last books read 2022

The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu - set in Singapore in the 1930s. Singapore is a British outpost, and a murder happens at the Governor's house. Su Lin is an educated girl who is trying to avoid marriage arrangements by her family. She appeals to her headmistress at the school who wants to place her as a housekeeper with the local inspector. Instead she goes with him to the scene of the crime and ends up taking the place of the nanny who has died. It has all that British snobbishness, but is told from the perspective of Su Lin (and some occasional viewpoints of Inspector LeFroy.) I really enjoyed this one. I am finding I enjoy Yu's writing and really look forward to her other books. 

Cook Korean! by Robin Ha This is a very good cookbook. Every recipe is illustrated and is 2 pages long. So within the 180 page book there are over 60 recipes. She has some pages explaining details of ingredients as well as some discussions of why a type of food is popular. This was lovely (altho dense) to read. Her illustrations are clear and interesting. I enjoyed this and it inspired me to cook some squash this weekend to put onto noodles. She has a blog I should bookmark called Banchan in 2 Pages. https://banchancomic.tumblr.com/

Stats: 45 books
W: 25 M: 18 NB: 2 AOC: 20 LGBT: 11
Library: 35