Trisha Reviews: Everything I Never Told You, Minari, and Being Asian American

I finished Everything I Never Told You a few weeks ago and, though I was excited to finally read it, I ended up being – spoiler alert – not thrilled with it. I then watched Minari a few weeks later and loved it, and realized that the reasons that I loved the latter contrasted nicely with the reasons that I didn’t love the former, and that everything tied back to my own experience with being Asian-American.

Read on for more – and this is your warning for lots of spoilers for both the book and the movie below!

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Trisha Reviews: Quarantine Books

One “upside” of quarantine (ha ha ha, what a privileged thing to say) is that I have a lot more time to read! After a long day of working, I’ve taken to soaking up the sun on my front porch with some ice water and a good book. I’ve also started to wind down at the end of a long day in bed, curled up with my kindle (and away from my phone!). Routines are everything!

I’ve actually gotten through a lot more books than I thought I did over the past few months – take a look at the list below, along with some mini reviews!

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