I’m still not over the passage I read in The Fox Wife. It’s the nonchalance of the midwife… the sheer “meh” of her and how you just know what she did over and over again like it was just doing laundry… my poor heart. #thefoxwife @yangszechoo.bsky.social

voodoocactus's review of The Fox Wife 5/5: What a fascinating book! It mixes a detective story with old Chinese folklore and myths, all happening during the death throes of the declining Qing dynasty and the looming revolution. History and traditions collide with the more modern (and often Western-flavored) ideals Odd chapters are in Snow’s 1st person POV, and even chapters tell the story from Detective Bao’s 3rd person POV. It works wonders in hooking the reader as you want to know what happens to Snow but the next chapter is Bao’s but then you want to know what happened to Bao and when the chapter ends, you remember that oh, yeah...

this was lovely 💜

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7668221796

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Don’t think I’ve heard of The Fox Wife. Lovely cover and evocative title — will have to investigate.🦊📚🦊 Thanks to you and your co-reader for bringing it to BookSky today! 💙📚💙🖋️ #thefoxwife #catslovereadingtoo #blueskycats #catsofbluesky

Part 17 of my TBR!
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A passage from the novel The Fox by Yangsze Choo which goes: I raised my eyebrows. Now that I was here in this interesting house behind the medicine store, I could almost sniff out an aroma of mystery that curled through the winding passageways. Or perhaps it was just stewed pork belly.

Maybe the aroma of mystery IS stewed pork belly. 🤷‍♀️

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This was a slog to get through. Some likable characters but not enough to make this good. 🌟🌟🌟 #thefoxwife

Reading Recap: More November - H. Halliday Nelson We've got a little bit more November still to come after this week. This week, two books about non-cop women solving crime.

Whoops, I forgot to share this yesterday!

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I listened to Yangsze Choo reading her book #TheFoxWife and it's so delightful. Compelled to recommend.