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Currently reading Christine Ha’s Recipes from My Home Kitchen

October 8, 2013July 25, 2014 Catch Star Girl

The winner of Gordon Ramsay’s reality show featuring amateur chefs earns the title of Masterchef, walks away a quarter million

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Asians winning beauty pageants

September 17, 2013July 25, 2014 Catch Star Girl

“I wouldn’t normally write/talk about beauty pageants …” oh, wait, I just might. But that’s how both the morning radio

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Reading Asian American Literature 唐人寫書 

Currently reading Cara Chow’s Bitter Melon

August 21, 2013July 25, 2014 Catch Star Girl

A few weeks ago, from an Asian American Literature Fans Livejournal post, I learned about Cara Chow’s Bitter Melon. I started reading the

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Reading Asian American Literature 唐人寫書 

Currently reading Pauline A. Chen’s The Red Chamber

August 16, 2013July 25, 2014 Catch Star Girl

I learned about Pauline A. Chen’s The Red Chamber in an Asian American Literature Fans Megareview earlier this year. I didn’t really

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Reading Asian American Literature 唐人寫書 

Currently reading Brandon W Jones’ All Woman and Springtime

August 15, 2013July 25, 2014 Catch Star Girl

So… I was at Costco and had time to kill while others were looking at clothing. I haven’t bought books

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Reading Asian American Literature 唐人寫書 

Currently reading Kim Wong-Keltner’s Tiger Babies Strike Back

July 10, 2013July 25, 2014 Catch Star Girl

Has it really been two and a half years since that nice and controversial WSJ article “Why Chinese Mothers are

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Reading Asian American Literature 唐人寫書 

Currently reading Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians

June 19, 2013July 25, 2014 Catch Star Girl

I first heard about Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians when Lynn Chen broke the news that she was reading for

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Reading Asian American Literature 唐人寫書 

Laundry list of books to read

April 17, 2013July 25, 2014 Catch Star Girl

Books are popping up on my radar and even if I had time, I couldn’t quite keep up. This is

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Reading Asian American Literature 唐人寫書 

Currently reading: Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84

April 1, 2013July 25, 2014 Catch Star Girl

I first spotted Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84 near the cashier at Coles in Commerce Court concourse (Toronto) and made the natural association

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Reading Asian American Literature 唐人寫書 

Currently reading: Camy Tang’s Only Uni

February 27, 2013July 25, 2014 Catch Star Girl

For a novel that is generally considered light reading, it took me a while to finish Camy Tang’s Only Uni,

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