Review: The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

“…I have seen enough death and violence to know that there’s only one way we can talk about wars: honestly. Only through honesty can we learn about the truth.” (The Mountains Sing, pg 79) In a time of social-distancing and anxiety, many of us are turning to fiction for transportive experiences and authentic human stories. …

How I Track My Reading

(and why I don’t use Goodreads) For the organized or data-oriented reader, it can be an overwhelming challenge to develop a single, optimal system for tracking reading. While many people simply rely on memory to remember what they have read, others create systems to remember what we read, how we read, and how we felt …