ANNOYED AT THIS BOOK and yet I couldn't put it down. Waruu is a Son of Day, and his one goal is to take the place of the king in order to free his people from tyranny. King Daccias is a Son of Night, and he will go to his grave with the secre ...more |
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| I am slightly unsure what I think about this. On one hand, it's a pretty classic coming-of-age quest/adventure, where the young prince has to fulfil a quest in order to regain his throne and restore the nation. On the other, the premise pretty much r ...more | |
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“When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.”
― Assassin's Apprentice
― Assassin's Apprentice
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Great to connect with you on GR! Have a good one!
Hi Anna:Thank you for connecting with me on GR. Your book of stories looks wonderful.
Hope you have a great 2013!
All very best wishes,
Lisette