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Alice’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Alice’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Alice Poon
Goodreads Author
Born
in Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Influences
Jin Yong, Emile Zola, Leo Tolstoy, Victor Hugo, Oscar Wilde
Member Since
February 2014
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/alice_poon
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The Green Phoenix: A Novel of Empress Xiaozhuang, the Woman Who Re-Made Asia
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2017
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3 editions
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Tales of Ming Courtesans
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2020
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4 editions
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The Heavenly Sword (Sword Maiden from the Moon, #1)
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2023
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3 editions
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Land And The Ruling Class In Hong Kong
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2005
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8 editions
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The Earthly Blaze (Sword Maiden from the Moon, #2)
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2024
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3 editions
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Fated and Fateless
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2014
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2 editions
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My Talk on the China History Podcast
On April 9, 2024, the release date of my latest wuxia-myth novel The Earthly Blaze, I had the privilege of chatting on the China History Podcast with the host, Laszlo Montgomery, on my favorite subject of Jin Yong (the wuxia fiction icon) and the Wuxia Genre. The talk covers Jin Yong's life, his works, their impact on popular culture, the history and evolvement of the wuxia genre, and other intere
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The novel is marketed as fantasy, but in fact the fantasy element is minimal. A more accurate description would be alternative history fiction with a dash of sapphic romance. The history of Zhu Yuanzhang's legendary rise from peasant status to become ...more |
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"Zetian is entering her villainess era, and I'm here for it. I'm betting my money that she ends up alienating and then controlling the groups she wants to save, and the best part will be watching the slow descent into madness and the reckoning that wi"
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This was a reread for me after several decades! The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber is Book 3 in the Condor Heroes Trilogy. Currently, no official English translation exists as yet, although it may be on the publishing agenda of MacLehose Press. While ...more |
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“Light as feathers, as fleeting as Zephyr, one moment they breathed pink, the next they faded. Cherry blossoms were as much an inspiration for beautiful verse as they were a reminder of life's fickleness, she thought.”
― The Green Phoenix: A Novel of Empress Xiaozhuang, the Woman Who Re-Made Asia
― The Green Phoenix: A Novel of Empress Xiaozhuang, the Woman Who Re-Made Asia
“Look at the flowing water. Water is humble. It always heads to a low point. Water is soft, formless and flexible. It slides meekly and wittily around rocks, and it nurtures the plants on the sides. That way, it is content and it sings. If you are humble, wise and nurturing like water, you will not feel shame. You will have peace.”
― Tales of Ming Courtesans
― Tales of Ming Courtesans
“Happiness is like a slippery eel. It is hard enough to catch and even harder to hold onto.”
― Tales of Ming Courtesans
― Tales of Ming Courtesans
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| Book Haven: Novel Set in Colonial Hong Kong in the Recent Past | 3 | 7 | May 31, 2014 04:01PM | |
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“Time rushes forward and never back, oblivious of human joy or pain. We cannot but be driven by the tide of life.”
― Tales of Ming Courtesans
― Tales of Ming Courtesans
“Happiness is like a slippery eel. It is hard enough to catch and even harder to hold onto.”
― Tales of Ming Courtesans
― Tales of Ming Courtesans
“Look at the flowing water. Water is humble. It always heads to a low point. Water is soft, formless and flexible. It slides meekly and wittily around rocks, and it nurtures the plants on the sides. That way, it is content and it sings. If you are humble, wise and nurturing like water, you will not feel shame. You will have peace.”
― Tales of Ming Courtesans
― Tales of Ming Courtesans
“At places where protruding rocks blocked its flow, the river hissed, eddying in ripples and foams, and then wrested its way forward with renewed rigor. For a while Bumbutai stood still, enchanted by the struggling brook, her spirits lifted and were imbued with a refreshing sense of hope. Mother Earth's healing hand could always do wonders to a world-wearied soul.”
― The Green Phoenix: A Novel of Empress Xiaozhuang, the Woman Who Re-Made Asia
― The Green Phoenix: A Novel of Empress Xiaozhuang, the Woman Who Re-Made Asia
“Light as feathers, as fleeting as Zephyr, one moment they breathed pink, the next they faded. Cherry blossoms were as much an inspiration for beautiful verse as they were a reminder of life's fickleness, she thought.”
― The Green Phoenix: A Novel of Empress Xiaozhuang, the Woman Who Re-Made Asia
― The Green Phoenix: A Novel of Empress Xiaozhuang, the Woman Who Re-Made Asia
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Hi Alice Poon! Thank you for your friendship and acceptance. Looking forward to exchanging thoughts and having discussions together in the future. :)
Mizuki wrote: "Thanks for liking my review."You're welcome! It sounds like an interesting book.
" ... Firstly, we must widen our common literary world to include many more voices from beyond our comfort zones of the elite first world cultures. We must search more energetically to discover the gems from what remain today unknown literary cultures, whether the writers live in far away countries or within our own communities. Second: we must take great care not to set too narrowly or conservatively our definitions of what constitutes good literature. The next generation will come with all sorts of new, sometimes bewildering ways to tell important and wonderful stories. We must keep our minds open to them, especially regarding genre and form, so that we can nurture and celebrate the best of them. In a time of dangerously increasing division, we must listen. Good writing and good reading will break down barriers. We may even find a new idea, a great humane vision, around which to rally."-Kazuo Ishiguro, 2017 Nobel Prize Winner for Literature
Hello Luis! Thanks for your friendship. I look forward to connecting and chatting about books with you.
Virginia, I hope you know how much I appreciate your support all along. Your friendship means a lot to me. I hope you'll like the new novel :)
Hi AnnLoretta! What a pleasant surprise! So nice to see you here :) I can't thank you enough for your unrelenting support!
Thank you for accepting Erwin. Will see you around on Goodreads.
Hi Alice, thank you for your friend invite. Looking forward to more book discussions together in the future.
