Hello!
This week was Culture Week at my workplace. We had several activities scheduled – all of which were a lot of fun. I got to try an escape room for the first time and had a BLAST! I’ll definitely be trying more of them in the future.
Here’s my reading highlight:
The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
4 stars
I’m glad I gave Yangsze Choo another chance! This book was way more engaging and well-written than The Ghost Bride.
I’ve always enjoyed Asian fox stories—I’ve read and watched many gumiho (Korean fox) stories and huli jing (Chinese fox) dramas—but this is my first time reading a novel about huli jings. Yangsze did an excellent job weaving in culture and history, especially as the story is set in 1908 Manchuria. I could easily see the influence of Korean-Japanese culture on the characters’ lives. It was also really fun finding out how Bao and Snow are connected in the story; the plot twist at the end was also fantastically executed.
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