Here’s my 2025 list of books I’ve read and movies I’ve watched, with my rating of how much I liked it in parentheses (out of 10).
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Books
- Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: A Memoir by Curtis Chin (8.5)
- The Island of Sea Women: A Novel by Lisa See (9)
- Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (8)
- The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan (8.5)
- The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan (8)
- The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan (8)
- Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen (7)
- On Gold Mountain by Lisa See (8.5)
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A Novel by Jamie Ford (9)
See my current reading list at GoodReads, or my 2025 Year in Books.
Movies and Dorama
- Cunk on Life (8)
- Natsumi’s Firefly / 夏美のホタル (7)
- Pocahontas (6.5)
- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew S01 (8)
- Dr. Coto’s Clinic Season 2 (7)
- Dr. Coto’s Clinic (2022) (6.5)
