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Books 33 & 34 of 2026: The Legend of Mariang Makiling, by José Rizal; Lost Goddesses, Missing Monstresses, by Michellan Sarile-Alagao. ##yishreads #philippineliterature

Books 31 & 32 of 2026: Closet Queeries, by J. Neil C. Garcia; Indonesia and Not, by Max Lane. #yishreads #philippineliterature #indonesianliterature #australianliterature

Books 29 & 30 of 2026: Bakokak, by Gerry Alanguilan & Kevin Ray Valentino; Vanishing World, by Sayaka Murata. #yishreads #philippineliterature #japaneseliterature

Argh I still haven't finished book 1

Books 27 & 28 of 2026: The Old Cat & The Mystery of the Golden Sphere, by Ni Kuang & Wee Tian Beng. #yishreads #hongkongliterature #sgart

Books 25 & 26 of 2026: We Saw Mountains, by Diana Rahim; Heavenly Tyrant, by @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social. #yishreads #singlit #canadianliterature

Books 23 & 24 of 2026: The Unrepentant, By Sharmini Aphrodite; Ren Hang, ed. Dian Hanson. #yishreads #malaysianliterature #chineseart

Until 5 March!

Books 21 & 22 of 2026: dream girl, loading, by Adeline Loh; Your Utopia, by Bora Chung. #yishreads #singlit #koreanliterature

Books 19 & 20 of 2026: Bubble G.U.M., by Happy Smiley; Writing the Other, by @nisishawl.bsky.social & @cynthiaward.bsky.social . #yishreads #singlit #americanliterature

Books 17 & 18 of 2026: Escape from Reality, eds. Maisarah Abu Samah & Joelyn Yep; Dictionary of Philippine Mythology, by Ferdinand Blumentritt. #yishreads #singlit #malaysianliterature #philippinestudies

Books 15 & 16 of 2026: 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed, by Eric H Cline; Happiness at the End of the World, by Happy Smiley & Friends. #yishreads #worldhistory #singlit

Books 13 & 14 of 2026: Zoo City, by @laurenbeukes.com ; The Joy of a Left Hand, by Liang Wern Fook. #yishreads #southafricanliterature #singlit

Books 11 & 12 of 2026: Things That Are Beautiful Do Not Always Speak to You, by Bella Stoddart; Small Droll Things, by Zhang Ruihe. #yishreads #singlit

Books 9 & 10 of 2026: Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food, by Fuchsia Dunlop; How to Love the Sun, by Justina Lim. #yishreads #Chinesestudies #singlit

Books 7 & 8 of 2026: The Poems of Hamzah Fansuri, eds. GWJ Drewes & LF Brakel; The Seed from the Tree, by Rosemary Lim. #yishreads #indonesianliterature #singlit

This sounds amazing!

Books 5 & 6 of 2026: Ponniyin Selvan Volume 2: Whirlwinds, by Kalki; The Mystical Mister Kay, by Meihan Boey. #yishreads #indianliterature #singlit

Books 3 & 4 of 2026: Speculative Insight December 2025, ed. Alexandria Pierce; Waves Rising: Collected Works of Ho Poh Fun & Responses, ed. Ann Ang. #yishreads #criticism #singlit

Books 1 & 2 of 2026: The Railway Children, by E. Nesbit; Socialist Realism, by Trisha Low. #yishreads #britishliterature #singlit #americanliterature

Books 184 & 185 of 2025: Mapping New Stars: A Sourcebook on Philippine Speculative Fiction, eds. Gabriela Lee, Anna Felicia Sanchez & Sydney Paige Guerrero; Ginsberg, Sing Me a Jiwang Song, by nor. #yishreads #philippineliterature #singlit

Books 182 & 183 of 2025: Fearfully & Wonderfully Made: Stories from Conversion Therapy Survivors in Singapore, by Koh An Ting; Delay: a Comics Anthology, eds. Charis Loke & Paolo Chikiamco. #yishreads #singlit #southeastasianliterature

This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

I didn't bother reading it (thank you for doing the unpleasant work, Kate!) but what bothers me most about this, I think, is the smug implication by the 'writer' that her time is so much more important than the reader's. "I use AI because I have better things to do than write for you!"

Books 180 & 181 of 2025: All That Is Left of the Sea, by Alvin Pang; Lords of Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire, by Anirudh Kanisetti. #yishreads #singlit #indianhistory

What is Solarpunk? YouTube video by Andrewism

I have been chewing on this nutshell discussion of solarpunk for days now. youtu.be/hHI61GHNGJM?...

Books 178 & 179 of 2025: An Ordinary Tale About Women, by Fatimah Busu; The Silk Roads, by Peter Frankopan. #yishreads #malaysianliterature #worldhistory

Books 176 & 177 of 2025: Bandits of Batavia, Issues 1 & 2, by Bryan Valenza et al. #yishreads #indonesianliterature

Books 174 & 175 of 2025: Shubeik Lubeik, by Deena Mohamed; Woman on Top, by Loretta Chen. #yishreads #Egyptianliterature #singlit

Books 171, 172 & 173 of 2025: Classical Poems by Arab Women, ed. Abdullah al-Udhari; Six Plays & Student Plays, by Desmond Sim. #yishreads #arabicliterature #singlit