What y’all looking forward to this month? I’m just glad to clear off a bunch of work stuff and I got various craft and preloved markets to look forward to.
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Cake day: June 19th, 2023
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I just finished Bangkit by Appy Mohd Hapizan, a Fixi Novel Sarawak 2016 contest winner. It honestly took a long time, and this was my second try.
The cool thing about it is that the dialogue is in Bahasa Sarawak. I’m torn about the use of real world places (actual business were used as a setting and not shown in a negative light); it helps a Kuching resident picture exactly where the story takes place. Even mentions the multiple roundabouts and the notorious traffic jam heading to Samarahan (most of the roundabouts no longer exist as of this year).
Interesting use of popular local folklore in the plot, although I felt that the book could have started at the 2/3 point of the novel and expanded on the alternate universe a little.
Not sure what my next read is going to be yet. I just scored a luxury edition of 'X: The Erotic Treasury" edited by Susie Bright and it’s lying around within arms reach because I can’t get over how beautiful the edition is.
Make sure you stay hydrated!