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305 reviews
Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food by Fuchsia Dunlop
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Genuinely learned a lot. Like how Chinese character for home 家depicts a pig under a roof!
How many words and characters there are for mouthfeel in chinese like 滑 嫰 爽糯 and how big of a part of eating it is.
Mantou has a werid history - meaning barbarian heads!!
And how vegetarian buddhist food is treated in china.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
dark
medium-paced
4.25
Hope is an active verb. No matter how shit the situation you keep on trying.
Impractical Uses of Cake by Yeoh Jo-Ann
4.25
I enjoyed Sukhins thought process and related a bit too much.
Rework by David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried
2.75
Generic advice some of which I thought wasn't very good
Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
3.75
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
Made me think about the dignity of doing a job well, the dignity of thinking for yourself, and acting on your morals, shady employers, unreliable narrators, and chilling out and taking a road trip.
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
5.0
Soooooo beautifully written, everything I didn't know I wanted to read in a book, in a book. ❤️🧡💓