The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan - Restarting September 8th 2018

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird.

Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing after ghosts, uncovering family secrets, and forging a new relationship with her grandparents. And as she grieves, she must try to reconcile the fact that on the same day she kissed her best friend and longtime secret crush, Axel, her mother was taking her own life.

Alternating between real and magic, past and present, friendship and romance, hope and despair, The Astonishing Color of After is a novel about finding oneself through family history, art, grief, and love.

[Nicole]

hey guys!! join us for this buddy read if you want :)

[Zihan]

Excited to read this soon!

[Janor]

Hey guys! I'd like to join :) Just have to buy the book somewhere real fast.

[Abi]

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Reading from the 8th of September 2018

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[Drew]

I’d like to join the buddy read for this book. Just have to get it out of the library or buy it.

[Maddie]

Sure!

[*¨·٠•●♥✿LINLAN✿♥●•٠·¨*]

I'll start reading it tomorrow.

[Maddie]

Sounds good! I've still got a few audios to go before I get there.

[Rachel]

I can start this today!

[Maddie]

I've still got a few more to go.

[*¨·٠•●♥✿LINLAN✿♥●•٠·¨*]

I'm not in the mood to read this book. I try to read it but my head is elsewhere.

[Maddie]

Then maybe read something else in the meantime? I'm starting it now, will finish it in a few days.

[Maddie]

6% (view spoiler)[Seems like their mother wasn't much of a fixture in their house, they don't seem to miss her too much... (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

9% (view spoiler)[I don't understand how people can stand not to open messages/emails/texts from people. It's always a priority for me! (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

10% (view spoiler)[Uh oh, if there's going to be Chinese throughout this book, I'm going to get frustrated. I don't like the sound of the language. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

20% No idea where this book's going..

[Maddie]

21% (view spoiler)[Okay I love how this book involves music and art mixed together. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

So surprised to be doing this, but I'm actually DNFing this book at 26%. I'm finding it so boring, and nothing's happening.