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◉ Full list here (In Chinese) book.douban.com/annual/2023/?fullscreen=1&source=book_navigation
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◉ HISTORY AND CULTURE
→ [CN] 一百年,许多人,许多事 (A Hundred Years, Many People, Many Things)
by 杨苡 (Yang Yi) and 余斌 (Yu Bin)
→ [CN] 世说俗谈 (A Folk Account of the Tales of the World)
by 刘勃 (Liu Bo)
→ [CN] 入关(Crossing the Broader)
by 张明扬 (Zhang Ming Yang)
→ [EN] Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China
[CN] 中华帝国晚期的性、法律与社会
by Mattew H. Sommer
translated by 谢美裕 (Xie Meiyu) and 尤陈俊 (Yo Chenjun)
→ [EN] The Chinese Typewriter: a History
[CN] 中文打字机
by Thomas S. Mullaney
translated by 张朋亮 (Zhang Pengliang)
→ [CN] 开场:女性学者访谈 (Women in Acdemia)
by 新京报书评周刊 (Xinjingbao Book Critiques)
→ [FR] Rage Against the Machisme
[CN] 去他的父权制
by Mathilde Larrere
translated by 何润哲 (He Runzhe)
→ [EN] The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
[CN] 要命还是要灵魂
by Anne Fadiman
translated by 汤丽明 (Tang Liming), 刘建台 (Liu Jiantai) 杨佳蓉 (Yang Jiarong)
→ [EN] The Five: the Untold Lives of the Women Killed
[CN] 生而为女
by Hallie Rubenhold
◉ SOCIETY AND DOCUMENTARY
→ [JP] 生き延びるための思想
[CN] 为了活下去的思想
by 上野千鶴子 (Ueno Chizuko)
translated by 邹韵 (Zou Yun) and 薛梅 (Xue Mei)
→ [JP] 快楽上等!
[CN] 快乐上等
by 上野千鶴子 and 湯山玲子
translated by 马文赫
→ [JP] ネグレクト
[CN] 育儿放弃
by 杉山春
translated by 烨伊
→ 盐镇
by 易小荷
→ [FR] Moi les hommes, je les déteste
[EN] I Hate Men
[CN]我,厌男
by Pauline Harmange
translated by 一千度
→ 多谈谈问题 (The Issues Issue)
by 吴琦 (Wu Qi)
→ 金榜题名之后
→ [EN] Making the Familiar Unfamiliar
[CN] 将熟悉变为陌生
by Zygmunt Bauman and Peter Haffner
translated by 王立秋
→ [FR] La Condition ouvrière
[CN] 工厂日记
by Simone Weil
translated by 王天宇
→ [EN] Diddly Squat, a Year on the Farm
[CN] 克拉克森的农场
by Jeremy Clarkson
translated by 吴超
◉ MYSTERIES
→ [CN] 第欧根尼变奏曲 (The Diogenes Variations)
by 陈浩基 (Chen Haoji)
→ [FR] Le Manuscrit inachevé (The Unfinished Manuscript)
[CN] 两度 (Twice)
by Frank Thilliez
tranlsated by 萨姆斯 (Sa Mu Si)
→ [EN] The Man Who Died Twice
[CN] 死了两次的男人
by Richard Osman
translated by 张雅琳 (Zhang Yalin)
→ [JP] 火の粉 (Flames)
[CN] 邻居
by 雫井脩介 (Shizukui Shusuke)
translated by 吕灵芝 (Lv Lingzhi)
→ [JP] 六人の嘘つきな大学生 (Six Lying College Students)
[CN] 六个说谎的大学生
by 浅倉秋成 (Asakura Akinari)
translated by 王星星
→ [JP] グレイヴディッガー (Grave Digger)
[CN] 恶徒的救赎
by 高野和明
translated by 徐建雄 (Xu Jianxiong)
→ [JP] 黒牢城 (Black Prisoned City)
[CN] 黑牢城
by 米澤穂信 (Yonezawa Honobu)
translated by 萧遥 (Xiao Yao)
→ [JP] 硝子の塔の殺人 (The Glass Tower Murder)
[CN] 玻璃塔谜案
by 知念実希人 (Chinen Mikito)
translated by 烨伊 (Ye Yi)
→ [JP] 名探偵のいけにえ (Detective's Sacrifice)
[CN] 名侦探的献祭
by 白井智之 (Shirai Tomoyuki)
translated by 吕灵芝 (Lv Lingzhi)
→ [JP] 孤島の来訪者 (Visitors of the lone island)
[CN] 孤岛的来访者
by 方丈貴恵 (Houjou Kie)
translated by 穆迪 (Mu Di)
◉ SCI-FI FANTASY
→ [CN] 她对此感到厌烦 (She Got Bored by This)
by 妚鹤 (Fou He)
→ [CN] 我们生活在南京 (We Live in Nanjing)
by 天瑞说符 (Tian Rui Shuo Fu)
→ [CN] 宛转环 (The Serpentine Band)
by 慕明 (Mu Ming)
→ [EN] Babel
[CN] 巴别塔
by RF Kuang
translated by 陈阳 (Chen Yang)
→ [EN] The Best of Greg Egan
[CN] 祈祷之海
by Greg Egan
translated by 鲁冬旭 (Lu Dongxu), 阿古 (Ah Gu), 刘文元 (Liu Wenyuan), 萧傲然 (Xiao Aoran) and 张涵 (Zhang Han)
→ [EN] Axiomatic
[CN] 意识上传中
by Greg Egan
translated by 姚向辉 (Yao Xianghui)
→ [EN] The Book of Wonder
[CN] 奇迹之书
by Greg Egan
translated by 何殇 (He Shang) and 张螺螺 (Zhang Luoluo)
→ [JP] 肉食屋敷
[CN] 破烂回收店
by 小林泰三 (Kobayashi Yasumi)
translated by 黄怡轶 (Huang Yiyi)
→ [KR] 지구 끝의 온실 (Greenhouse in the end of the World)
[CN] 地球尽头的温室
by 김초엽 (Kim Cho-Yup)
translated by 简郁璇 (Jian Yuxuan)
→ [EN] QualityLand
[CN] 未来之城
by Marc-Uwe Kling
translated by 王柄熠
◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 overview
3:24 History and Culture
7:22 Society and documenting
12:50 Mystery and Deductive
18:48 Sci-fi fantasy
◉ Official website: womensprize.com/prizes/womens-prize-for-non-fiction
◉ Literary prizes playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2tzFCjs38cSB5jBACf4FgSemPHnj4aVu
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◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ THE BRITANNIAS:
an Island Quest
by Alice Albinia
→ VULTURE CAPITALISM
Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom
by Grace Blakeley
→ EVE
How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
by Cat Bohannon
→ INTERVALS
by Marianne Brooker
→ SHADOWS AT NOON
the South Asian Twentieth Century
by Joya Chatterji
→ THUNDERCLAP
a Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
by Laura Cumming
→ SOME PEOPLE NEED KILLING
a Memoir of Murder in the Philippines
by Patricia Evangelista
→ WIFEDOM
Mrs. Orwell’s Invisible Life
by Anna Funder
→ MATRESCENCE
on the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood
by Lucy Jones
→ DOPPELGANGER
a Trip Into the Mirror World
by Naomi Klein
→ A FLAT PLACE
by Noreen Masud
→ ALL THAT SHE CARRIED
the Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
by Tiya Miles
→ CODE-DEPENDENT
Living in the Shadow of AI
by Madhumita Murgia
→ THE DICTIONARY PEOPLE
the Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
by Sarah Ogilvie
→ YOUNG QUEENS
the Intertwined Lives of Catherine De’ Medici, Elisabeth De Valois, and Mary, Queen of Scots
by Leah Redmond Chang
→ HOW TO SAY BABYLON
a Jamaican Memoir
by Safiya Sinclair
◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 overview
02:00 memoirs & biographies
09:28 histories
13:35 other topics
18:33 summary
→ Popular books in China Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2tzFCjs38cT4nrwMhNkhaeJSGo_Exi6C&si=RmE7-55-J_TYZEPc
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◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ [HR] Ministarstvo boli
[EN] The Ministry of Pain
[CN] 疼痛部
by Dubravka Ugrešić
translated by 姜昊骞 (Jiang Haoqian)
→ [CN] 多谈谈问题 (the Issues Issue)
→ [CN] 赶时间的人 (People Who's in a Hurry)
by 王计兵 (Wang Jibing)
→ [EN] Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation
[CN] 凯列班与女巫, 妇女、身体与原始积累
by Silvia Federici
translated by 龚瑨
→ [JP] 生き延びるための思想 (the Ideology in Order to Survive)
[CN] 为了活下去的思想
by 上野千鶴子 (Ueno Chizuko)
translated by 邹运 (Zou Yun) and 薛梅 (Xue Mei)
→ [JP] ぼくはあと何回、満月を見るだろう (How many times can I still see the full moon)
[CN] 我还能看到多少次满月升起
by さかもと りゅういち
translated by 白荷 (Bai He)
→ [FR] Le Consentement
[EN] Consent
[CN] 同意
by Vanessa Springora
translated by 李溪月 (Li Xiyue)
→ [CN] 一百年,许多人,许多事 (a Hundred Years, Many People, Many Things)
by 杨苡 (Yang Yi) With 余斌 (Yu Bin)
→ [KR] 밝은 밤 (the Bright Night)
[CN] 明亮的夜晚
by 최은영 (Choi Eun-young)
translated by 叶蕾 (Ye Lei)
→ 秋园 (Qiu Yuan)
by 杨本芬 (Yang Benfen)
→ 我在北京送快递 (I Make Deliveries in Beijing)
by 胡安焉 (Hu An Yan)
→ [EN] On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
[CN] 大地上我们转瞬即逝的绚烂
by Ocean Vuong
translated by 李鹏程 (Li Pengcheng)
→ [IT] Auschwitz, Città Tranquilla
[CN] 奥斯维辛:寂静的城市 (Auschwitz, a Tranquil City)
by Primo Levi
translated by 陈英 (Chen Ying)
→ [ES] Tiempos Recios
[EN] Harsh Times
[CN] 艰辛时刻
by Mario Vargas Llosa
translated by 侯健 (Hou Jian)
→ [EN] Infinite Jest
[CN] 无尽的玩笑
by David Foster Wallace
translated by 俞冰夏
→ [DE] Heimsuchung
[EN] Visitation
[CN]客乡
by Jenny Erpenbeck
translated by 李斯本 (Li Siben)
→ [KR] 다른 사람
[EN] Another Person
[CN]他人
by 강 화길 (Kang Hwagil)
translated by 简郁璇 (Jian Yuxuan)
→ [KR] 채식주의자
[EN]Vegetarian
[CN] 素食者
by 한강 (Han Kang)
→ [KR] 82년생 김지영
[EN] Kim Ji-young, Born 1982
[CN] 82年生的金智英
by 조남주 (Cho Nam-ju)
→ [IT] I giorni dell'abbandono
[EN] The Days of Abandonment
[CN] 被遗弃的日子
by Elena Ferrante
translated by 陈英
→ [EN] The Magician
[CN] 魔术师
by Colm Tóibín
translated by 柏栎
→ [EN] The Magic Mountain
[CN] 魔山
by Thomas Mann
→ [EN] Words Are My Matter: Writing About Life and Books, 2000-2016
[CN] 我以文字为业
by Ursula K. Le Guin
translated by 夏笳 (Xia Jia)
→ [EN] Crying in H Mart
[CN] 妈妈走后
by Michelle Zauner
translated by 蔡雯婷 (Cai Wenting)
→ [EN] The Cost of Living
[CN] 生活的代价
by Deborah Levy
translated by 王如菲 (Wang Rufei)
→ [CN] 黑塞书信集 (A Collections of Letters by Hermann Hesse)
by Hermann Hesse
translated by 谢莹莹 (Xie Yingying), 王滨滨 (Wang Binbin) and 巩婕 (Gong Jie)
→ [FR] L'Écriture comme un couteau
[CN] 写作是一把刀
by Annie Ernaux
translated by 栾颖新 (Luan Yingxin)
→ [ES] Antes Del Fin
[CN] 终了之前
by Ernesto Sabato
translated by 侯健 (Hou Jian)
→ [EN] Counterpoint: a Memoir of Bach and Mourning
[CN] 复调:巴赫与生命之恸
by Philip Kennicott
translated by 王知夏
→ [EN] Who Am I?: an Autobiography of Emotion, Mind, and Spirit
[CN] 我是谁?
by 段义孚 (Tuan Yifu)
translated by 志丞 and 刘苏. 段义孚
→ [CN] 东京八平米 (8 Square Meters in Tokyo)
by 吉井忍 (Yoshii Shinobu)
◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 happy new year!
01:25 Book of the Year
09:20 Translated Fiction of the Year
15:43 Translated Nonfiction of the Year
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◉ BOOKS AND THINGS MENTIONED
→ THE HOUR OF THE STAR
by Clarice Lispector
translated by Benjamin Moser
→ THE HALFWAY HOUSE
by Guillermo Rosales
translated by Anna Kushner
→ KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by David Grann
→ HOW TO STAND UP TO A DICTATOR
The Fight for our future
by Maria Ressa
→ HOW TO LOSE A COUNTRY
The Seven Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship
by Ece Temelkuran
→ HOW THE WORD IS PASSED
A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
by Clint Smith
→ 嫌われ松子の一生
Memories of Matsuko
◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Jan overview
00:27 can you see her story
02:50 William lives here
05:14 fantastic nonfiction
07:35 what a disappointment
◉ Related video
→ 10 Thought Provoking Nonfiction Recommendations: youtu.be/ewOfhT1sHbg
→ 10 Memoirs That Expand Horizons: youtu.be/JEkGv5KRA2U
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◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ AN AFRO-INDIGENOUS HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
by Kyle T. Mays
→ HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD
by Robert Kolker
→ HOW FASCISM WORKS
by Jason F. Stanley
→ OPINIONS
by Roxane Gay
→ EMPIRE OF PAIN
by Patrick Radden Keefe
→ STRANGERS TO OURSELVES
by Rachel Aviv
→ THE OPPOSITE OF BUTTERFLY HUNTING
by Evanna Lynch
→ POLITICS IS FOR POWER (Honorable mention)
by Eitan D. Hersh
◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 short review
00:33 hidden history
02:35 inside mental health medicare
04:16 current affairs
05:50 activism
07:30 inside pharmaceutical industry
08:57 how we understand others
09:55 honorable mention
12:29 fave memoir
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◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ LES MISÉRABLES by Victor Hugo
→ LAST NIGHT AT THE MIDNIGHT CLUB by Malinda Lo
→ ELENA KNOWS by Claudia Piñeiro
translated by Frances Riddle
→ ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE by Gail Honeyman
→ THE SECRET ADVERSARY by Agatha Christie
→ LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus
→ [CN] 鱼猎 (Fish Hunting) by 史迈 (Shi Mai)
→ [JP] 火の粉(Flames) by 雫井 脩介
translated to traditional Chinese as 鄰居(The Neighbor) by 王蘊潔
◉ Time Stamp
00:00 what's behind her routine?
02:20 small book, big discussion
04:25 who lives next door
06:20 when you come of age
07:56 THE classic
10:03 supper at six
11:11 cozy classic mystery
12:47 what's going on?
◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
translated by Benjamin Moser
→ The Halfway House by Guillermo Rosales
translated by Anna Kushner
→ The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
translated by Fiona Mackintosh, Iona Macintyre
→ [JP] 結婚するって、本当ですか by 若木民喜
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◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 TBR and plans
04:00 fish and museum
04:20 tragic ending of day 1
06:55 museum recap
08:14 update (the hour of the star)
14:14 cook with me
15:05 hike
15:55 home project
17:32 update (halfway house)
21:35 arting
22:35 last update
◉ Videos Mentioned:
→ From and About Asia Reading Project: youtu.be/58XpZpBYkwo
→ What is Golden Age of Mystery? youtu.be/JLCksZJ1DZY
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◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Kick start 2024
00:38 2023 Recap
02:15 What I learnt from no tbr
03:25 Goal 1
04:15 Goal 2
05:40 Goal 3
06:40 Goal 4
07:40 Goal 5
08:10 Goal 5.5
09:30 Channel Goal
Which book did you want to love but couldn’t in 2023?
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→ [[鱼猎]]by 史迈 (Shi Mai)
Title translates to English: Fish Hunting
Not available in other languages yet
→ [[潮汐图]] by 林棹 (Lin Zhao)
Titles translates to English: Tidal Charts
Version I read: og Chinese version
Not available in other languages yet
→ [[13階段]] by 高野和明 (Takano Kazuaki)
Title translates to English: 13 Steps
Version I read: 消失的13级台阶 translated by 赵建勋
Also available in German, Thai, French and Korean.
Movie adaptation in 2003
→ [[火の粉]] by 雫井脩介 (Shizukui Shusuke)
Title translates to English: Flames
Version I read: 邻居 by 王蘊潔
Also available in Vietnamese and Korean.
TV adaptation in 2016
→ [[六人の嘘つきな大学生]] by 浅倉秋成 (Asakura Aminari)
Title translates to English: Six Lying College Students
Version I read: 六個說謊的大學生 translated by 楊明綺
Also available in Korean
Movie adaptation in 2024
→ [[屍人荘の殺人]] by 今村昌弘 (Imamura Masahiro)
Title translates to English: Death Among the Undead
Version I read: 屍人莊殺人事件 translated by 詹慕如
Also available in Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese and Korean
Movie adaptation in 2019
I’m currently out of town and didn’t have time to edit the close captions. My apologize! I’ll add them when I’m back home. Happy holidays!
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Books mentioned:
[[THE HALFWAY HOUSE]] by Guillermo Rosales, translated by Anna Kushner.
[[The Way We Live Now]] by Anthony Trollope
[[Accidental Death of an Anarchist]] by Dario Fo
[[The Mousetrap]] by Agatha Christie
[[Frank and Percy]]
[[The Berlin Novels]] by Christopher Isherwood
[[Time Is a Mother]] by Ocean Vuong
[[The Left Hand of Darkness]] by Ursula K, Le Guin
[[The Lying Life of Adults]] by Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein
[[Heaven]] by Kawakami Mieko, translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd
[[Wide-Open Town]] A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965 by Nan Alamilla Boyd
[[The Adventures of China Iron]] by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated by Fiona Mackintosh and Iona Macintyre
[[The Hour of the Star]] by Clarice Lispector, translated by Giovanni Pontiero
[[The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting]] by Evanna Lynch
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◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 What is?
2:40 10 rules
07:40 Dorothy L Sayers
9:33 Margery Allingham
11:33 Ngaio Marsh
13:10 Josephine Tey
15:15 Ellery Queen
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◉ Check out these people who have awesome recommendations!
→@AlexBlackReads
→ @shawnbreathesbooks
→ @ThatsSoPoe
→@SluggishReader
→ @AlwaysDoing
→ labiblidelilly.wordpress.com
◉ BOOKS
[[The Hour of the Star]] by Clarice Lispector, and translated by Giovanni Pontiero
[[Written on the Body]] by Jeanette Winterson
[[In the Penal Colony]] by Franz kafka
[[A Month in the Country]] by J.L. Carr
[[Kristin Lavransdatter]] trilogy by Sigrid Undest, and translated by Tiina Nunnally
[[The Thorn puller]] by Ito Hiromi, translated by Jeffrey Angles
[[Heaven]] by Kawakami Mieko
[[The Lost Daughter]] by Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein
[[The Sum of Our Follies]] by Shih-Li Kow
[[Ripples and other stories]] by Shih-Li Kow
[[The Garden of Evening Mist]] by Tan Twan Eng
[[Milkman]] by Anna Burns
[[Cal]] by Bernard MacLaverty
[[The Lost Garden]] by Helen Humphreys
[[The Yellow Wallpaper]] by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
[[The Adventures of China Iron]] by Gabriela Cabez and translated by Fiona Mackintosh and Iona Macintyre
(*China. Pronounced ‘cheena’: designation for female, from the Quechua. Iron: The English word for Fierro, reference to the gaucho Martín Fierro, from José Hernández’s epic poem.)
[[Kindred]] by Octavia E Butler
[[The Bees]] by Laline Paull
[[After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall]] by Nancy Kress
[[Babel]] by R.F.Kuang
[[Real Queer America]] by Samantha Allen
[[The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting]] by Evanna Lynch
[[Everything is OK]] by Debbie Tung
[[Free]]: Coming of Age at the End of History by Lea Ypi
[[Rogues]] by Patrick Radden Keef
[[Say Nothing]] by Patrick Radden Keef
[[There Are No Accidents]] by Jessie Singer
[[My Fourth Time, We Drowned]] by Sally Hayden
[[On Tyranny]] 20 lessons from the 20th century by Timothy Snyder
[[浮出历史地表]] by 戴锦华
◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
1:30 classic/ modern classic
4:09 literary fiction
6:37 historical fiction
9:40 SFF
12:08 memoir
13:40 nonfiction
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◉ BOOKSMENTIONED
→ HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD
Inside the Mind of an American Family
by Robert Kolker
→ OPINIONS
A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business
by Roxane Gay
→ HOW FASCISM WORKS
The Politics of Us and Them
by Jason F Stanley
→ A SCATTER OF LIGHT
by Malinda Lo
→ THEY DO IT WITH MIRRORS
by Agatha Christie
→ VERA WONG'S UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR MURDERS
by Jess Q. Sutanto
→ SEVERANCE
by Ling Ma
◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 November overview
00:28 Nonfiction
07:14 Fiction
12:10 DNFs
◉ @katiejlumsden 's video on Book covers:youtu.be/OJgD8O-mh2E?si=sFEUZ_Ucodkme_3l
◉ My video on Chinese fantasy (Wuxia): youtu.be/ANJn0AU7JDs?si=ygg0a-twnaozfGj2
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◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Let's chat abt covers!
02:05 CN into EN
10:18 EN into CN, different
19:11 En into CN, similar
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◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ HOW FASCISM WORKS
by Jason F. Stanley
→ OPINION
by Roxane Gay
→ WIDE OPEN TOWN
by Nan Alamilla Boyd
→ A SCATTER OF LIGHT
by Malinda Lo
→ REFUSING COMPULSORY SEXUALITY
by Sherronda J. Brown
→ THEY DO IT WITH MIRRORS
by Agatha Christie
◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Day 1
05:30 Day 2
10:40 Day 3
17:00 Day 4
20:50 Day 5
→ Check out 10 more Brilliant Memoirs by Women: youtu.be/15zg4p860PU
→ @lillymcnocann8064 's blog: labiblidelilly.wordpress.com
→ @AlexBlackReads
→ Akwaeke Emezi's music: youtube.com/@akwaeke
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◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ THE OPPOSITE OF BUTTERFLY HUNTING
The Tragedy and The Glory of Growing Up
by Evanna Lynch
→ I WANT TO DIE BUT I WANT TO EAT TTEOKBOKKI
by Beak Sehee
translated by Anton Hur
→ FIRST THEY ERASED OUR NAME
A Rohingya Speaks
by Habiburahman and Sophie Ansel
→ I AM NUJOOD, AGE 10 AND DIVORCED
by Nujood Ali and Delphine Minoui
translated by Linda Coverdale
→ REAL QUEER AMERICA
LGBT Stories from Red States
by Samatha Allen.
→ DEAR SENTHURAN
A Black Spirit Memoir
by Akwaeke Emezi
→ PAGEBOY
by Elliot Page
→ THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
by Joan Didion
→ WAVE
by Sonali Deraniyagala
→ BLACKBOX
by Ito Shiori
translated by Markin Powell
◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 on mental health
04:18 on survive
07:05 on identity
12:30 on grief
14:53 on being women
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◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ OUR BODIES, THEIR BATTLEFIELDS
War Through the Lives of Women
by Christina Lamb
→ STRANGERS TO OURSELVES
Unsettled Minds and the Stories that Make Us
by Rachel Aviv
→ HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD
Inside the Mind of an American Family
by Robert Kolker
→ EMPIRE OF PAIN
The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
by Patrick Radden Keefe
→ THE RADIUM GIRLS
The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
by Kate Moore
→ HOW THE WORD IS PASSED
A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
by Clint Smith
→ THE ADDRESS BOOK
What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power
by Deirdre Mask
→ ACE
What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
by Angela Chen
→ HOW TO LOSE A COUNTRY
The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship
by Ece Temelkuran
→ POLITICS IS FOR POWER
How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change
by Eitan D. Hersh
◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Most recommend!
02:27 On Mental Health
05:25 On Medical Industry
06:46 On History
10:00 On Interesting things
11:04 On Identity
12:30 On politics
◉ Bookshops and City playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2tzFCjs38cROM4214iATmHof3AOSLNLq
◉ Three more bookshops in Beijing: youtu.be/abFCR2_dkGQ?si=xIy0eSNfpIpRilxZ
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◉ VIDEO MENTIONED
→ youtu.be/YiaIoD2vFTY
→ youtu.be/xWxHvNY3FWo?si=PIfXFTkBUsMmlYuN
◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ THE ILIAC CREST by Cristina Rivera Garza
translated by Sarah Booker
→ CURSED BUNNY by Bora Chung
translated by Anton Hur
→ THE HUMAN CHAIR by Edogawa Ranpo.
→ JAPANESE TALES OF MYSTERY & IMAGINATION by Edogawa Ranpo.
translated by James B
→ I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN by Jacqueline Harpmen,
translated by Ros Schwartz
→ JOKES FOR THE GUNMEN by Mazen Maarouf
translated by Jonathan Wright.
→ MRS. CALIBAN by Rachel Ingalls
→ THE FACTORY
by Oyamada Hiroko
translated from Japanese by David Boyd
→ DIARY OF A VOID
by Emi Yagi
translated from Japanese by David Boyd and Lucy North
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Please feel free to join me if you like 🥰
◉ FROM AND ABOUT ASIA READING PROJECT
→ Webpage (ALL THE INFO) : bit.ly/3rAQSF1
→ Discord server: discord.gg/vAebuNqGPm
→ Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2tzFCjs38cS8qzRnH_rS-yjlpwZw_u5z
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◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS AN EASY JOB
by Tsumura Kikuko
translated from Japanese by Polly Barton
→ THE FACTORY
by Oyamada Hiroko
translated from Japanese by David Boyd
→ DOPPLER
by Erlend Loe
translated from Norwegian by Don Bartleet, Don Shaw
→ DIARY OF A VOID
by Emi Yagi
translated from Japanese by David Boyd and Lucy North
→ HOTEL SILENCE
by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
translated from Icelandic by Brian FitzGibbon
→ THE APPOINTMENT
by Herta Müller
translated from German by Michael Hulse and Philip Boehm
→ THE FASTER I WALK THE SMALLER I AM
by Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold
translated from Norwegian by Kerri A Pierce
→ ELENA KNOWS
by Claudia Piñeiro
translated from Spanish by Frances Riddle
◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 intro
00:50 3 Japanese books
06:10 book that bugs me
09:19 book I want to go back
11:15 book about war
13:25 2 books with elderly MC
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◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ The opposite of Butterfly Hunting by Evanna Lynch
→ Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
→ Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
→ Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro
translated by Frances Riddle
→ Little Fire Everywhere by Celeste Ng
◉ TIME STAMPS
00:00 intro
00:40 5★ memoir
04:53 3★ novel
07:30 4★ graphic memoir
09:08 4★ novel
10:40 DNF
◉ Bookshelf revenge video: youtu.be/Ng9iTLd7Tx8
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◉ CHANNEL MENTIONED
→ @AlexBlackReads
→ @ThatsSoPoe
◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
→ Les Mis by Victor Hugo
translated by Charles E. Wilbour
→ Lesson in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
→ Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
→ Peril at End House by Agatha Christie
→ Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
→ 本阵杀人事件/ The Honjin Murders by 横溝正史 (Yokomizo Seishi)
translated by 于壮
→ Real Queer America by Samantha Allen
→ Politics is for Power by Eitan D. Hers
→ How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual by Rebecca Burgess
◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 July overview
00:28 Classics
05:25 Historical fiction
07:17 Mysteries
13:33 Nonfictions
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◉ BOOKS
→ I Who have never known men by Jacqueline Harpman
→ No Longer Human by Dazai Osamu
→ The Wall** by Marlon Haushofer
→ The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farell
→ Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Marina Lo
→ One hundred years of solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
→ The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
→ The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
→ The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Conan Doyle
→ 狱门岛 Death on Gokumon Island by Yokomizo Seishi
→ 本阵殺人事件The Honjin Murders by Yokomizo Seishi
→ 犬神家族 The Inugami Curse by Yokomizo Seishi
→ 恶魔的彩球歌 by Yokomizo Seishi
→ 八墓村 The Village of Eight Graves by Yokomizo Seishi
→ 恶魔吹着笛子来 The Devil’s Flute Murders by Yokomizo Seishi
→ 化装舞会 by Yokomizo Seishi
→ 三首塔 by Yokomizo Seishi
→ 女王蜂 by Yokomizo Seishi
→ 夜行 by Yokomizo Seishi
→ The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
→ Why be Happy When You Could be Normal by Jeanette Winterson
→ Pageboy by Elliot Page
→ Refusing Compulsory Sexuality by Sherronda J Brown
→ Claiming the B in LGBT edited by Kate Harrad
→ Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
→ Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women by Kate Manne
→ Women, Race and Class by Angela Y. Davis
→ Selected Letters by Jane Austen
→ Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C Gibson
→ Codependent No More by Melody Beattie
→ Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton
◉ TIME STAMPS
00:00 fiction
09:52 nonfiction
15:20 play
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◉ Mid Year Freak Out Tag: youtu.be/9kAg5AiUFPo
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◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
→ Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
→ Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
→ The story of the lost child by Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein
→ Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman
→ Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
→ Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
→ The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
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◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 reading plan
05:50 Book I
10:18 Reading tips
14:00 Book II
18:32 Book III
23:35 Stationary haul
24:45 Book IV
30:40 Book V
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
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◉ QUESTIONS
→ How is your reading going?
→ Best book you’ve read so far in 2022
→ Best sequel you’ve read so far
→ New release you haven’t read yet, but want to
→ Biggest disappointment
→ Biggest surprise
→ Favorite new author (debut or new to you)
→ Newest fictional crush
→ Newest favorite character
→ Book that made you cry
→ Book that made you happy
→ Most beautiful book you’ve bought so far this year (or received)
→ What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Tag overview
01:25 How's reading?
03:30 Best book
04:13 Best sequel
05:40 where I forgot to breathe
06:08 Disappointment
07:15 Surprise
08:20 New to me authors
09:03 crush
10:05 fave character
11:48 cry
12:15 happy
13:55 beautiful cover
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◉ HOSTS OF JANE AUSTEN JULY
→ @katiejlumsden
→ @BlatantlyBookish
→ @SpinstersLibrary
◉ THINGS MENTIONED:
→ Mushroom pasta: pickuplimes.com/recipe/one-pot-creamy-mushroom-pasta-98
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Reading Plan
03:55 Update 1
09:18 Library trip
09:36 Update 2 & 3
10:47 Update 4
13:39 Update 5
16:30 Let's make pasta
17:33 Update 6
◉ VIDEOS MENTIONED:
→ Reading Pageboy: youtu.be/qBxLOpMvlp0
→ Women's Prize shortlist wrap up: youtu.be/aHxdbpNTMGg
→ @WillowTalksBooks Pageboy review: youtu.be/4GQhziPXm1Q
→ Akwaeke Emezi's music: youtube.com/@akwaeke
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
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→ Instagram: instagram.com/meonicorn
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◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver
→ Pod
by Laline Paull
→ A Murder is Announced
by Agatha Christie.
→ The Guest List
by Lucy Foley.
→ Pageboy
by Elliot Page
→ Last Night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo
→ Strangers to Ourselves
by Rachel Aviv
review: https://shorturl.at/mEOV7
→ 殺人犯はそこにいる// 足利女童连续失踪事件
(the Serial Missing Cases of Schoolgirls in Ashikaga)
by 清水潔
translated into Chinese by 曾玉婷
→ Dear Senthuran
by Akwaeke Emezi
◉ TIME STAMPS
00:00 June reading summary
00:52 A Murder is Announced
02:33 The Guest List
05:10 Pageboy
07:38 Last Night at the Telegraph Club
11:28 Strangers to Ourselves
13:50 殺人犯はそこにいる
17:10 Dear Senthuran
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
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◉ THINGS MENTIONED:
→ Recipe for Bahamian soup from @nicoleisheretolearn youtu.be/e-cg0Lk9oiE
→ Trevor Noah interviews Awaeke Emezi: youtu.be/KDncoRgU648
◉ BOOKS MENTIOEND
→ Dear Senthuran
by Awaeke Emezi
→ 殺人犯はそこにいる//足利女童连续失踪事件// Serial Missing Cases of Schoolgirls in Ashikaga
by 清水潔 (Shimizu Kiyoshi)
→ Lusca and Other Fantastic Tales
by Patricia Glinton-Meicholas
◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Weekend Plan and TBR
04:23 Into the Woods
04:40 Reading Update 1
07:00 Tidy with me
07:34 Reading Update 2
09:55 Reading Update 3
12:58 Pride Parade
14:06 Reading Update 4
17:48 Pride Parade Recap
23:17 Reading Update 4.5
24:15 Making Bahamian food!
28:13 Final Update
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◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ 浮出历史地表 // Emerging from the Historical Surface
by 孟悦 (Meng Yue) and 戴锦华 (Dai Jinhua)
→ 漫长的余生 // The Everlasting Rest of the Life
by 罗新 (Luo Xin)
→ 父权制于资本主义 // Patriarchy and Capitalism
by 上野千鶴子 (Ueno Chizuko)
translated by 邹韵 (Zou Yun) and 薛梅 (Xue Mei)
→ 始于极限 // Starting from the Limits
by 上野千鶴子 (Ueno Chizuko) and 鈴木涼美 (Suzuki Suzumi)
translated by 曹逸冰
→ 闭经记 // Menopause Chronicle
by 伊藤比呂美 (Itou Hiromi)
translated by 蕾克 (Lei Ke)
→ 足利女童连续失踪事件
by 清水潔 (Shimitzu Kiyoshi)
translated by 曾玉婷 (Zeng Yuting)
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
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→ Instagram: instagram.com/meonicorn
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◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ Last Night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo
→ Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
by Rachel Aviv
→ No Longer Human
by Osamu Dazai
◉ TIMS STAMPS
00:00 TBRs and plans
04:45 Yosemite
06:10 Update 1
13:05 Update 2
16:53 Watching booktube
16:59 Let's make sushi bowl together
18:20 Update 3
21:05 Cat forgot her tongue lol
21:22 Update 4
◉ VIDEOS MENTIONED
→ Elliot Page's book tour: youtu.be/qBxLOpMvlp0
→ Review of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit: youtu.be/FPTN_KBcESA
→ Trevor Noah Akwaeke Emezi: interviews youtu.be/KDncoRgU648
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
→ Website: thebookishland.com
→ Art Website: meoniarts.com
→ Instagram: instagram.com/meonicorn
→ Goodreads: bit.ly/2XLpeJV
◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ PAGEBOY by Elliot Page
→ ORANGE IS NOT THE ONLY FRUIT by Jeanette Winterson
→ FUNNY BOY by Shyam Selvadurai
→ THE PRETTIEST STAR by Carter Sickels
→ THE DEATH OF VIVIK OJI by Akwaeke Emezi
→ THE MEMBRANES by Chi Ta-wei, translated by Ari Larissa Heinrich
review: thebookishland.com/blog/2022/3/10/the-membranes-by-chi-ta-wei
→ THE ILIAC CREST by Cristina Rivera Garza, translated by Sarah Booker
→ THE MERCIES by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
→ ACE by Angela Chen
◉ TIMS STAMPS
00:00 Happy Pride Month!
00:28 book I just finished
02:45 on self discovery
05:17 on family relationships
09:13 on gender fluidity
12:35 no queer romance
14:05 on asexuality
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
→ Website: thebookishland.com
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◉ Women's Prize for Fiction
→ womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/2023-prize
◉ BOOKS
→ Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris
→ Pod by Laline Paull
→ Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks
→ Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
→ The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’farrell
→ Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
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◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 My thoughts on the shortlist
01:03 No.5
04:34 No.4
07:22 No.3
09:50 No.2
13:51 No.1
16:50 WInner prediction
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◉ @lillymcnocann8064 Lilly's book blog: labiblidelilly.wordpress.com
◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ TRESPASSES (not recommend)
by Louise Kennedy
→ DEMON COPPERHEAD
by Barbara Kingsolver
→ A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED
by Agatha Christie
→ PAGEBOY
by Elliot Page
◉ VIDEOS MENTIONED
→ 10 Books for Mental Health Awareness Month: youtu.be/el0MGj4yv2U
→ Vlog where I read 2 Chinese books in one day: youtu.be/Z9wKihPs0AQ
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
→ Website: thebookishland.com
→ Art Website: meoniarts.com
→ Instagram: instagram.com/meonicorn
→ Goodreads: bit.ly/2XLpeJV
◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ FIRE RUSH
by Jacqueline Crooks
→ THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT
by Maggie O'Farrell
→ DIARY OF A VOID
by Emi Yagi
translated by David Boyd and Lucy North
→ BROKEN
by Jenny Lawson
→ THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS AN EASY JOB
by Kikuko Tsumura
translated by Polly Barton
→ ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE
by Gail Honeyman
→ THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
by Joan Didion
→ 鱼猎 //FISH HUNTING
by 史迈 (Shi Mai)
→ 潮汐图 // TIDAL CHARTS
by 林棹 (Lin Zhao)
◉ TIME STAMPS
00:00 May Summary
00:59 Diary of a Void
04:00 Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
06:08 There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job
08:55 Broken
10:28 the Year of Magical Thinking
12:45 鱼猎 //fish Hunting
14:23 潮汐图 // Tidal Charts
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
→ Website: thebookishland.com
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◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ The Marriage Portrait
by Maggie O'Farrell
→ Diary of a Void: A Novel
by Emi Yagi
translated by David Boyd
→ Broken: in the Best Possible Way
by Jenny Lawson
◉TIME STAMPS
00:00 TBRs
03:00 Monday
04:01 Granola Making
04:40 Tuesday Morning
07:25 Tuesday Evening
09:25 Wednesday Morning
12:09 Into the Woods
12:48 Wednesday Evening
15:44 Thursday
18:18 Cats
18:40 Friday
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
→ Website: thebookishland.com
→ Art Website: meoniarts.com
→ Instagram: instagram.com/meonicorn
→ Goodreads: bit.ly/2XLpeJV
◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ I WANT TO DIE BUT I WANT TO EAT TTEOKBOKKI
by Baek Se-hee, translated by Anton Hur
→I'M GLAD MY MOM DIED
by Jennette McCurdy
→ FURIOUSLY HAPPY
by Jenny Lawson
→ HUNGER
by Roxane Gay
→ MAYBE YOU NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE
by Lori Gottlieb
→ SORROW AND BLISS
by Meg Mason
→ WHAT ARE YOU GOING THROUGH?
by Sigrid Nunez
→ MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION
by Ottessa Moshfegh
→ FRESHWATER
by Akwaeke Emezi
→ IMAGINE ME GONE
by Adam Haslett
◉ TIME STAMPS
00:00 mental health awareness month
01:30 memoirs
08:30 novels
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
→ Website: thebookishland.com
→ Art Website: meoniarts.com
→ Instagram: instagram.com/meonicorn
→ Goodreads: bit.ly/2XLpeJV
◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ 潮汐图 //Tidal Charts
by 林棹 (Lin Zhao)
→ 鱼猎 //Fish Hunting
by 史迈 (Shi Mai)
→ 告白 // Confessions
by 湊 かなえ (Minato Kanae)
◉ TIME STAMPS
00:00 TBRs and I'm so excited
02:53 Yosemite story and big river!
04:28 Update #1
08:57 Cats and coffee
09:19 Update #2
11:50 update #3&4
14:26 Update #5
18:20 A piece of life
19:25 Update #6
23:04 Conclusion
Most of these books don't have English translations, but I hope you still enjoy hearing me talking about them if you don't speak Chinese. Let's all hope they'll get translated one day ☀️
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
→ Website: thebookishland.com
→ Art Website: meoniarts.com
→ Instagram: instagram.com/meonicorn
→ Goodreads: bit.ly/2XLpeJV
◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ 今夜通宵杀敌 // Kill the Enemy All Night
by 郑在欢 (Zheng Zaihuan)
→ 暴雨下在病房里 //Rainstorm in the hospital ward
by 苏方 (Su Fang)
→ 如雪如山 //Like Snow, Like Mountains
by 张天翼 (Zhang Tianyi)
→ 潮汐图 //Tidal Charts
by 林棹 (Lin Zhao)
→ 斑马 //Zebras
by 傅真 (Fu Zhen)
→ 鱼猎 //Fish Hunting
by 史迈 (Shi Mai)
→ 生死疲劳 //Fatigue of Life and Death
by 莫言 (Mo Yan)