The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang

August 29, 2020August 29, 2020 by Leelynn @ Sometimes Leelynn Reads ♥ 11 Comments

Title: The Poppy War (The Poppy War #1)
Author: R. F. Kuang
Genre: Adult Fantasy
Format: Hardcover & Audiobook
Length: 530 pages; 18 hours, 57 mins
Narrated By: Emily Woo Zeller
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Setting: Nikara Empire

Thank you to Adri @ Perpetual Pages for this extensive list of content warnings. I would have missed some if they didn’t have it all written.

Graphic descriptions of blood, gore, violence, rape, bodily mutilation, dismemberment and dead bodies; mentions of massacres, infanticide, human trafficking, and human experimentation; instances of colorism/racism, misogyny, substance abuse/addiction, use of mind-altering drugs, verbal/physical abuse. Additionally, some instances of unchallenged ableism.

Chinese-coded, Japanese-coded, Taiwanese-coded, East-Asian-coded

Year of the Asian 2020 Challenge! #YARC2020

January 2, 2020July 20, 2020 by Leelynn @ Sometimes Leelynn Reads ♥ 3 Comments

I can’t wait to fully participate in #YARC 2020 this year! And from the very beginning too! Last year, I joined when I found out about this, back in June, so I was six months behind from starting. However, my goal was at least one book, and I ended up hitting 17! I can’t wait to see how many books I get to this year.

Be sure to click on the link above for the introduction post, and to sign up! This post will serve as my progress tracker for the year, so stay tuned for that.

Year of the Asian 2019 Challenge

June 26, 2019January 3, 2020 by Leelynn @ Sometimes Leelynn Reads ♥ 11 Comments

So I came across this exciting and well deserved challenge from Maria at Drizzle and Hurricane Books and thank you so much to the amazing bloggers CW, Lily, Shealea and Vicky at The Quiet Pond for creating this challenge! I wish I came across it back in January, but it is what it is.