Welcome to the fifth and final interview in the 2024 run of my Taiwanese American Heritage Week series dedicated to featuring Taiwanese authors and their work. Taiwanese American Heritage Week occurs every year during the week that begins with Mother’s Day in May, which is also Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. You can find the past interviews and posts in this series via the Taiwanese American Heritage Week tag or through my Post Index. About the Book Title: The Misdirection of Fault Lines Author: Anna Gracia Publisher: Peachtree Teen Releas ..read more

Welcome to the fourth interview in the 2024 run of my Taiwanese American Heritage Week series dedicated to featuring Taiwanese authors and their work. Taiwanese American Heritage Week occurs every year during the week that begins with Mother’s Day in May, which is also Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. You can find the past interviews and posts in this series via the Taiwanese American Heritage Week tag or through my Post Index. About the Book Title: Next Stop Author: Debbie Fong Publisher: Random House Graphic Release Date: March 19, 2024 Ge ..read more

Summer is in full swing where I am, and as I hinted back in my Taiwanese American Heritage Week wrap-up post, I am featuring another Taiwanese author that I didn’t get to interview back in May. About the Book Title: Love & Resistance Author: Kara H.L. Chen Cover Artist: Steffi Walthall Publisher: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Release Date: July 4th, 2023 Genre/Format: Young Adult Contemporary Synopsis: Moxie meets Mary H.K. Choi in this funny, whip-smart YA debut about love, resistance, and the enduring friendships that make it all worthwhile.  Seventeen-year-o ..read more

Happy Pride Month! I regret that I am a bit late to the party for this book tour, but it almost feels appropriate that I’m late to post about a book featuring a bisexual disaster as a blogger who is a disaster bi, lol. Anyway, I’m happy to present my review for the newly released Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster! Thanks to Paola for hosting this tour. You can find the tour launch post on Paola’s blog. Book Information Title: Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster Author: Andrea Mosqueda Cover Artist: Zeke Peña Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Release date: May 24th, 2022 Genre: Young Adult Contemp ..read more

Welcome to the sixth interview in the 2023 run of my Taiwanese American Heritage Week series dedicated to featuring Taiwanese authors and their work. Taiwanese American Heritage Week occurs every year during the week that begins with Mother’s Day in May, which is also Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. You can find the past interviews and posts in this series via the Taiwanese American Heritage Week tag or through my Post Index. About the Books Title: The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei Author: Christina Matula Cover Artist: Yao Xiao Publisher: Inkyard Pres ..read more

Welcome to the third interview in the 2023 run of my Taiwanese American Heritage Week series dedicated to featuring Taiwanese authors and their work. Taiwanese American Heritage Week occurs every year during the week that begins with Mother’s Day in May, which is also Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. You can find the past interviews and posts in this series via the Taiwanese American Heritage Week tag or through my Post Index. About the Book Title: The Rachel Experiment (From Sunset Park, With Love #2) Author: Lisa Lin Cover Artist: Ashley Santoro Publishe ..read more

Welcome to the second interview in the 2023 run of my Taiwanese American Heritage Week series dedicated to featuring Taiwanese authors and their work. Taiwanese American Heritage Week occurs every year during the week that begins with Mother’s Day in May, which is also Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. You can find the past interviews and posts in this series via the Taiwanese American Heritage Week tag or through my Post Index. About the Books Title: How We Say I Love You Author: Nicole Chen Illustrator: Lenny Wen Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf (an Imprint of ..read more

Hello again. Despite the odds being against me, I managed to squeeze in another book review! Thanks to Colored Pages for hosting this blog tour. Book Information Title: Love From Mecca to Medina Author: S.K. Ali Publisher: Salaam Reads Publication Date: October 18th, 2022  Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance Synopsis: Adam and Zayneb. Perfectly matched. Painfully apart. Adam is in Doha, Qatar, making a map of the Hijrah, a historic migration from Mecca to Medina and worried about where his next paycheck will come from. Zayneb is in Chicago, where school and extracurricular stresse ..read more

Welcome to my third interview for my [belated] Taiwanese American Heritage Week series! About the Book Title: Boys I Know Author: Anna Gracia Cover Artist: Fevik Publisher: Peachtree Teen Release Date: July 5th, 2022 Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Synopsis A high school senior navigates messy boys and messier relationships in this bitingly funny and much-needed look into the overlap of Asian American identity and teen sexuality.   June Chu is the “just good enough” girl. Good enough to line the shelves with a slew of third-place trophies and steal secret kisse ..read more