girl giant and the monkey king – VoVatia (original) (raw)

The Big Four

I looked up the Four Immortals from Vietnamese mythology, who were mentioned in Van Hoang’s Girl Giant and the Monkey King, and I noticed that the Wikipedia page doesn’t have a whole lot of information. A few other sites did … Continue reading →

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Chicks Dig Scarlings

The Prince of Ill Luck, by Susan Dexter – I forget who mentioned this book to me some years ago, but it’s been on my to-read list for a while. Leith, Prince of the Isles, is thought to be under … Continue reading →

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