Greetings, all you free-spirited artists and uptight pharmacists! In this week's episode, honoring the Lunar New Year, we'll talk books, authors, roasted chickens, pickled shallots, and rumors of snow. Happy Year of the Ox!
For readalikes, book lists, and antiracism resources, to learn more about attending a virtual book club meeting, or just to chat, find us here or email us directly at ssedell@lakeoswego.city (Shannon) or sdickinson@lakeoswego.city (Shandy). Our next meeting is Sunday, February 14 at 11:00 a.m. PST. We'll be reading Snapped by Alexa Martin, and we would love to have you join us!
You can also find us on Instagram at @theknitterlybookworm and @shandybeereads! (Disclaimer: these are our personal bookstagram accounts and the opinions espoused on those accounts do not necessarily reflect the views of LOPL.)
This week's links:
11 Traditional Lunar New Year Foods To Eat in 2021
Maxine Hong Kingston's Genre-Defying Life and Work
Books mentioned in this episode:
A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year by Jackie Lau
New Year Boyfriend by Zoey Gong
The Year of the Crocodile by Courtney Milan
Trade Me by Courtney Milan
Hold Me by Courtney Milan
The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan
Her Pretend Christmas Date by Jackie Lau
Ringing in the Lunar New Year by Isla Chiu
Jeannie Lin: My Fair Concubine, Butterfly Swords; The Lotus Palace
Weina Dai Randel: The Moon in the Palace, Empress of Bright Moon
Janie Chang: The Library of Legends, Three Souls
Malinda Lo: Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Ash
Cindy Pon: Silver Phoenix
Zen Cho: Sorcerer to the Crown, Spirits Abroad, The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo
Neon Yang: Tensorate series
Nghi Vo: The Chosen and the Beautiful
Jayci Lee: Temporary Wife Temptation, Off Limits Attraction
Mary H.K. Choi: Emergency Contact
Alexander Chee: The Queen of the Night, How To Write An Autobiographical Novel
Helen Hoang: The Kiss Quotient, The Bride Test, The Heart Principle
Kevin Kwan: Crazy Rich Asians
Marjorie M. Liu: The Hunter Kiss series, The Dirk and Steele series, Monstress
Sherry Thomas: Lady Sherlock series, Heart of Blade duology, the Elemental trilogy, The Magnolia Sword
Amy Tan: The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Opposite of Fate
Yangsze Choo: The Night Tiger, The Ghost Bride
R.F. Kuang: The Poppy Wars, From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back
Jean Kwok: Searching for Sylvie Lee, Girl in Translation
Min Jin Lee: Pachinko
Jenny Han: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
Maurene Goo: Somewhere Only We Know
Maxine Hong Kingston: The Woman Warrior
Ocean Vuong: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
