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Blog Tour: The Ghosts We Keep by Mason Deaver

26th May 2021
The Ghosts We Keep by Mason Deaver
- Publisher: PUSH
- Release Date: June 1, 2021
- Genre: Young Adult
- Page Count: 235 pages
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Hi, I am Hsinju (she/they/他), a queer Taiwanese book reviewer and blogger currently residing in Illinois. Today (May 26th, 2021) is the first day of Hear Our Voices Book Tours for Mason Deaver’s sophomore novel The Ghosts We Keep, a story about the nonbinary, gay 16-year-old Liam “Lee” Cooper (he/they) struggling with the death of their older brother Ethan.
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Blog Tour: Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao [EN/ZH-TW]

13th November 2020
Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao
- Publisher: Simon Pulse
- Release Date: November 10th 2020
- Genre: Young Adult Contemporary
- Page Count: 320 pages
Click on the cover for my review on Goodreads.

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Ta-ke hó*! I am Hsinju (she/they/他), a born-and-raised Taiwanese currently residing in Illinois. Today (November 13th, 2020) is my Hear Our Voices Book Tours blog stop for the adorable Taiwanese American, fake-dating YA romance Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao! Mostly set in Palo Alto with a few chapters in Chicago (yay, Illinois), the story opens with Chloe Wang and her family meeting her boyfriend—ahem—hired boyfriend, whose real name is Drew Chan, for the first time on Thanksgiving.

* “Ta-ke hó” is “hi, everyone” in Taiwanese.
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Blog Tour: You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

9th November 2020
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
- Publisher: Scholastic Press
- Release Date: June 2, 2020
- Genre: Young Adult
- Page Count: 336 pages
Click on the cover for my review on Goodreads.

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Hey y’all! I am Hsinju (she/they/他), a queer Taiwanese book reviewer and blogger currently residing in Illinois. Today (November 9th, 2020) is my Hear Our Voices Book Tours blog stop for the uplifting sapphic YA with a Black teen lead You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson! Set in the Midwest (hi neighboring Indiana), we follow Liz’s journey of running for prom queen.
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