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Parade
by

Hiromi Kawakami,

Allison Markin Powell (Translator)

emma's review

May 05, 2022

really liked it

bookshelves: authors-of-color, diverse, fantasy, literary-fiction, non-ya, fairytale, 4-stars, recommend, project-aapi-22, reviewed

i once again accidentally picked up a companion novel to a book i didn't read.

this time, against the odds, i liked it anyway. honestly......i liked it more than the book it's a spinoff from, once i finally got around to that thing.

as a contextless, short lil read, this is fairytale-esque. it's very kind and lovely and i enjoyed it a lot!

it's basically a fairytale. just very kind and lovely.

bottom line: ignorance really is bliss!

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currently-reading updates

i have to stop picking up novellas. my average read this year is going to be approx 19 pages

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reading books by asian authors for aapi month!

book 1: kim jiyoung, born 1982
book 2: siren queen
book 3: the heart principle
book 4: n.p.
book 5: the hole
book 6: set on you
book 7: disorientation
book 8: parade