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

Thanks for coming along for the ride with my Taiwanese American Heritage Week interviews of 2023. I almost didn’t do it this year because I anticipated being extremely busy with grad school, given that it was my final semester and I had a heavy courseload. However, I was determined to keep the series going for its sixth iteration, so I gritted my teeth and took on the challenge despite the stress it placed on me juggling blogging work with school and freelance commissions. My commencement ceremony happened to coincide with TAHW this year, so I was putting together interview posts while getting ..read more

Welcome to the seventh 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: Creatures of the In Between Author: Cindy Lin Cover Artist: Daniel Chang Publisher: HarperCollins Release ..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

Welcome to the first 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: Bitter Medicine Author: Mia Tsai Cover Artist: Jialing Pan Publisher: Tachyon Publications Release Date: Mar ..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

Hello again, everyone! Last time I posted I had just finished up my spring semester, and now suddenly here I am having finished my summer term as well (more or less, with the exception of a final paper…). While recovering from an amazing but exhausting 2-day weekend conference on children’s literature, I had the chance to dive into the soon-to-be-released Dauntless for this blog tour hosted by Kate at Your Tita Kate. Book Information Title: Dauntless Author: Elisa A. Bonnin Publisher: Swoon Reads, an imprint of Macmillan Release Date: August 2nd, 2022 Genre: Young Adult Fantasy, Adventure S ..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