On this episode, we discuss our April 2023 book club pick, Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q Sutanto. A murder mystery where super-auntie Vera Wong attempts to solve the murder of a mystery man she finds one morning lying dead in her tea shop, and inadvertently forms a found family with her suspects.

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On this episode, we chat with author and illustrator Victoria Ying about her new YA graphic novel, Hungry Ghost, a coming of age story about a Chinese American girl dealing with adolescence, parental expectation, and eating disorders. We talk with Victoria about her background in animation as well as her semi-autobiographical inspirations behind the story of Hungry Ghost.

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On this episode, debut author Vibhuti Jain joins us to chat about her new novel, Our Best Intentions, a thriller taking place in an affluent New York neighborhood that has been thrown into chaos after a high school was stabbed. In the center is Angie Singh, a gifted teenage swimmer, who’s life with her single father Babur gets uravelled as she delves deeper into the case.

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Introducing Boba Chats! Books & Boba’s new monthly bonus podcast where Reera and Marvin (and future guests) chat about non-book related things and answer listener questions. This bonus podcast is a perk for “Honey Boba” subscribers of our new Patreon, but we’re making this first episode available for everyone as a treat.

On this inaugural episode of Boba Chat, Reera chats about the new Dungeons & Dragons film while Marvin reflects on his love of the cooking competition show Top Chef. Our hosts also discuss their boba origins.

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On this episode, we check out the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature for our April 2023 mid-month check-in, including going over some book to film adaptation news!

New books and authors mentioned in our publishing news:

• Maybe It’s a Sign by E.L. Shen
• Meet Me on Mercer Street by Booki Vivat
• Seeker of Truth: Kailash Satyarthi’s Fight to End Child Labor by Srividhya Venkat; illust by Danica da Silva Pereira
• ASAP by Axie Oh
• The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen
• With Twice the Love, Dessie Mei by Justina Chen
• A Rakhi for Rakesh by Nadia Salomon; illust by Nabi H. Ali
• The Lotus Flower Champion by Pintip Dunn and Love Dunn
• A Story of Our Own by Kao Kalia Yang
• The Rainbow Fair by Diana Ma
• We Are Warriors by Ellen Lee
• A Year of Kites by Monisha Bajaj; illust by Amber Ren
• When a Tiger Flies by Susie
• Shimcheong by Julia Riew
• The Wedding Shoe Snatch by Madhu Messenger; illust by Darshika Varma
• Mountains by Julia Kuo
• The Pet Placement Society by Primo Gallanosa
• On Thin Ice by Jessica Kim
• A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang

Author Maurene Goo returns to Books & Boba to chat with us about her new novel, Throwback, a YA coming-of-age story. After getting into a fight with her mother, a Korean American girl who finds herself sent back to the year 1995 and meets her mother as a teen. We chat with Maurene about her inspirations for the book, as well as our own 90’s nostalgia.

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