Jeanna Reads Books
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I read a lot of books. I need a place to talk about them all so I don't drive everyone I know crazy
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The Singing Hills Cycle
When I joined the Storygraph “Read the World” challenge in January and saw that Vietnam was on the list of countries, I thought What am I going to be able to find that’s interesting from Vietnam? I had never heard of a single author from Vietnam, and I was scared that even when I did find something I wouldn’t be able to understand or fully appreciate it because it would have so many cultural details that were vastly different from my own culture that I wouldn’t be able to understand or appreciate the story fully. But then on the Vietnam page of the challenge I saw The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo. The first book in The Singing Hills Cycle, this is a story about a monk in a fantasy version of Vietnam who travels around collecting stories, and it was tagged LGBTQ, so I decided to give it a go. The Singing Hills Cycle by Nghi Vo is now my comfort series. Each of the books is around the 120 page mark, so it’s a quick read, and they can be read in any order. The setting is so queer and calming that any time I have one of those nights where everything seems to be crumbling around me, I pick it up for a reread. The final book Into The Riverlands has just been released, so here is my full series wrap-up.
By Jeanna Reads Books2 years ago in Geeks
Reading The World: Top 5
Near the beginning of the year, I decided to sign up to the Reading The World Challenge on Storygraph, where the aim is to read a book from every country in the world by an author from that country. So far I have read books from 32 different countries and am 16% of my way through the challenge, which for only 9 months worth of books I’d say was pretty good going. I’d like to start doing wrap ups every three months to let you know what progress I’m making, but to get you up to speed with where I am so far I thought I’d do a top five of the books I’ve read for this challenge so far.
By Jeanna Reads Books2 years ago in Geeks
The Glass Hotel - Emily St. John Mandel
When I decided to reserve this book on my library app, I only knew 2 things about it. One: it was by the same author as Sea of Tranquility, which I absolutely devoured in 24 hours and wouldn't shut up about for weeks. Two: that many people who have read that book recommend reading this one first as, although it is in no way a sequel, amongst Sea of Tranquility's rather large cast of characters we find three characters from The Glass Hotel two years after their story there has ended. Had I known that there were no sci-fi elements and that the main storyline was centred around the 2008 financial crash, there is absolutely no way I would have picked it up. But god, I'm so glad I did.
By Jeanna Reads Books2 years ago in Geeks