597 books
—
1,493 voters
to-read
(527)
currently-reading (1)
read (1385)
work-to-read (105)
sinophone-literature (69)
to-recommend (64)
currently-reading (1)
read (1385)
work-to-read (105)
sinophone-literature (69)
to-recommend (64)
post-mao
(21)
taiwan-fiction (19)
christmas-gifts (16)
hong-kong-fiction (16)
colonial-and-postcolonial-fiction (14)
chinese-science-fiction (13)
taiwan-fiction (19)
christmas-gifts (16)
hong-kong-fiction (16)
colonial-and-postcolonial-fiction (14)
chinese-science-fiction (13)
“Their mother, Lady Mary, had been born the youngest daughter of the Early of Elmsley but had defied the conventions of the ton by marrying a freedman of Senegalese birth whom she had met through her work with the abolition. And whereas in the enlightened twenty-first century the marriage of a British aristocrat to a Person of Colour is a wholly unremarkable thing that results in no hostility whatsoever, in the bad old days of the 1800s it caused quite the scandal.
Isn't it wonderful to know how far your species has come?”
― Confounding Oaths
Isn't it wonderful to know how far your species has come?”
― Confounding Oaths
“OH? I don't need to dwell on the details? What, is this not an 'integral part of the historical record' or whatever such nonsense you like to natter about? YOU'RE blushing? How do you think I felt being stared at by the glass eyes of a dozen long-dead creatures and surrounded by stone pen*ses all day?”
― The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
― The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
“It is better for children to love their parents than to be afraid of them,' she said. 'You see, if they're afraid and they do something wrong, they don't come out with it. It just piles up in side them and goes on getting worse.”
― The Alington Inheritance
― The Alington Inheritance
“Nutty people don't rat on you. Nice, friendly, ordinary next-door neighbor types--they would rat on you and think nothing of it.”
― The Curse of the Blue Figurine
― The Curse of the Blue Figurine
“To fuss is human; to rant, divine!”
― The Curse of the Blue Figurine
― The Curse of the Blue Figurine
Books & Boba
— 2747 members
— last activity Dec 20, 2025 09:22AM
This is a book club dedicated to books written by Asian and Asian American authors. We cover a wide range of genres including contemporary, historical ...more
Clara’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Clara’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Clara
Lists liked by Clara




























































