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Robert Van Gulik’s first Judge Dee novel that came from his own noggin is a good one. Three cases in PuYang and a pleasant stroll through ancient China. Continue reading
Tag Archives: China Fiction
Sweet and Sour: Tales from China (1978)
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Sweet and Sour: Tales from China retold by Carol Kendall and Yao-Wen Li (1978) with Drawings by Shirley Felts I’ve recently exchanged “reading to my kids” for “reading with my kids.” Every other week, I have them each select a … Continue reading
Quiller Bamboo by Adam Hall (1991)
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I recently read my first-ever Adam Hall book, The Peking Target, which I’d found in a thrift store. I hadn’t been aware at the time that The Peking Target was in fact the 10th book in the Quiller series, a … Continue reading
Peanut Butter Friends in a Chop Suey World by Deb Brammer (1994)
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Up until COVID, my family lived in China. In fact, my kids spent the first 6 years of their lives there, fluent in both language and culture. We miss it immensely and wish we could go back, even for a … Continue reading
These Are My People by Mildred T. Howard (1984)
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Christian review of this youth-geared novelization of the incredible life of Gladys Aylward, missionary to China — These Are My People by Mildred T. Howard (1984) Continue reading
The Year of the Panda by Miriam Schlein (1990)
In my own private reading, I’m enjoying an adult non-fiction study titled The Way of the Panda: The Curious History of China’s Political Animal by Henry Nicholls. I was fascinated to learn from that book that pandas are a relatively … Continue reading
They Eat Puppies, Don’t They? by Christopher Buckley (2012)
Someone smarter than Socrates and Plato (both morons) once said, “Never start a land war in Asia,” but that’s precisely what Walter “Bird” McIntyre hopes to accomplish in this outrageous novel by Christopher Buckley. It’s only June, but I’m calling … Continue reading
Invasion: China by Vaughn Heppner (2014)
Book #5 in the Invasion series. In this final installment to Vaughn Heppner‘s very entertaining Invasion series, resolution finally comes to the World War that has engulfed the planet for so many years. The Chinese-German-Mexican alliance which has devastated the North … Continue reading
Invasion: New York by Vaughn Heppner (2013)
Book #4 in the Invasion series. Unexpectedly, in this fourth book of Vaugh Heppner‘s Invasion series, the invading Chinese forces are taking a well-deserved break! In my review of Invasion: Colorado, I had wondered how the Americans could consider the Colorado … Continue reading
Invasion: Colorado by Vaughn Heppner (2013)
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Book #3 in the Invasion series. This third book in the series picks up where its forerunners left off, chronicling the future invasion of American soil by Chinese forces. China’s allies like Germany—and to a lesser degree, Brazil—show their colors a … Continue reading