So last year I said it was to be my Oriental Reading Year. But plans change. I don’t know why that is but fantasy reading and writing seems to be conflicting enterprises for me. Like, reading fantasy would have adverse influences on my writing. I didn’t notice that before but perhaps that is because beforeContinue reading “The Oriental Fantasy Reading Year- Infinitely Extended”
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Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- June 2019
I tried to read Ken Liu’s Dandelion Dynasty series but because the book was so thick I ended up delaying it to July when I would get a one week break. As of the time this is published, I am reading book 1 of Tad Williams’ Memory, Sorrow and Thorn quartet- The Dragonbone Chair. IContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- June 2019”
Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- March 2019
River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay Firstly, as an ethnic Chinese reading this novel, I commend Kay on his research and besides minor quibbles, I really think his fictional Northern Song Chinese setting came across as authentic and compelling. I had never read him or Chinese historical fantasy before so I had little expectationsContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- March 2019”
Chinese (Oriental) Fantasy year
Besides my Broadening Horizon reads and others that took my whims, I’ve dubbed this year my Chinese (Oriental) Fantasy year. In short, this year I am going to read up on all the key Chinese fantasy novels there are (those I’ve identified anyway). I might or might not branch into Japanese fantasy, hence the bracketContinue reading “Chinese (Oriental) Fantasy year”
Moonlake’s Book Discovery- Dec 2018
I was going to do another book discovery back in Oct but then I decided I wanted to save it for end of the year so that I can do book discoveries in Mar, Jun etc. as opposed to odd months like this year. It appeals to my sense for order. Anyway, below is whatContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Discovery- Dec 2018”
What I learnt from my Broadening Horizon Reads- 2018
My Broadening Horizon Reads this year are a YA vampire/werewolf fantasy and a chick lit. Both are genres I tend to stay away from and both are written in first person (the latter is more of coincidence than design though). Below are summaries of my main take-away from each of them: Silence Fallen by PatriciaContinue reading “What I learnt from my Broadening Horizon Reads- 2018”
Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- July 2018
Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs So I’m not that much of a YA reader and I don’t tend to read urban fantasy at all but I picked up this book to do structural analysis for a writing course. I also consider this book as one of my Broadening Horizon reads this year. That aside, it’sContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- July 2018”
Moonlake’s Broadening Horizon Reads
This is a new commitment that I came up with this year, in hopes of advancing my writer’s craft. Specifically, it involves reserving 2 of my annual 20 reading slots for: 1) a book completely outside my usual genres of fantasy, mystery, historical fiction and any possible combos of the 3; 2) a book withinContinue reading “Moonlake’s Broadening Horizon Reads”
Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- April 2018 (2)
Other than the 2 books in the first half of this post, it was really another Christie splurge… Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie So apparently I had read it before and then picked it up again from my local library and I think it’s okay, I didn’t particularly like it but there’s nothing toContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- April 2018 (2)”
Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- April 2018 (1)
I clearly had enough of just light reading so I changed it up a little by branching out to a new sub-genre: historical fantasy. This coincided with my decision to join a historical fantasy book club on FB. The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley This wasn’t that engaging a read in that there’sContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- April 2018 (1)”
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