Books and Boba

We discuss our Books and Boba May 2019 book club pick, This is Paradise: Stories, by Kristiana Kahakauwila, a collection of six short stories taking place across the islands of Hawaii. We discuss our thoughts on the book's portrayal of life in Hawaii, and its exploration of characters who have been shaped by their relationship to the islands.

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The Books & Boba June 2019 pick is Kafka on the Shore by Haruku Murakami

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It's time for the May Books & Boba mid-month news roundup. On this episode, we check in with the latest publishing announcements and news out of the world of Asian American literature. We also chat about recent book to film adaptation news!

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The Books & Boba May 2019 pick is This is Paradise: Stories by Kristiana Kahakauwila

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On this episode, we discuss our Books and Boba April 2019 book club pick, Bangkok Wakes to Rain, by Pitchaya Sudbanthad, a book featuring stories of a myriad of characters, all connected through time and space to a single building in the city of Bangkok. We discuss the book's musings on the cycles of history, and the tensions between memory,culture, and technological progress.

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The Books & Boba May 2019 pick is This is Paradise: Stories by Kristiana Kahakauwila

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On this episode, we chat with Henry Lien, the author of The Peasprout Chen Series, a middle grade series about Peasprout Chen, a new student and immigrant to an academy that teaches wu liu, the art of martial arts figure skating. Henry shares about his journey of going from a career in law to writing fiction for youth, as well as what he's learned about himself through the process.

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The Books & Boba April 2019 pick is Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad

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It's the April Books & Boba mid-month news roundup. On this episode, we check in with the latest publishing announcements and news out of the world of Asian American literature.

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The Books & Boba April 2019 pick is Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad

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On this episode, we discuss our Books and Boba March 2019 book club pick, Darius the Great Is Not Okay, by Adib Khorram, the story of Darius, a teenage kid who loves Star Trek and Tolkien, and his trip to his mother's home country of Iran to visit his ailing grandfather for the first time. We discuss Darius' journey of finding his inner strength in Iran while dealing with clinical depression (CW: discussion of depression) and his anxieties of never really feeling like he fits in.

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The Books & Boba April 2019 pick is Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad

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On this episode, we discuss our Books and Boba February 2019 book club pick, The Grace of Kings, by Ken Liu, an epic tale of rebellion and heroes set in an Asian inspired "silkpunk" world. We chat about the sweeping story, the detailed world building, the many many characters, the actual historical events the story is based on.

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The Books & Boba March 2019 pick is Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

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It's time for another Books & Boba news roundup. On this episode, we check in with the latest publishing announcements and news out of the world of Asian American literature.

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Our February 2019 Book Club pick is Grace of Kings by Ken Liu

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On this episode, we discuss our Books and Boba January 2019 book club pick, Rainbirds, by Clarissa Goenawan, a story about a man trying to making sense of his sister's sudden violent death in a small Japanese town set in the early-nineties.

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The Books & Boba February 2019 pick is Grace of Kings by Ken Liu

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On this episode, we check in to chat about the recent book news, including the success of books becoming TV series like Marie Kondo's new Netflix series. We also go over recent publishing announcements and chat about some of our most anticipated books of 2019.

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Our January 2019 Book Club pick is Rainbirds by Clarissa Goenawan

And don't forget to get a head start on our February 2019 Book Club Pick The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu

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