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Tag Archives: multi-culti
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
Read March 2018 Recommended for mystery fans ★ ★ ★ ★ Both unusual and familiar, The Devotion of Suspect X is an unassuming mystery with an astonishing approach. It is a book that will toy with the very definition … Continue reading
The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard
Read March 2018 Recommended for Sherlockian sci-fi fans ★ ★ ★ ★ In the age of fantasy books of ridiculous lengths–why, hello, Way of Kings–and series that may never be finished–ah-hem, George R.R. Martin and Patrick Rothfuss–I’ve rediscovered my love … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Science fiction
Tagged arc, female lead, multi-culti, my library, novella, sci-fi
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The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein
Read February 2018 Recommended for fans of biographies ★ ★ 1/2 Recently, The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death was been popping up in discussion, and I had been toying with a re-read until fortuitously offered … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiography, Book reviews, Non-fiction
Tagged arc, auto/biography, multi-culti, non-fiction
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Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen
Read January 2018 Recommended for Fans of YA, explorations of identity ★ ★ ★ Sometimes, it’s all in the spin. If you has said to me, “here, read this YA book with trigger scenes, set in the Old-Timey … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, fantasy, young adult
Tagged female lead, multi-culti, time period fantasy, young adult
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Righteous by Joe Ide
Read January 2018 ★ ★ ★ 1/2 This is a good book; don’t let my rating fool you. After all, what are ratings? A momentary reflection on the enjoyment of a read, a statement on the overall quality of … Continue reading
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan
Read November 2017 Recommended for fans of light mysteries ★ ★ ★ “The next morning Inspector Chopra awoke for the first time in thirty-four years without the knowledge that he was a police officer. For a while he lay in … Continue reading
IQ by Joe Ide
Read October 2017 Recommended for fans of detectives ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 About of a third of the way into IQ, I was strongly reminded of ‘Encyclopedia’ Brown, Boy Detective (real name: Leroy). IQ is on his … Continue reading
The Chinese Maze Murders by Robert Van Gulik
Read July 2017 Recommended for fans of Hercule Poirot and an interest in China ★ ★ ★ ★ Who knew 7th century China could provide such fertile source material for mysteries? And who knew that it would take a Dutch … Continue reading
The Haunted Monastery by Robert Van Gulik
Read June 2017 Recommended for fans of Judge Dee ★ ★ 1/2 Fresh off the case of The Chinese Gold Murders, I was rather looking forward to another of Judge Dee’s adventures. Judge Dee and his retinue are returning from … Continue reading
The Chinese Gold Murders by Robert Van Gulik
Read May 2017 Recommended for fans of period mystery ★ ★ ★ ★ Judge Dee is looking forward to getting out of the Chinese Metropolitan Court of Justice. He’s tired of only seeing cases on paper, processing routine documents and … Continue reading
