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lookingforamandaa · 1 year

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current read (ebook) - the perishing by natashia deón

current read (physical) - spells for forgetting by adrienne young

recently read - an arrow to the moon by emily x.r. pan (4 stars)

#bookblr #booklr #bookshelf #an arrow to the moon #Emily x r pan #the perishing #natashia deon #spells for forgetting #adrienne young #book spines #pretty books #blue books #book stack

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bugonmywindow · 10 months

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- An Arrow To The Moon

#books #booklr #book quotes #book recommendations #love quotes #i love this book so much #an arrow to the moon

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bigdreamsandwildthings · 2 years

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Cute and cozy vibes ☁️🐺

#booklr #book photography #book picture #an arrow to the moon #emily xr pan #ya fiction #ya magical realism #bookworm #bibliophile #book lover #book nerd #book aesthetic #book community #books and journals #my photos #mine

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illustration-alcove · 1 year

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David Curtis’s illustrated cover for Emily X.R. Pan’s An Arrow to the Moon.

#davis curtis #emily x r pan #an arrow to the moon #book covers #american literature

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exrpan · 1 year

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in which life continues to be surreal

In some incredible news, AN ARROW TO THE MOON is a Locus Award finalist AND has been nominated for a Chinese American Librarians Association best book award. (!!!!!!!!!!!)

I’m fiercely proud of the way I leveled up as a writer with ARROW, so it’s just really very lovely to get these nods. The Locus Award is one of those things that my teenage self dreamed of—I’m very tickled to imagine how I might have reacted half my lifetime ago, if someone from the future had traveled back in time to tell me that one day I would be a Locus finalist alongside some very talented authors.

#an arrow to the moon #locus awards #book awards

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bookcoversonly · 2 years

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Title: An Arrow to the Moon | Author: Emily X.R. Pan | Publisher: Little, Brown Books (2022)

#books #An Arrow to the Moon #Emily X.R. Pan

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moonreadingjournal · 2 years

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As promised, I want to show the books that I recently pre-ordered at the indigo website.

I absolutely love the cover. I am an absolute sucker for covers. I can’t wait for what the story holds. Do I want the main character to end up with the crown prince? I would love it but it’s not my story.

The story about the daughter of the moon goddess who was a secret from the immortal empire for years, had to flea her home, leaving her mom trapped in the moon. She meets with the crown prince of the empire and becomes his study partner. She learns a lot about the empire but more importantly she learns to use the bow and arrow. She then embarks in a supposed impossible mission to free her mom. It’s such a good book.

The second book I preordered is

I love this story. I had seen it around either Tiktok or tumblr and I thought it was cute and then I read the book….wow. The story is cute and so good. I love it. I can’t wait for this book to come out later this year.

Luc is the son of two rockstars, mom that got just one album hit and the douche dad that abandoned them both. Well in his mid twenties (I believe I don’t remember) after a scandal breaks his job is in jeopardy so the only way he finds out of this one is to get a respectable guy to pretend to be his boyfriend. And so he enters, Oliver Blackwood. A perfect man (i believe). Thought they both carry a lot of baggage (though not as much as luc) they manage to get through it as they both catch feelings for each other.

This is the other book I got

I talked about it in another post. I can’t wait to read it. But it will be after the book so this is ever after.

It’s about arranged marriage. A man that was betrothed to this girl for political reasons, he finds out that he has a pretence for men. However, before the whole union is “ruined” the family of the girl decide to betrothed him to the brother of the girl. The guy he’s supposed to marry was certainly thrown to a loop, however I think he will become to care for his husband (and vice versa). It sounds real intriguing that’s why I decided to get it.

The one I keep constantly mentioning is So this is ever after by FT Lukens.

This is the cover. It’s so cute. I love queer books (though I do read more gay books, don’t know why).

This book reminds me to Carry on by rainbow rowell and The extraordinaries by tj Klune. This is about a boy, Arek, who was chosen to free his country from the tyranny of an evil guy. He and his 5 friends (including his best friend, Matt, who he has a crush on) go and succeed in the mission. Though Arek ends up succeeding in the mission he is crowned king in the meantime they go and find the legitimate heir to the throne, who ends up being dead, thus he is made king for real. And now that he has an entire nation to think about he really only wants to confess his feelings. (I found that extremely cute). When he becomes king he has to get married by his eighteenth birthday or wither into nothing. He then tried to woo his friends (that’s what the dust jacket says but I’m confused since he has a crush on his best friend). Anyways, I expect a lot from this book.

The very last book I will like to talk about (the last one I swear) is An arrow to the moon by Emily X.R. Pan.

So yeah, once again gorgeous cover (please let me be, though I know I need help, it’s a disease). This book is about two characters Hunter Lee and Luna Chang. I will admit I don’t know much about the book, but with what I was reading these two characters have strict parents (that’s the assumption I have). But I may be wrong, in the dust jacket it says that it’s a retelling of a Chinese myth and Romeo and Juliet (though it better not end like Romeo and Juliet), though I don’t know much of the Chinese mythology considering their names, hunter and Luna (moon in Spanish) it might have something to do with the moon goddess. I will admit that the thing about the Chinese mythology and their names reminded me to the book Daughter of the moon goddess, and that’s why I bought it but details schmetails.

Anyways. I don’t know in what order I will read the last two books mentioned, probably the one so this is ever after. But we’ll see.

#bookworm #moonreadingjournal #bookblr #daughter of the moon goddess #heart of the sun warrior #Sue Lynn Tan #boyfriend material #husband material #Alexis hall #so this is ever after #ft lukens #an arrow to the moon #emily xr pan

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godzilla-reads · 2 years

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May 23, 2022

Three I’ve finished ✅ and three I want to read 💗

Finished ✅

• Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao

• A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin

• Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Want to Read 💗

• Jade Fire Gold by June CL Tan

• An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan

• Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim

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readingbooksinisrael · 2 years

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Does anyone have any recommendations for books based on Chinese history or mythology that are not She Who Became the Sun or Iron Widow?

#book recommendations #i own #to the sky kingdom #and the library has #an arrow to the moon #and #the girl who fell beneath the sea

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alinaandalion · 2 years

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But what she feared wasn't sitting still. It was the possibility that she would spin so far in the wrong direction she'd fall off the map and lose sight of herself. It was the question of whether she would ever become who she was meant to be.

An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan

#quotes #an arrow to the moon #emily x.r. pan

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elliepassmore · 2 years

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An Arrow to the Moon review

4/5 stars Recommended for people who like: magical realism, contemporary fantasy, multiple POVs, Chinese mythology, starcrossed lovers, magical mysteries I don't really read contemporary...anything anymore, but since I got this as part of May's Fairyloot I figured I'd give it a shot. It does have a lot of the stuff that you would expect from a contemporary (fantasy) novel, like the characters going to school and dealing with college stuff and their parents, etc., and there's less emphasis on the magic for a lot of the book. While this is obviously a contemporary fantasy, I wanted more of the 'fantasy' aspect. Even when the characters acknowledge that magic is a thing, it's really just brushed to the side as a 'huh, that's weird' sort of event (including the massive cracks in the ground that everyone just seems fine with??), so that is the main reason I knocked off a star. On a more positive note, I did like the fireflies. I thought they were a neat addition to the story and did add that nice mystical element to a lot of the scenes that were otherwise normal. Likewise, I thought that Hunter's 'perfect aim' was a good way of paying homage to the original Houyi. Luna's life seems perfect. She gets good grades, has parents who love her and each other, and the whole world in front of her. Of course, things aren't what they seem, and there are cracks in Luna's life that she struggles to navigate in the book. One of them is dealing with her future and uncertainties over where she wants her life to go. Overall, Luna is pretty mild mannered and funny, and most of her rebellions are small ones (eating candy in the library, talking to Hunter, etc.). One thing I wasn't really a fan of was how she was treating her parents toward the end of the book. I understand that they were turning out to be different people than she expected (and tbh, I would be angry at her dad too if I was her, so it's mainly her & her mom I have an issue with), but Luna definitely takes things a step too far at times. Hunter's life, on the other hand, is anything but perfect. He's got a reputation for being a prankster, though he's actually fairly respectful and rarely does any of the pranks himself. I liked the way he was with his brother, Cody, and with Luna. The poor guy gets shortchanged a lot by his parents and that definitely translates into a resentful vibe on his part. I definitely felt for him and the situation he was in. It was nice to see the scenes where he was able to relax and just be himself, either with Cody or with Luna. Neither of the dads turn out to be very good characters in this one, though for different reasons. On the one side there's Hunter's dad, David. I could definitely feel for him at the beginning since the family is hiding and he's doing his best to keep them safe but...well, he ends up letting that turn him angry and desperate and it leads to some not-so-nice things. Additionally, his wife is clearly the smarter one and had to give up everything in order for the family to survive...though considering the amount of work she puts into 'David's' publications, I'd definitely say she's still the one doing the work, which was infuriating and I definitely felt her frustration and the way it sapped at her soul. Luna's dad, Hsueh-Ting, on the other side, comes off as a doting father and husband at first. He stays doting and loving, but it does become overbearing toward Luna and he ends up making decisions that are 'best for her' without really considering how she'd feel. Further, he has a hand in some other stuff that just isn't great but isn't really related to his family. While there are other characters (including other POV) characters, most of the focus is obviously on Luna and Hunter. Their relationship is cute in a 'first love' kind of way, and I feel like it does end up developing fairly naturally. Things get pretty wild there at the end, and I do kind of question their decision making skills there since it doesn't really feel like either of them has a plan other than to escape the situation(s) they're currently in. Admittedly, I do think the ending felt a little too neat (if bittersweet). Huang obviously wants the stone that's been passing hands throughout the book, and he wants the Yee's debt repaid. Luna and Hunter want to escape. These two things crescendo together and there is some action, but Huang's side of it gets resolved too quickly and easily, and I feel like we never fully get an explanation for everything the rock does and how it ties into Hunter and Luna's escape. *SPOILER* Like, could someone explain to me why everyone forgets them? Luna seems to know it's going to happen but I don't remember seeing that explained anywhere. Also, why can't Hunter ever hit Luna when he's aiming for her? *SPOILER END* Overall, this was a good book. It's got a bit too much contemporary in it for me, I would've liked to see more of the fantasy elements.

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lookingforamandaa · 1 year

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november wrap up (physical books). I read some ebooks and an audiobook too. it was a good reading month with thirteen books read.

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tanuki-kimono · 8 months

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Shimmering silver obi with waxing and waning moons, paired with a cute white rabbit obidome hinting at Moon rabbit imagery. The lovely kimono has soft stripes and faint yabane (arrow fletching).