bigalbooks | May/Asian Readathon Wrap Up @bigalbooksforever | Uploaded June 2019 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Here are the books I read in May for the #asianreadathon :)
~~~Books Mentioned~~~
Spring - Ali Smith
Samuel Butler - The Way of All Flesh
The Postman Always Rings Twice - James M. Cain
The Best We Could Do - Thi Bui
The Sympathizer - Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Collected Schizophrenias - Esme Weijung Wang
Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata (trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori)
I Am A Cat - Sōseki Natsume (trans Aiko Ito & Graham Wilson)
Chorus of Mushrooms - Hiromi Goto
Pachinko - Min Jin Lee
Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
Stories of Your Life and Other Stories - Ted Chiang
~~~Asian Readathon Hosts~~~
youtube.com/readwithcindy
youtube.com/c/xreadingsolacex
youtube.com/bookswithchloe
youtube.com/channel/UCw-jjUaVPq5N_vngwwZefZw
youtube.com/channel/UCU-5uFv6XnhfV2qr_RC60iA
~~~Asian Readathon Challenges~~~
1. Read any book by an Asian author.
2. Read a graphic novel featuring an Asian character or written/drawn by an Asian author (manga, manhua, manhwa, and comics count).
3. Read a book featuring an intersectional Asian character or written by an intersectional Asian identity (i.e. queer, mixed, disabled, neurodiverse, etc).
4. Read a book by Asian author that was originally written in their native language (translated books and graphic novels count).
5. Read the group book: A Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Ellen Oh
Here are the books I read in May for the #asianreadathon :)
~~~Books Mentioned~~~
Spring - Ali Smith
Samuel Butler - The Way of All Flesh
The Postman Always Rings Twice - James M. Cain
The Best We Could Do - Thi Bui
The Sympathizer - Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Collected Schizophrenias - Esme Weijung Wang
Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata (trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori)
I Am A Cat - Sōseki Natsume (trans Aiko Ito & Graham Wilson)
Chorus of Mushrooms - Hiromi Goto
Pachinko - Min Jin Lee
Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
Stories of Your Life and Other Stories - Ted Chiang
~~~Asian Readathon Hosts~~~
youtube.com/readwithcindy
youtube.com/c/xreadingsolacex
youtube.com/bookswithchloe
youtube.com/channel/UCw-jjUaVPq5N_vngwwZefZw
youtube.com/channel/UCU-5uFv6XnhfV2qr_RC60iA
~~~Asian Readathon Challenges~~~
1. Read any book by an Asian author.
2. Read a graphic novel featuring an Asian character or written/drawn by an Asian author (manga, manhua, manhwa, and comics count).
3. Read a book featuring an intersectional Asian character or written by an intersectional Asian identity (i.e. queer, mixed, disabled, neurodiverse, etc).
4. Read a book by Asian author that was originally written in their native language (translated books and graphic novels count).
5. Read the group book: A Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Ellen Oh
