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Book Review: Made in Taiwan — A Love Letter Written Through Food

Books & Us EditorDecember 27, 2025

A powerful, beautifully written exploration of food and identity. Essential reading for anyone who believes culture lives on the plate.

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Book Review: Rental Person Who Does Nothing — A Book About Presence

Books & Us EditorDecember 22, 2025

A tender, philosophical, and unexpectedly moving book about presence, loneliness, and the quiet power of simply being there.

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Book Review: Crying in H Mart — A Memoir That Begins With Hunger and Ends With Belonging

Books & Us EditorDecember 22, 2025

A beautiful, devastating, and profoundly human memoir that deserves its place among the most important books of recent years.

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Book Review: We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

Books & Us EditorOctober 31, 2025

We Were Dreamers goes beyond memoir. It becomes manifesto—of migration, of ambition, of choosing yourself when the world expects something else.

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Book Review: Abroad in Japan – Travel Writing At Its Best

Books & Us EditorSeptember 27, 2025

This is travel writing at its best: personal, honest, and endlessly engaging.

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Book Review: Reading Lessons – For Lovers of Books About Books

Books & Us EditorSeptember 25, 2025

This is more than just a memoir—it’s a love letter to literature and a meditation on the ways stories shape our lives.

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Book Review: 17A Keong Saik Road by Charmaine Leung – A Living Portrait of Singapore’s Hidden Past

Books & Us EditorSeptember 22, 2025

This is a book that makes you pause and reflect, not only on the hidden histories of places but also on the untold stories within families, communities, and nations.

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Book Review: Exit Interview – A Blisteringly Honest Memoir of Ambition, Power, and What It Costs to Be a Woman in Tech

Books & Us EditorSeptember 18, 2025

This isn’t just a takedown of Amazon—it’s a love letter to the women who’ve survived similar spaces. And a call to imagine something better.

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Book Review: Barbie & Ruth – The Story Behind An Iconic Doll

Books & Us EditorSeptember 8, 2025

I gave it five stars because it delivers on all fronts: it’s insightful, well-written, and deeply engaging.

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Book Review: The Socrates Express – A Reflective, Travel‑Stitched Journey Into Practical Philosophy

Books & Us EditorSeptember 7, 2025

It’s five stars for bringing philosophy down to earth: practical, human, and oddly comforting.

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