I recently read Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto, and it was a total delight — set in San Francisco and all about found family. The tea-shop-owning self-proclaimed detective protagonist is based on the author's parents, and although Sutanto wrote that she always worries about playing into Asian stereotypes, she instills such dignity into Vera Wong that I found it utterly charming.
I had a whole section about civic pride.
Mayor ,'Chosen'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Pix - Aug 16, 2025 8:33:43 am PDT #28390 of 28392
The status is NOT quo.
JenP - Aug 16, 2025 9:13:06 am PDT #28391 of 28392
Ooh, that sounds intriguing.
bennett - Aug 16, 2025 9:36:37 am PDT #28392 of 28392
I had a long waitlist for "A Drop of Corruption" on Libby, but I'm finally reading it. Enjoying the setting and the returning characters. I'm not far enough into the mystery to have any idea what's going on.