This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast CollectiveĪfter 6 and a half years, Books & Boba has started a Patreon! Our little podcast has been a wonderful labor of love and we’ve been proud of the book discussions and author chats that we’ve been able to bring to you all, but we want to do more! We’ve got big dreams for Books & Boba and so we’re asking our community for support. The Books & Boba May 2022 pick is Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo *Support the podcast by purchasing books at our bookshop *

We discuss the book's themes of diaspora and reclaiming culture, as well as dive into how heisty this heist book turned out to be. Li, a story about 5 Chinese American college students who form a heist crew to steal back stolen Chinese art from western museums. And the past she thought she’d left behind? It’s been following her more closely than she ever could have imagined.Ī gripping page-turner, as well as a sensitive exploration of mental health, Liar, Dreamer, Thief is an intimate portrayal of life in all its complexities-and the dangers inherent in unveiling people’s most closely guarded secrets.On this episode, we discuss our May 2022 pick is Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Horrified, Katrina combs through the clues she’s collected about Kurt over the last three years, but each revelation uncovers a menacing truth: for every moment she was watching him, he was watching her. Before he jumps, he slams her with a devastating accusation: his death is all her fault. Driven by compulsion, she enacts the most powerful ritual she has to reclaim control-a midnight visit to the Cayatoga Bridge-and arrives just in time to witness Kurt’s suicide. Her obsession with her co-worker, Kurt, is just one of many coping mechanisms-like her constant shape and number rituals, or the way scenes from her favorite children’s book bleed into her vision whenever she feels anxious or stressed.īut when Katrina finds a cryptic message from Kurt that implies he’s aware of her surveillance, her tenuous hold on a normal life crumbles. Katrina Kim may be broke, the black sheep of her family, and slightly unhinged, but she isn’t a stalker.

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