Review: “Notes of a Crocodile” by Qiu Miaojin — A Yearning For The Queer Freedom
Notes of a Crocodile is set in the 1980s, just as Taiwan’s queer human rights movement was still gaining steam. Qiu Miaojin was a Taiwanese queer author who, similar to the protagonist, was suffering from depression.
Review: “The Yield” by Tara June Winch — Digesting A Foreign Culture As Our Own
Indigenous Australian culture is not a topic I would read every day. I am glad that I learned a great deal about Indigenous culture and its importance through this book.
Best Audiobooks | Mid-Year Audiobook Freakout 2021
Audiobooks is a great form of reading. I love audiobooks! This is my mid-year audiobook freak-out for 2021.
Review: “The Vegetarian” by Han Kang — Korean Horror Fiction
In terms of films or television shows, I’ve always been a fan of Korean mystery horror. This is the first time I have read a Korean horror novel.
QOTD: ‘The Bell Jar’ – Sylvia Plath
We all have had this thought at some point in our lives. Why do we even bother to do something, to live in a certain way, or even to try out something new?
QOTD: ‘The Tradition’ – Jericho Brown
It’s not quite easy to understand poetry as a whole but I always believe there is no set meaning for a poem
QOTD: ‘The Vegetarian’ – Han Kang
We say one must dream big. Sometimes the dreams we have can feel surreal to a point we cannot decide what is real anymore.
QOTD: ‘Sweet Bean Paste’ – Durian Sukegawa
Happy Sunday! Just a reminder from Durian Sukegawa, to take it slow today. Appreciate everything around you.
Review: “In Watermelon Sugar” by Richard Brautigan — Watermelon Sugar High
In Watermelon Sugar the writing was so fluid and authentic and the story was incredibly entertaining and pleasant.
QOTD: ‘Midnight Library’ – Matt Haig
If you are told that you have a choice between life and death, there is a library with unlimited shelves of books: each book represents a possible version of your lifethat you could have lived differently. Would you accept the chance to see how all your regrets could have been avoided? Nora Seed did. She winds up in limbo on the day she chooses to die, where she can explore how her alternative lives would have unfolded.