Podcasts about yangsze choo

It must have been three or four years ago that I started bouncing this idea off Janie about a discussion regarding historical fiction rooted in Chinese history. Janie, being a successful writer of this genre, was perfect to have this discussion. Today the historical fiction genre is quite substantial and new authors are publishing new content online and in print every day. Many of these novels are set against the backdrop of Chinese history (in China or Overseas). The way historical novelists present this history to life can be very engaging and relatable. I hope you enjoy this CHP Special episode as much as I did. This is such a huge topic to discuss Janie's list of books & Buy links at her website: https://janiechang.com/books/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JanieChangWriter | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janiechang33/ TIME Magazine article: The Risky Journey That Saved One of China's Greatest Literary Treasures: https://time.com/5852229/saving-chinese-encyclopedia/ RACE THE RISING SUN: A CHINESE UNIVERSITY'S EXODUS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR by Chiao-Min Hsieh and Jean Kan Hsieh https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/race-the-rising-sun-chiao-min-hsieh/1123966361 or https://www.amazon.com/Race-Rising-Sun-Chinese-Universitys/dp/0761841482 TEACHING IN WARTIME CHINA: A PHOTO MEMOIR 1937 – 1939 by Edward Gulick: https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Wartime-China-Photo-Memoir-1937-1939/dp/0870239120 Amitav Ghosh – Opium War Trilogy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibis_trilogy  https://amitavghosh.com/ Lisa See Author Page -- https://lisasee.com/ Yangsze Choo -- https://yschoo.com/about/ Weina Dai Randel -- https://weinarandel.com/ Barry Hughart series -- https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/barry-hughart/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It must have been three or four years ago that I started bouncing this idea off Janie about a discussion regarding historical fiction rooted in Chinese history. Janie, being a successful writer of this genre, was perfect to have this discussion. Today the historical fiction genre is quite substantial and new authors are publishing new content online and in print every day. Many of these novels are set against the backdrop of Chinese history (in China or Overseas). The way historical novelists present this history to life can be very engaging and relatable. I hope you enjoy this CHP Special episode as much as I did. This is such a huge topic to discuss Janie's list of books & Buy links at her website: https://janiechang.com/books/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JanieChangWriter | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janiechang33/ TIME Magazine article: The Risky Journey That Saved One of China's Greatest Literary Treasures: https://time.com/5852229/saving-chinese-encyclopedia/ RACE THE RISING SUN: A CHINESE UNIVERSITY'S EXODUS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR by Chiao-Min Hsieh and Jean Kan Hsieh https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/race-the-rising-sun-chiao-min-hsieh/1123966361 or https://www.amazon.com/Race-Rising-Sun-Chinese-Universitys/dp/0761841482 TEACHING IN WARTIME CHINA: A PHOTO MEMOIR 1937 – 1939 by Edward Gulick: https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Wartime-China-Photo-Memoir-1937-1939/dp/0870239120 Amitav Ghosh – Opium War Trilogy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibis_trilogy  https://amitavghosh.com/ Lisa See Author Page -- https://lisasee.com/ Yangsze Choo -- https://yschoo.com/about/ Weina Dai Randel -- https://weinarandel.com/ Barry Hughart series -- https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/barry-hughart/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It must have been three or four years ago that I started bouncing this idea off Janie about a discussion regarding historical fiction rooted in Chinese history. Janie, being a successful writer of this genre, was perfect to have this discussion. Today the historical fiction genre is quite substantial and new authors are publishing new content online and in print every day. Many of these novels are set against the backdrop of Chinese history (in China or Overseas). The way historical novelists present this history to life can be very engaging and relatable. I hope you enjoy this CHP Special episode as much as I did. This is such a huge topic to discuss Janie's list of books & Buy links at her website: https://janiechang.com/books/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JanieChangWriter | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janiechang33/ TIME Magazine article: The Risky Journey That Saved One of China's Greatest Literary Treasures: https://time.com/5852229/saving-chinese-encyclopedia/ RACE THE RISING SUN: A CHINESE UNIVERSITY'S EXODUS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR by Chiao-Min Hsieh and Jean Kan Hsieh https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/race-the-rising-sun-chiao-min-hsieh/1123966361 or https://www.amazon.com/Race-Rising-Sun-Chinese-Universitys/dp/0761841482 TEACHING IN WARTIME CHINA: A PHOTO MEMOIR 1937 – 1939 by Edward Gulick: https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Wartime-China-Photo-Memoir-1937-1939/dp/0870239120 Amitav Ghosh – Opium War Trilogy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibis_trilogy  https://amitavghosh.com/ Lisa See Author Page -- https://lisasee.com/ Yangsze Choo -- https://yschoo.com/about/ Weina Dai Randel -- https://weinarandel.com/ Barry Hughart series -- https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/barry-hughart/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It must have been three or four years ago that I started bouncing this idea off Janie about a discussion regarding historical fiction rooted in Chinese history. Janie, being a successful writer of this genre, was perfect to have this discussion. Today the historical fiction genre is quite substantial and new authors are publishing new content online and in print every day. Many of these novels are set against the backdrop of Chinese history (in China or Overseas). The way historical novelists present this history to life can be very engaging and relatable. I hope you enjoy this CHP Special episode as much as I did. This is such a huge topic to discuss Janie's list of books & Buy links at her website: https://janiechang.com/books/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JanieChangWriter | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janiechang33/ TIME Magazine article: The Risky Journey That Saved One of China's Greatest Literary Treasures: https://time.com/5852229/saving-chinese-encyclopedia/ RACE THE RISING SUN: A CHINESE UNIVERSITY'S EXODUS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR by Chiao-Min Hsieh and Jean Kan Hsieh https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/race-the-rising-sun-chiao-min-hsieh/1123966361 or https://www.amazon.com/Race-Rising-Sun-Chinese-Universitys/dp/0761841482 TEACHING IN WARTIME CHINA: A PHOTO MEMOIR 1937 – 1939 by Edward Gulick: https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Wartime-China-Photo-Memoir-1937-1939/dp/0870239120 Amitav Ghosh – Opium War Trilogy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibis_trilogy  https://amitavghosh.com/ Lisa See Author Page -- https://lisasee.com/ Yangsze Choo -- https://yschoo.com/about/ Weina Dai Randel -- https://weinarandel.com/ Barry Hughart series -- https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/barry-hughart/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yangsze Choo says she doesn't thoroughly plan out her novels – her newest, The Fox Wife, blossomed from that core idea behind the title, of a woman who also happens to be a fox. But beyond that, it's a story about a mother avenging her child, about a murder investigation in early 20th century China, and about family curses. As the author tells NPR's Scott Simon, foxes hold a wide range of intrigue and mystery in Chinese, Korean and Japanese legends — and it's these traits that broke open a whole world of secrets for her characters.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedayLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

This week we are joined by book hoe Emily as we discuss literary fiction and haunting books we read in school (both good and bad) Join us on Geneva ⁠here⁠ to connect with other listeners and get behind-the-scenes content from Zoë and Ryan! Linktree: ⁠linktr.ee/nycbookhoes⁠ Instagram @nycbookhoes Email: ⁠nycbookhoes@gmail.com⁠ Books Mentioned in the Episode: Old Enough by Haley Jakobsen The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzales James Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova O, Caledonia by Elspeth Baker Identitti by Mithu Sanyal Erasure by Percival Everett Appropriate by Brendan Jacob Jenkins Clytemnestra by Constanza Casati A Prayer for Owen Meaney by John Irving Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman East of Eden by John Steinbeck The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Adam the Creator by Karel Capek The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas The Color Purple by Alice Walker David Copperfield by Charles Dickens The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Under the Dome by Stephen King The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Clique by Lisi Harrison One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez  The Plot Against America by Phillip Roth My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh Lilith by Nikki Marmery Excavations by Kate Myers Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Circe by Madeline Miller Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Persephone by Madeline Miller The Illiad by Homer The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

The image of the fox appears in many cultures as a trickster figure, but in Asian folklore there are some subtle differences. The Chinese fox is a symbol of intelligence, and has the ability to shapeshift for example.Exploring the folklore of the Asian countries, with particular reference to foxes, in this episode creator and host of the podcast Mark Norman is joined by New York Times bestselling author Yangsze Choo. Yangsze's novel 'The Ghost Bride' was serisalised and broadcast as a Netflix original series and her latest work 'The Fox Wife' draws on the Asin fox folklore that we explore.Find Yangsze online at https://yschoo.com/To support The Folklore Podcast in all of its work and access additional content, please visit www.patreon.com/thefolklorepodcast

Some people think foxes are similar to ghosts because we go around collecting qi, or life force, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usually better looking . . .Hello booknerds! We're so excited to share our interview with the fabulous Yangsze Choo on her new book The Fox Wife! It has a bit of everything; spirits, mystery, vengence, longing, all the good stuff! We really enjoyed this book and we got to talk to Yangsze (thank you Definitely Books) about it. Listen on about a world of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts, and their dazzling intersection.Cheers!

The mythological and the mysterious are intertwined in Yangsze Choo's novel "The Fox Wife."  The story is set in 1908 Manchuria (in northeast China,) and we meet a fox spirit named Snow who assumes a human form to track down the person responsible for her child's death.  Also in the novel, we meet Bao Gong, a retired teacher and detective who has a special gift to sniff out the truth and identify fox spirits.  So when Bao is hired to investigate a mysterious death, we see how the worlds of both Snow and Bao Gong begin to converge.In this episode, Yangsze generously revisits her books "The Night Tiger" and "The Ghost Bride," two favorites of mine.  She also shares more about her  Malaysian roots and how they breathe life into her work, offering readers a chance to consider the intricate ties between humans and nature. Plus you'll get some great book recommendations and lots more.BOOK:The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo on Amazon or Bookshop.   SHOW NOTES & BOOKLIST:Find the episode show notes and a list of all the books mentioned here.MORE RESOURCES:Visit bibliolifestyle.com for more information and resources to help you in your reading journey.JOIN THE COMMUNITY:Join the BiblioLifestyle Community & the Bring Your Own Book (BYOB) Club for a fun, online book club experience!  Come and share books you've read, get inspiration for what to read next, make friends, and encourage each other along the way.  Learn more and join the community: bibliolifestyle.com/community.

Yangsze Choo's debut novel 'The Ghost Bride', was released 10 years ago, and has been adapted by Netflix. Her follow-up 'The Night Tiger', was a BBC 2 'Between the Covers' pick, a Reese Witherspoon Book Pick, and was selected for the UK's Big Jubilee Read. She's a New York Times bestseller.Her 3rd novel in the last 10 years is 'The Fox Wife'. Set in 1908 Manchuria, it weaves in folklore and myth, it's a quest for love, and a murder mystery. We discuss changes in her routine over the last 10 years, and why she takes her time, brooding over a low word-count. You can also hear how much impact the weather has., and how much debut success can affect what you follow up with. We chat about the tantalising prospect of streaming and film rights, how that changes how you plan future novels, and why we all think differently.Support the show at patreon.com/writersroutine@writerspodwritersroutine.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Barbara Peters in conversation with Yangsze Choo and Lisa See

Two historical novels with elements of fantasy and folklore will bring readers from the battlefields of World War One to the last years of the Qing Dynasty in China.   Katherine Arden's The Warm Hands of Ghosts shows the terrors of war and the unsettling and fantastical things that can appear in its shadow. Arden joins us to talk about her extensive research, classical allusions in her writing and more with guest host, Jenna Seery.  The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo bridges the mystical and the familiar with an expansive story featuring a detective and mysterious and sly (yet alluring) fox spirits. Choo talked with us about writing in this setting, cultural influences on her work, connections to nature and more with host, Miwa Messer.  We end this episode with a TBR Topoff from booksellers, Marc and Mary.   Featured Books (Episode):  The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden   The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo  The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden   All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque  Paradise Lost by John Milton  The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov  The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo  The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo  The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng  Featured Books (TBR Topoff): The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern  The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu  

Yangsze Choo says she doesn't thoroughly plan out her novels – her newest, The Fox Wife, blossomed from that core idea behind the title, of a woman who also happens to be a fox. But beyond that, it's a story about a mother avenging her child, about a murder investigation in early 20th century China, and about family curses. As the author tells NPR's Scott Simon, foxes hold a wide range of intrigue and mystery in Chinese, Korean and Japanese legends — and it's these traits that broke open a whole world of secrets for her characters. To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookoftheday Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Today, I share with you my podcaster dream of chatting with Yangsze Choo. I've loved her work for years, and THE FOX WIFE is her wonderful new book full of mystery, fox folklore, gothic fantasy, and romance. It was such an honor to spend time discussing her books with her. If you want to read them for yourself, and want to support both the podcast as well as independent bookstores nationwide, I've added her titles to my Bookshop at bookshop.org/shop/sheworeblack. If you want another way to help out my show, you can follow me on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads, and leave me a review wherever you get your podcasts. You can also join my Patreon community, buy merch, or make a Ko-fi donation through the links available on my on my website at sheworeblackpodcast.com. Thanks for joining me today. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sheworeblack/message

We're speaking with Yangsze Choo about her new book, The Fox Wife! We talked about why Yangsze based this story in 1908 Manchuria, how her time abroad informed her approach to stories, and of course, magic.  In the last years of the dying Qing Empire, a courtesan is found frozen in a doorway. Her death is clouded by rumors of foxes, which are believed to lure people by transforming themselves into beautiful women and handsome men. Taking inspiration from Chinese folklore, this winter tale follows a fox seeking revenge in the dangerous world of men. Get The Fox Wife at bookofthemonth.com. New members get their first book for just $9.99 with code VBT at checkout.  Learn more about Virtual Book Tour at virtualbooktour.com.  

This week on From the Front Porch, it's another New Release Rundown! Annie, Olivia, and Erin are sharing the February releases they're excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order! To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (type “Episode 462” into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode), or download and shop on The Bookshelf's official app: Annie's books Dixon, Descending by Karen Outen (releases 2/6) Leaving by Roxana Robinson (releases 2/13) Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley (releases 2/27) Olivia's books Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra (releases 2/6) The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown (releases 2/13) The Framed Women of Ardemore House by Brandy Schillace (releases 2/13) Erin's books The Women by Kristin Hannah (releases 2/6) My Side of the River by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez (releases 2/13) The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo (releases 2/13) From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf's daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today's episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today's episode can be found here.  Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  This week, Annie is reading Come & Get It by Kiley Reid. Olivia is reading The Framed Women of Ardemore House by Brandy Schillace. Erin is also reading The Framed Women of Ardemore House by Brandy Schillace. If you liked what you heard in today's episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We're so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O'Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

Summary: Brrrrrr, it's cold in here, there must be some novels in the atmosphere! (sorry). Join Holly and Devin today as they head up to the great white north and explore books set in the Arctic. Cold this biting can drive people together or even further apart, and braving the elements requires trust and risks a lot when that trust is broken. Holly and Devin both love when their protagonists battle the elements, but for very different reasons and with very different outcomes. Topics Discussed: The Heart (4:31): Devin discussed The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler, a romance following Zoey Caldwell for her once-in-a-lifetime vacation to the town of Moose Springs, Alaska. Once there, in collaboration with her wealthy best friend Lana and a handsome townie who hates tourists named Graham Barnett, Zoey explores the natural wonders of the region… and some much more interpersonal wonders with Graham. Devin's key takeaways were: If you're looking for a taste of arctic adventures, this book delivers pretty well. There are moose (mooses? meese?) galore, four-wheeling adventures, whale watching, you name it. That being said, Zoey runs into a lot of problems on her adventures (even zip lining doesn't go right) so the reader's enjoyment gets a bit clouded by the continuous mishaps.  The friendships and side characters in this book were amazing. Lana is a complicated and fascinating character I wish we had seen more of, and Graham's cohort of local friends are unique, rounded, and intriguing. Even Lana's wealthy friends who suck are hilarious and add good color to the story.  Graham is a bit of a complicated (read: toxically masculine) protagonist; he won't stop calling Zoey “gorgeous” as a pet name, he resorts to violence and throwing punches during any conflict, and isn't great at processing his own emotions. He also hates tourists without acknowledging that all his income and his lifestyle are thanks to their money.  The Dagger (23:17): Holly discussed A Haunting in the Arctic by C.J. Cooke, a supernatural horror novel with two timelines set on a single location - the whaling ship Ormen. In the modern-day timeline, a cohort of explorers and content creators arrive in northern Ireland to squat on the shipwrecked vessel before it is dragged out to sea and sunk by officials. The reader gets insight into 1901 events that ripple into today, though, as they follow a young woman in Scotland who is attacked and taken aboard the Orman against her will. Holly's key takeaways were:  Cooke creates a bone-chilling and creepy atmosphere with strong writing and invocation of rhymes and sailor song; the book captures the sense of isolation and madness that can plague people in arctic elements for too long. While great, Holly wishes there had been even more of this woven in.  Like many readers, when there are dual timelines Holly is usually drawn to one more than the other. Here, she found the present timeline was focused on content creation and engaging a social media audience. The other timeline that follows a woman as she awakes surrounded by a sailing crew headed deeper and deeper into the arctic held more intrigue.  This book is dark; it's all about trauma and the permanent traces that haunt us, with many violent acts committed throughout. Cooke weaves in metaphors and commentary on humanity's violation and pillaging of the environment - particularly the entitlement of men and the harms they've caused over time.  Hot On the Shelf (42:13): Holly: The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo Devin: Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman What's Making Our Hearts Race (45:42): Holly: Poor Things, 2023 film Devin: Skiing Big Sky in Montana for the first time   Instagram: @heartsanddaggerspod Website: www.heartsanddaggerspod.com   If you like what you hear, please tell your friends and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify so that we can find our perfect audience.

Tons of great books are coming out in February, so the women of Book Bistro are here to tell you what they're looking forward to. Join Amber, Sara, Shannon, Georgina, Stacy, Melissa, Brooke, and Natalia to find out what they can't wait to read. Titles mentioned include: The Authors Guild, Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel Ruby Barrett, The Friendship Study Rae Giana Rashad, The Blueprint Tessa Bailey, Fangirl Down (Big Shots #1) Kristin Hannah, The Women Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde Edward Underhill, This Day Changes Everything Marissa Meyer & Chuck Gonzales, With a Little Luck (Fortuna Beach #2) Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife Charlotte Stein, When Grumpy Met Sunshine Anita Kelly, How You Get the Girl Nikki Payne, Sex, Lies and Sensibility Kristina Forest, The Partner Plot Freida McFadden, The Teacher Kristen Ciccarelli, Heartless Hunter (Crimson Moth #1) Samantha Young, Through the Glenn (The Highlands #3) Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts Olivia Dade, At First Spite (Harlot's Bay #1) Nia Davenport, Out of Body Jonathan Kellerman, The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware #39) Cara Bastone, Ready Or Not Tracy Brown, Brooklyn Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea #1) Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Simply the Best (Chicago Stars #10) You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/book-bistro

This episode we're discussing “The Ghost Bride” by Yangsze Choo, where a young woman is engaged to marry a ghost, and it turns out he's more of a meddler than she expected from the dead. PUBLISHER: HarperAudio YEAR: 2013 LENGTH: 368 pages (12 hours 7 minutes) AGE: Adult GENRE: Fantasy, Historical RECOMMENDED: Yes Topic 1: Murder. Begins at (1:35), CW for stalking, murder, death. Topic 2: Overdose. Begins at (11:18), CW for overdose, death. Topic 3: Stalking. Begins at (20:02), CW for stalking. Promo for CPOV Fun and Games; Spoiler-free wrap-up and ratings: Begins at (33:27). Book TW for drug use, drug abuse, excrement (brief), blood, abortion (backstory), body shaming, child abuse (backstory), medical content, child death, suicide attempt (brief mention), suicide (backstory), death. --- If you'd like to make a monthly donation, please check us out on Patreon. For fortnightly news and updates, as well as links to recent written reviews, subscribe to our newsletter. You can check out Robin's written review of the book at Reviews That Burn. Find all our links on our Carrd. Join the CPOV Discord Server! Music provided by HeartBeatArt and is used with permission. Members of the Certain Point of View network of podcasts.

This week, Sharifah looks at some favorite books from 2013 by BIPOC authors! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (warnings: drug addiction, attempted suicide, overdose, death of a parent) The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson (warnings: racism, mention of suicide)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's podcast comes from this podcast review of The Ghost Bride.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Molly Meyers LaBadie and Nicole Fowles. This week Molly and Nicole are joined by Joy Kelch, our Adult Programming Specialist from our Outreach Services Department to discuss the Around the World in Books & Bites book group.  Recommendations include Witchy Whiskers by Danielle Garrett, The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo, and Friendsgiving by Alexandra Shytsman. To see the full It's Turkey Time! list, click here.  Read more about today's episode here. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/  This episode originally aired on November 25th, 2022.

A série A Noiva Fantasma é a prova de que nem tudo é o que parece. Inspirada no livro de mesmo nome escrito por Yangsze Choo, a série retrata os principais acontecimentos do livro e também toma diversas liberdades para apresentar essa história em uma única temporada na Netflix. Se você já assistiu essa série ou já ouviu nosso episódio anterior, pode dar o play sem medo pois agora você vai ouvir as opiniões de Amanda Barreiro, Paulo Vinicius e Bruna Otomura a respeito da série. Esperamos que goste. Bom episódio! Assista ao trailer de A Noiva Fantasma (Netflix) https://youtu.be/6JmSzYKfJ2o Mais um beijo pra gente! Quer receber um beijo nosso no próximo quadro "Momento do beijo"? É só nos deixar um salve em qualquer rede social ou um comentário no post. Estamos loucas para te beijar! ;) Ficha técnica Apresentação: Amanda Barreiro, Bruna Otomura e Paulo Vinicius Pauta: Amanda Barreiro Produção: Domenica Mendes Assistente: Leonardo Tremeschin Edição: Ace Barros Capa e descrição da imagem: Amanda Barreiro Agradecimentos Especiais Esse episódio foi produzido graças a Airechu, Aline Bergamo, Allan Felipe Fenelon, Amauri Silva, Caio Amaro, Camila Vieira, Carol Vidal, Carolina Soares Mendes, Clecius Alexandre Duran, Daiane Silva Souza, Guilherme De Biasi, Igor Bajo, Janaína Fontes Vieira, Lucas Domingos, Lu Bento, Luiz Henrique Soares, Marina Jardim, Marina Kondratovich, Moacir de Souza Filho, Nilda, Priscilla Rubia, Ricardo Brunoro e Rodrigo Leite. Segue a gente, a gente é legal!  

O livro A Noiva Fantasma é diferente de tudo o que você já leu. Escrito por Yangsze Choo e publicado no Brasil pela DarkSide Books com tradução de Leandro Durazzo, o livro conta a história de Li Lan, uma jovem que vive em 1893 e recebe a proposta de se casar: mas com um morto. A aventura fantasiosa e muito bem escrita apresenta vários cenários e traz aspectos culturais de uma parte do oriente, especialmente a Malaia e algumas partes da China. Só por isso já vale a pena a leitura, afinal ler é viajar sem sair de casa. Para te contar mais sobre o livro A Noiva Fantasma que também virou série pela Netflix, Amanda Barreiro conversa com Paulo Vinicius. Bom episódio! Assista ao trailer de A Noiva Fantasma (Netflix) https://youtu.be/6JmSzYKfJ2o Mais um beijo pra gente! Quer receber um beijo nosso no próximo quadro "Momento do beijo"? É só nos deixar um salve em qualquer rede social ou um comentário no post. Estamos loucas para te beijar! ;) Ficha técnica Apresentação: Amanda Barreiro e Paulo Vinicius Pauta: Amanda Barreiro Produção: Domenica Mendes Assistente: Leonardo Tremeschin Edição: Ace Barros Agradecimentos Especiais Esse episódio foi produzido graças a Airechu, Aline Bergamo, Allan Felipe Fenelon, Amauri Silva, Caio Amaro, Camila Vieira, Carol Vidal, Carolina Soares Mendes, Clecius Alexandre Duran, Daiane Silva Souza, Guilherme De Biasi, Igor Bajo, Janaína Fontes Vieira, Lucas Domingos, Lu Bento, Luiz Henrique Soares, Marina Jardim, Marina Kondratovich, Moacir de Souza Filho, Nilda, Priscilla Rubia, Ricardo Brunoro e Rodrigo Leite. Segue a gente, a gente é legal!  

Today, I've invited friend and author, Desiree M. Niccoli to do a buddy read with me. We discuss the book, “The Ghost Bride,” by Yangsze Choo, compare the novel to the Netflix adaptation, and share our favorite sexy smooch moments of the book. If you want to read “The Ghost Bride” after all of our squeeing, you can order your copy using my bookshop.org link to support the show, as well as independent bookstores nationwide. That's at bookshop.org/shop/sheworeblack. I also want to add that you can help out the show by following She Wore Black on Twitter and Instagram, and leaving us a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for joining us today. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sheworeblack/message

It's another new release, y'all! This week, Abigail got to sit down with Caitlin Barasch, debut author of A NOVEL OBSESSION. Together, they break down bookselling, the problem with Saturdays, the strange joy of empathizing with an unlikable heroine, and the Pandemic Writer's Life. Enjoy!A NOVEL OBSESSION by CAITLIN BARASCH: https://bit.ly/3Ja8cbnCAITLIN'S TWITTER: twitter.com/CaitlinBaraschCAITLIN'S INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/soembarasched/THE NIGHT TIGER by YANGSZE CHOO: https://bit.ly/3tXS3zjABIGAIL'S PATREON: patreon.com/worksbyabigailKOT'S MERCH STORE: https://rdbl.co/2Vg6ZeACITIZENS OF THIRST DISCORD SERVER: https://bit.ly/30NsP8PTWITTER, FACEBOOK, & INSTAGRAM: @kingdomthirstKoT'S BOOKSHOP: bookshop.org/shop/kingdomthirstEMAIL: kingdomofthirst@gmail.comPO Box 460816San Francisco CA, United States94146-0816Kingdom of Thirst is a member of the Frolic Podcast Network! Find all our episodes and tons of new podcasts to enjoy at frolic.media/podcasts.

Some great staff favorites this month! Amy our Children's Librarian talks about the Libba Bray YA novel, The Diviners (2012) and if you haven't discovered it yet...the ever popular YA Jackie Faber series. Yay for pirates! Yay for pirates who identify as a girl! It's Liz's first time on the podcast. She's our new Community Engagement Librarian and plans adult programs and is our marketing and social media specialist. Liz is chatting about two books that were on our monthly book discussion list, Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate (2017), a novel based on the real life story of Georgia Tann, director of an adoption organization, kidnapped and sold children to the highest bidder; and The Night Tiger  by Yangsze Choo (2019) is a coming of age novel set in 1930s Malaysia and has an ending which surprised Liz.

Come one, come all! We've got a Part 2 for you, doll ;)  Yes, so this week, we're wrapping up our conversation on the paranormal, riveting, and honestly hilarious, Ghost Bride!! Gather your hopefully not expired Halloween candy as your favorite honey bunches, Ako and Marci, discuss annoying puppet servants, fine ass Er Lang, and how to properly infiltrate someone's dream.   Intro/Icebreaker Question: 00:07 - 10:11 Plot Summary: 10:26 - 1:00:26 Discussion: 1:00:36 - 1:30:44 Wanna stay afloat on all our latest episodes? You can find the links to our Twitter (@TheColoredPages), Instagram (@TheseColoredPages), Website (thesecoloredpages.com), and Reading List here: https://linktr.ee/thecoloredpages . You can also reach us directly by emailing us at thesecoloredpages@gmail.com . Come say hi!!

Hello colorful cast of characters! Welcome back to CPBC, that bi-weekly bookclub masquerading as a podcast. This month we're reading something spooky , a ghost story full of corruption, love and mystery. So join Ako and Marci as they follow Li Lan on her journey to avoid a terrible marriage and hopefully return to her body in Yangsze Choo's haunted historical fiction “The Ghost Bride” Intro/Question: 00:00:06 - 00:14:19 Summary: 00:14:39 - 00:59:17 Discussion: 00:59:31 -1:24:49 Warning there is brief mention of suicide in this novel: 22:40 -23:39 and 45:55 - 46:06   Interested in why Noemí's knows so much about ghost? Check out our other spooky ghost episode “Mexican Gothic” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia here ! Wanna stay afloat on all our latest episodes? You can find the links to our Twitter (@TheColoredPages), Instagram (@TheseColoredPages), Website (thesecoloredpages.com), and Reading List here: https://linktr.ee/thecoloredpages (the linktree will be updated soon, promise!). You can also reach us directly by emailing us at thesecoloredpages@gmail.com . Come say hi!!

This week, Lindsay and Halle do whatever they feel like they wanna do gosh and revisit the 2004 cultural phenomenon Napoleon Dynamite. Between tons of iconic quotes ("Your mom goes to college"), ligers, a broken coccyx, and Canned Heat by Jamiroquai, there's a lot to obsess over. Plus, stay for the end of the episode where Lindsay and Halle share their current obsessions: Godzilla vs. Kong (Lindsay) and The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (Halle). - Follow us on Instagram here. - Stream Napoleon Dynamite on Hulu here. - Watch the iconic dance scene here. - Check out more fun facts here. - Buy a Vote for Pedro t-shirt (for some reason) here. - Stream Godzilla vs. Kong here. - Read up on The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo here and buy it here.

The second episode of our 2020 two-part special, and our festive holiday gift to you. Amy, Abbie, and Jess talk about how their reading habits changed during the pandemic and which books and audiobooks saved the day. We also hear from authors Jenny Eclair, Bali Rai, and Sally Gardner about their comfort reads. Tayari Jones, Yangsze Choo, Georgette Heyer, Jane Austen, Sue Townsend, L.M. Montgomery, Marian Keyes, Roald Dahl, Gabriel García Márquez, Maggie O'Farrell, P.G. Wodehouse, Kiley Reid—all get a look-in as writers that have brought us comfort and cheer. There's also a literary game with absolutely no prizes but lots of jingly bells.

Maggie and Harmony tackle The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo this week. They explore the contrast between Eastern and Western literature and colonization through a westernized perspective of masculinity and femininity. What we're reading: Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780316592635 Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781442490024 Action resources: Stop forced marriages https://iwhc.org/priorities/end-early-forced-marriage/ https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/02/opinions/fighting-forced-marriage/index.html https://preventforcedmarriage.org/about-us/ Justice for Breonna Taylor https://www.instagram.com/p/CFhfh4chNjo/?hl=en https://www.standwithbre.com/ https://action.justiceforbreonna.org/sign/BreonnaWasEssential/ Prevent Trump from appointing a conservative Supreme Court Justice https://www.usa.gov/confirm-voter-registration My name is....... I am calling because there is now a vacancy on the Supreme Court due to the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. McConnell set the precedent. Now the Senate should follow it. No vote on a Supreme Court nominee just before or after an election until the President is seated on January 20, 2021. Susan Collins. Maine 202-224-2523 Joni Ernst 202-224-3254 Iowa Thom Tillis 202-224-6342 North Carolina Cory Gardner Colorado 202-224-5941 Steve Daines Montana 202-224-2651 Martha McSally Arizona 202-224-2235 Kelly Loeffler Georgia 202-224-3643 David Perdue Georgia 202-224-3521 MITT ROMNEY...THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE TO CALL 202-224-5251 Utah Lindsey Graham (who is chair of senate judiciary cmte) 202-224-5972 South Carolina Lisa Murkowsi 202-224-6665 Alaska Support the Quileute people's and help them move to higher ground https://mthg.org/ Are you feeling overwhelmed about racial inequality in the U.S.? We are too! Here's some resources we've found useful. If you have any additional resources you'd like to share feel free to email us at Rebelgirlsbookclub@gmail.com. https://bit.ly/2BlrFIv To follow our episode schedule go here https://medium.com/rebel-girls-book-club/read-along-with-the-show-bde1d80a8108 Follow our social media pages at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rgbcpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rgbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rgbc/support

We discuss the book, The Night Tiger, by Yangsze Choo. Join us at the table! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laura-archambault/message

In this episode Janine chats to Victorian author Lisa Ireland about writing thrillers and women's fiction. Tim looks at Lilli Wilkinson's After the Lights Go Out a topical thriller for teens in a world gone topsy turvey, Jen reviews Julian Fellow's Belgravia a historical story from the creator of Downton Abbey, Sam explores Yangsze Choo's thought provoking The Night Tiger and Kim and I look at two very different musical biographies – Not Your Kind Of Girl by Claire Bowditch and Elton John's Me. Finally we have a chat with Malcolm from our Cardinia Mobile Library. Join us as he shares his experiences of taking the library on the road.

We're back with our first book club episode! This episode contains book spoilers. Discussion begins at 12:37. This week we're talking about 'The Night Tiger' by Yangsze Choo, a novel set against the backdrop of colonial Malaya with murder, mystery, were-tigers, and a romance that none of us were rooting for! But before we get into it, we catch up on what we've been playing and thinking about. Playing: Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator Animal Crossing: New Horizons Star Wars Battlefront II Katamari Forever Reading, Watching & Thinking About: Star Wars Clone Wars, Dooku: Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott & prequel era Assassin's Creed: Odyssey & women protagonists in gaming Sister Act & combating anxiety with nostalgia Find us on Twitter: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

It's our very first episode! And what better way to kick things off than by talking about how we got into gaming in the first place? Before we dive in, we check in on what we're reading, watching, and thinking about, and Doug officially breaks the f-bomb barrier. Reading: The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo (our Ep. 2 Book Club book) Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe Spider-Man Unlimited (comics) by Eric Stephenson How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir by Saeed Jones Trixie & Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood by Trixie Mattel & Katya Watching & Thinking About: Drag Race & Dragula and representation in reality competitions like Survivor and Big Brother The #FreeBritney movement Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi and conscientious eating Find us on Twitter: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

Welcome to Shroom Land. This week we'll be covering Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo, a very fun and interesting young adult novel that was also recently adapted into a short series on Netflix. We discuss being stalked by a ghost, the peculiar structure of the afterlife, and the struggles being a teenager in love with a boy you've interacted with once. Don't miss out on this fun, and not at all horrifying experience. Give it a listen. EXPLICIT content. Listen at your own risk. This gets a little horrifying and pretty weird. It's exactly what you're looking for with our podcast. If you're into it, please subscribe and give us five stars. We really do appreciate it! And if you want more content from us, you can follow our social media handles below or shoot us an email with some recommendations for content you think we should go over! Insta- @shroomlandpodcast Twitter- @shroomlandpod Email- shroomlandpodcast@gmail.com Thanks to Kevin MacLeod for our episode music: Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Act Two by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4472-tenebrous-brothers-carnival---act-two License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shroom-land/message

Mentioned in this episode: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

In this episode I chat with Yangsze Choo, a New York Times bestselling author and self-professed foodie. We talk about school lunches and procrastination, the best movies about food, her NPR addiction, and more. Find out why Yangsze loves food and cooking - and why you might learn to love them even more, too. Yangsze’s website is https://yschoo.com/ and she’s on Twitter at https://twitter.com/yangszechoo  Watch the Ghost Bride on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80241234  Yangsze's favorite nonprofits: Direct Relief Doctors Without Borders International Rescue Committee Partners In Health The Snow Leopard Trust Additional editing by Mindjam Media http://www.mindjammedia.com/  We’re on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/lovewhatyoulovepod  Hang out with me at https://instagram.com/lovewhatyoulovepod or https://twitter.com/whatyoulovepod  Check out my books at https://juliekrose.com  LWYL Music: Inspiring Hope by Pink-Sounds https://audiojungle.net/user/pink-sounds

Yangsze Choo is the author of two amazing novels: The Night Tiger (a Reese Witherspoon book club pick) and The Ghost Bride (a new Netflix series), and this week she joins us to chat about procrastination, the quick fix versus the long work of writing, and how to write when the kids are home for summer vacation. This episode was recorded before the Coronavirus became part of our everyday lives, which means much of what we talk about feels like it happens in another world, but Yangsze is such a calming, gentle voice. I know you'll enjoy hearing from her.

If you're only here for our in-depth, main game discussion, then skip the first two hours of the show. If you want to know a little about a lot of game related things, then tuck in at the beginning and enjoy the ride. ANSWERS: 00:07:01 -- Book List 00:14:10 -- Bingo Begins 00:19:52 -- The Q&A Session Starts Here 00:26:01 -- Fatigued? 00:33:57 -- Will We Attend Any Conventions? 00:41:55 -- To Deluxify or Not to Deluxify? 00:44:26 -- Taking Tricks 00:48:32 -- Of Trains and Wars 00:52:29 -- Feedback in Games 01:04:28 -- Pax Alluring. 01:33:29 -- The Greatness 01:39:09 -- Terra Mystica: Merchants of the Seas (first take) 01:49:47 -- Port Charlotte 10-yo Heavily Peated 01:57:20 -- Music (The Flower Kings, Tame Impala, Spanish Love Songs, The Jayhawks) 02:07:41 -- Flotilla (in-depth) 02:42:44 -- The Night Tiger, by Yangsze Choo

Marry a ghost and then sensuously eat a lot of kimchi, because this week on the podcast Evie is discussing two dramas! Catch some serious food envy with the 2015 kdrama foodie romance LET'S EAT 2, starring Yoon Doo-joon and Seo Hyun-jin, a story about a man who likes both his pretty neighbour and his food, quite a lot. And then on her brand new podcast segment called — Hang On A Minute! That Isn't Even Korean! This Is An Outrage!— Evie is discussing the 2020 historical fantasy Chinese drama THE GHOST BRIDE, based on the fantastic book by Yangsze Choo! Visit Evie's Patreon to support the show and for extra episodes: www.patreon.com/EvieKoreanDramaPodcast

Shawn and Maile share the story of how they met, and how during that time they read Annie Dillard's The Writing Life. They discuss the importance of being willing to edit out even the parts of our writing we love, when necessary. What role does trust play in working with an editor? And, finally, writing can put us in situations that make us feel like we're being pulled away, but in the end it's the work of writing that brings us home. Books mentioned: The Writing Life by Annie Dillard The Day the Angels Fell by Shawn Smucker The Edge of Over There by Shawn Smucker On Writing by Stephen King Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

Maggie and Harmony continue their post-apocalyptic journey through the Xenogenesis series by Octavia Butler with Adulthood Rites. In this novel, we meet Akin an inquisitive human and Oankali hybrid. Maggie and Harmony discuss the story's take on gender and masculinity, human aversion to difference, human's cultural concept of individuality, and access to true intimacy. Check out the promo for Some Kind of Brown in this episode. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/some-kind-of-brown-podcast/id1431744270 What we're reading: The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34050917-the-girl-in-the-tower The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16248223-the-ghost-bride The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/41812813-the-daughters-of-temperance-hobbs To follow our episode schedule go here https://medium.com/rebel-girls-book-club/read-along-with-the-show-bde1d80a8108 Follow our social media pages at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rgbc/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-rebel-girls and Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/RGBC/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/RGBC/support

Maggie and Harmony unveil a new series of episodes looking at content from a feminist lens over the last century. They start the series off at 1920, with the first chapter of Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. In this episode, our hosts explore masculine ideals for women and heterosexual relationships among the 19th century's New York elite. They also grapple with the age-old question of whether Wharton was a feminist. Tune in for Newland Archer's F**k boiery and ageism What we're reading: A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe, Cynthia Sundberg Wall https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46730.A_Journal_of_the_Plague_Year Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32075662-our-dark-duet T The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45101.The_Mad_Ship The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16248223-the-ghost-bride The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/41812813-the-daughters-of-temperance-hobbs Check out the promo in our episode: https://thedarkroastpod.podbean.com/ To follow our episode schedule go here https://medium.com/rebel-girls-book-club/read-along-with-the-show-bde1d80a8108 Follow our social media pages at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rgbcpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-rebel-girls and Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/RGBC/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/RGBC/support

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In this episode, Maggie and Harmony read chapters 16 to 30 of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. They tackle the concepts of material goods as a symbol for morality, grieving as a child, marital power dynamics, and the nature of consent in a society where women aren't allowed to voice their wants. In this episode: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/56706/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-little-women Check out the podcast featured in this episode: https://www.romancepod.com/ What we're reading: The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa https://www.goodreads.com/it/book/show/38905012-the-memory-police Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14201.Jonathan_Strange_Mr_Norrell The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16248223-the-ghost-bride Follow our social media pages at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rgbcpod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-rebel-girls and Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/RGBC/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/RGBC/support

Ever wanted to marry a ghost? Then boy do we have a book for you! Spooktober continues with Yangsze Choo's debut novel about a young woman in late 19th-century Malaya who winds up promised to a spectral groom.It's a fun book that is almost overflowing with hallmarks of different genres. Coming-of-age concerns, supernatural fantasy, historical fiction, romance: it's got a lot going on! But the heart of it all is Li Lan's entertaining exploration of the afterlife, its characters, and its bureaucracies.

Ever wanted to marry a ghost? Then boy do we have a book for you! Spooktober continues with Yangsze Choo's debut novel about a young woman in late 19th-century Malaya who winds up promised to a spectral groom.It's a fun book that is almost overflowing with hallmarks of different genres. Coming-of-age concerns, supernatural fantasy, historical fiction, romance: it's got a lot going on! But the heart of it all is Li Lan's entertaining exploration of the afterlife, its characters, and its bureaucracies.

We got to skype with the charming Yangsze Choo on her latest novel The Night Tiger. She answered all our questions including enlightening us on genre selection, her morbid fasciation with ghosts and, mirror worlds...

Meet Maggie and Harmony, two nerdy girls trying to push their feminist literary agendas. In this episode: "The Personal is Political" by Carol Hanisch http://www.carolhanisch.org/CHwritings/PIP.html Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33375622-her-body-and-other-parties The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by Esmé Weijun Wang https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40121993 The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39863482-the-night-tiger Follow our social media pages at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rgbcpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-rebel-girls and Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/RGBC/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/RGBC/support

A captivating, evocative and  magical story set in 1930s Malaysia about a dancehall girl and an orphan boy who are brought together by a series of unexplained deaths and an old Chinese superstition about men who turn into tigers. A story set in colonial Malaya offering a stunning look on history, chinese superstition and culture, New York Times best selling author Yangsze Choo explains why she decided to write ‘The Night Tiger’, a story based on an old superstition of weretigers. She also shares her inspirations behind her previous book ‘The Ghost Bride’, a New York Times bestseller.

Yangsze Choo discusses how she wrote her second book, The Night Tiger after the success of her first novel, The Ghost Bride. What did it take to get back into writing and how different was the publishing process the second time around? She'll share how to navigate book auctions, connecting with book sellers and working with her agent, Jenny Bent to edit and prepare her work for publishing. The Night Tiger debuts February 19th but can be pre-ordered now. Yangsze Choo can be found at www.yschoo.com

Sharifah and guests Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara of the Reading Glasses podcast discuss SFF Chia pets, the series adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, and recommend books about dead people. This episode is sponsored by Legendary by Stephanie Garber and Grim Lovelies by Megan Shepherd. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.   News: The Haunting of Hill House Netflix adaptation Stranger Things, Ghostbusters, and Predator Chia Pets are headed our way   Books Discussed: Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson (YA urban fantasy) The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (literary fantasy) Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Zone One by Colson Whitehead Sabriel by Garth Nix

On this episode we discuss the Books & Boba Book Club pick for October 2017, The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo, a ghost story taking place in 1890's Malaysia. Reera marvels at the beautifully described settings while Marvin is drawn into the mysteries at the heart of the story. Join them as they discuss Choo's portrayal of the Chinese afterlife and the ghosts and deities that operate there. For additional thoughts and discussion on the monthly pick, visit the Books & Boba Goodreads forums. This Month's Book Club Panelists: Reera Yoo (@reeraboo) Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh) Follow us: Facebook Twitter Goodreads Group The Books & Boba November 2017 pick is Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective

Crystal-Lee Quibell speaks with author, Yangsze Choo on how her debut novel, The Ghost Bride, became a NYT best seller. Malaysian author Yangsze Choo’s 2013 debut novel, The Ghost Bride, was Oprah.com’s Book of the Week and a New York Times bestseller. Set in 1890s colonial Malaya and the elaborate Chinese afterlife, with its ghost cities and burned paper offerings, it’s about a young Chinese woman who receives a marriage proposal from a dead man. After graduating from Harvard University, she worked in various corporate jobs and carried a briefcase before writing her first novel. Yangsze eats and reads too much and can often be found doing both on her blog. Crystal-Lee Quibell is the host of Literary Speaking, a weekly podcast dedicated to helping writers learn from best-selling authors, literary agents, and publishers. Founder of The Magical Writers Group, a private teaching forum for writers specifically focused on memoir. She is a champion for the written word, student of publishing and an obsessive book collector with a serious case of wanderlust. A self-described mermaid and witchy woman for life, she believes that life is better with books, chocolate, and the occasional cheese board. Her upcoming essay is to be featured in the forthcoming book, The Magic Of Memoir: Inspiration for the Writer's Journey. 

Malaya, 1893. Pan Li Lan, a beautiful eighteen-year-old, has watched her Chinese merchant family decline since the death of her mother from smallpox during Li Lan’s early childhood. Her father lives in isolation and smokes too much opium: bad for business, as anyone can see from the decaying surroundings of their Malacca estate. Li Lan knows that her prospects of finding a husband are poor. Still, she does not expect her father to offer a dead man as bridegroom–even one whose family promises to keep her in luxury for the rest of her life. When Li Lan’s would-be husband begins to haunt her dreams–and she falls for his cousin in reality–her desperation to escape leads her on a journey through the Chinese afterlife, searching for the key that will free her from a marriage she dreads. But she slowly realizes that to succeed, she must uncover the secrets of her past … and her prospective groom’s. The Ghost Bride (HarperCollins, 2013) opens a window on a fascinating and little-known world in which a spunky young woman tests the boundaries of her traditional middle-class existence in pursuit of a better future. Yangsze Choo brings Li Lan and her family to vivid life, then spins them off into a mirror society with rules eerily familiar yet utterly strange. It’s a journey well worth taking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Malaya, 1893. Pan Li Lan, a beautiful eighteen-year-old, has watched her Chinese merchant family decline since the death of her mother from smallpox during Li Lan’s early childhood. Her father lives in isolation and smokes too much opium: bad for business, as anyone can see from the decaying surroundings of their Malacca estate. Li Lan knows that her prospects of finding a husband are poor. Still, she does not expect her father to offer a dead man as bridegroom–even one whose family promises to keep her in luxury for the rest of her life. When Li Lan’s would-be husband begins to haunt her dreams–and she falls for his cousin in reality–her desperation to escape leads her on a journey through the Chinese afterlife, searching for the key that will free her from a marriage she dreads. But she slowly realizes that to succeed, she must uncover the secrets of her past … and her prospective groom’s. The Ghost Bride (HarperCollins, 2013) opens a window on a fascinating and little-known world in which a spunky young woman tests the boundaries of her traditional middle-class existence in pursuit of a better future. Yangsze Choo brings Li Lan and her family to vivid life, then spins them off into a mirror society with rules eerily familiar yet utterly strange. It’s a journey well worth taking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Debut novelist, Yangsze Choo turns her pen to the rare yet fascinating custom among Malaysian Chinese of spirit marriages, where the living are married to the dead to placate a restless ghost. We travel to the late nineteenth-¬century Malaya through the eyes of the highly relatable Li Lan, a poor but spunky young woman, who is approached by the wealthy family of a dead man to become his bride. Is coffee necessary to keep us healthy? New research indicates that a cup of java may relieve dry eyes, reduce the symptoms of Parkinson's, and protect against certain cancers. In Health Matters, Heather Brittany grinds some beans to give us the perks of drinking the joe. Health care benefits are expanding through President Obama's Affordable Care Act. This month every state will have a health insurance marketplace where consumers can shop for coverage. AARP magazine provided an inside look at the possibilities, which Cynthia Brian recaps in this segment.