Jan 21, 2023

Year of the Rabbit: Chinese Lunar New Year 2023

 The Year of the Rabbit begins January 22, 2023

Gung Hay Faat Choy is the Lunar New Year greeting in the Cantonese language.
Wishing you all health, happiness, and prosperity
 
 According to the Chinese Zodiac, the Rabbit will bring a calmer year




Published October 11, 2022; Hanover Square Press
 

"Five generations of Vietnamese mothers and daughters, drawing on Vietnamese zodiac astrology to chart the fateful events of their lives.

In present day New Orleans, Xuan Trung, former beauty queen turned refugee after the Fall of Saigon, is obsessed with divining her daughters' fates through their Vietnamese zodiac signs.
 
But Trac, Nhi and Trieu diverge completely from their immigrant parents' expectations."(publisher)


Book beginning: 
Prologue
The night before the first day of Lunar New Year, Xuan called her children to give them their horoscopes. She did this every year: for at least a week, she pored over the gigantic book with each sign's annual predictions and the star positions, and the daily zodiac calendar with its moon phases, both of which she bought at the Vietnamese bookstore at the strip mall in New Orleans east.   


 
This enemies-to-lovers debut rom-com filled with Chinese astrology will undoubtedly prove to be a perfect match with readers

Always a matchmaker, never a match...

Olivia Huang Christenson is excited-slash-terrified to be taking over her grandmother’s matchmaking business. But when she learns that a new dating app has made her Pó Po’s traditional Chinese zodiac approach all about “animal attraction,” her emotions skew more toward furious-slash-outraged. Especially when L.A.’s most-eligible bachelor Bennett O’Brien is behind the app that could destroy her family’s legacy.
 
 What are you reading this week? 

Memes: The Sunday Post hosted by The Caffeinated BookreviewerAlso,  It's Monday: What Are You Readingand Sunday SalonStacking the ShelvesMailbox Monday

52 comments:

  1. Good job finding a couple books representing New Year! The first one sounds really interesting....I often like immigrant family stories like this. I'll watch for your review.
    Terrie @ Bookshelf Journeys
    https://www.bookshelfjourneys.com/post/sunday-post-34

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  2. Lunar Love sounds interesting. I hope you enjoy your books!

    My Stacking the Shelves post.

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    1. I have yet to read it, but looking forward to this romance.

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  3. Fun books for today! Happy New Year!

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  4. Both of these books sound really good!!

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  5. I hope it is a harmonious and peaceful year. Have a great week!

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    1. We are hoping for the best, starting at midnight this morning.

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  6. That's clever finding books relating to the lunar new year! A rabbit would be a cool animal, I am a monkey :-)

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    1. I'm a Monkey also! We are supposed to clever in both a good and an iffy way, lol.

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  7. The beginning of a new year is always a time for a new start for me. I hope that this is the start of a year that is marked more by coming together than in drawing apart, emphasizing our similarities and celebrating our differences. Happy New Year! 新年快乐!

    Lunar Love looks very interesting to me.

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    1. The new year started at midnight this morning, so I hope nothing happens as drastic as what happened at 11 p.m. yesterday. This is supposed to be a calm year!

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  8. That is great information about the Chinese Lunar New Year. Hope yours is peaceful and harmonious! Here's my SP: https://bonniereadsandwrites.com/2023/01/22/sunday-post-shout-outs-and-getting-back-to-normal/

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    1. Hoping for a peaceful romp through the new year.

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    2. Thanks for visiting, Bonnie. Happy New Year!

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  9. Hope you have a peaceful and harmonious year! Lunar Love looks fun.

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  10. These both look great. It's a great way to learn more about the Lunar New Year traditions

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  11. Thanks for sharing these

    Wishing you a great reading week, and Lunar New Year!

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  12. Happy Lunar New Year! both of these books look fun and interesting. and thanks for adding more titles to my TBR list. ;D

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  13. We celebrated the Chinese New Year when we lived in Singapore. It was always interesting.

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  14. Happy Lunar New Year!

    Anne - Books of My Heart

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  15. I just saw a walking tour video notification pop up for a Lunar New Year thing in Seoul. Happy New Year! :)

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  16. Harmonious and peaceful sounds so good. We haven’t had much of that lately. Have a great week!

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  17. Interesting titles! Thanks for sharing, and enjoy.

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  18. Interesting books! I haven't ever read one that featured the Lunar New Year. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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    1. There are more than these two, I'm sure.

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  19. Those are new to me books. I am reading Smolder by laurell k Hamilton

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  20. Honestly a more harmonious and peaceful life sounds good!

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  21. Happy New Year!
    "may lead to a more harmonious and peaceful year": I hope the Chinese Zodac is correct!

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  22. Also a year of introspection.

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  23. A peaceful year sounds good to me! Have a great week.

    Jill
    http://www.allthebooksihaventread.com/blog-1/2023/1/21/on-my-nightstand-january-22-2023

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    1. We're wishing for it for the rest of the year, which also calls for calm and self reflection.

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  24. Love these books and covers. Looks like you have some great reading ahead.

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  25. You are reading a lot of Chinese stories. All new to me. Happy Reading!

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    1. There are more and more Chinese and Asian authors writing these days. So more books to choose from.

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  26. Happy Lunar New Year, Harvee! Here's hoping that the Year of the Rabbit will bring us all happiness and peace!

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  27. Happy year of the rabbit! May it bring peace and happiness and wishes fulfilled.

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