Showing posts with label Ovidia Yu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ovidia Yu. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Book Stitchalong 2021

Book Stitchalong 2021
hosted by Meg Scarbie Art
#bookstitchalong2021 on instagram
create a piece based on the books read this year

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March
Aunty Lee's Delights by Ovidia Yu
The Black Lizard/Beast in the Shadows by Edogawa Rampo
February
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
January
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami (in progress)
Legacy by Cayla Kluver (piece up next) - dnf

Saturday, January 2, 2021

Foreign Intrigue Book Club 2021

Foreign Intrigue Book Club
face-to-face (details)
Books, Inc. Laurel Village

Do you like to travel? Experience a country through the eyes of a local? Try the food of another country?

2021

DECEMBER/JANUARY:
Overkill
by Vanda Symon
Mystery, New Zealand | Published: 2018 (first 2007) | Goodreads | my rating: 4
liked this headstrong female police constable

FEBRUARY:
Bad Debts
by Peter Temple
Mystery, Australia | Published: 2005 (first 1996) | Goodreads | my rating: 3
fell for the protagonist and his circle of friends

MARCH:
Aunty Lee's Delights
by Ovidia Yu
Mystery, Cozy, Singapore | Published: 2013 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
sleuthing by way of nosiness

APRIL:
Play the Red Queen
by Juri Jurjevics
Mystery, Historical, Vietnam | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: dnf


MAY:
The Aosawa Murders
by Riku Onda
transalated by Alison Watts
Mystery, Crime, Japan | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
diabolical story with Sherlock Holmes vibe

JUNE:
A Nail Through the Heart
by Timothy Hallinan
Mystery, Thailand | Published: 2007 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
justice and compassion

JULY:
Death Notice
by Zhao Haohui
translated by Zac Haluza
Mystery, China | Published: 2018 (first 2014) | Goodreads | my rating: 4
convoluted with twists and turns

AUGUST:
Flowers Over the Inferno
by Ilaria Tuti
translated by Ekin Oklap
Mystery, Italy | Published: 2019 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
amusing bicker and banter

SEPTEMBER:
Murder in Chianti
by Camilla Trinchieri
Mystery, Italy | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
small town vibe, likable protagonist with dog, foodie delight

OCTOBER:
Death in Provence
by Serena Kent
Mystery, France | Goodreads | my rating: 5
small town feels in regards to exclusion and eventual acceptance

NOVEMBER:
The Chalk Circle
(Commissaire Adamsberg #1)
by Fred Vargas
translated by Siân Reynolds
Mystery, Crime, France | Goodreads | my rating: 4

DECEMBER/JANUARY:
The Darkness
by Ragnar Jónasson
translated by Arvid Nordh
Mystery, Crime, Iceland | Published: 2018 (first 2015) | Goodreads


 
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