#Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

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➸ reading list

just added:

the battle drum, saara el-arifi

malice, keigo higashino

the missing american, kwei quartey

your house will pay, steph cha

the firm, john grisham

how can i help you, laura sims

never sleep, fred van lente

the deep sky, yume kitasei

vera wong's unsolicited advice for murderers, jessie q. santo

the murder at the vicarage, agatha christie

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ive finished five books in the last week. who wants me

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alias / name : Soda, King Kkeungi (my pseudonym for the Silent Manga Audition. birthday : May 10th (yes, Jae and his sister have my same bday cuz I too lazy to look at zodiac birthdate personality descriptions) zodiac sign : Taurus height : 5' 2'' hobbies : Crafts (knitting, sewing), illustration, no-till gardening, trying to get into making fan MVs but I haven't learned to animate yet. favourite colour : purple and teal favourite book : Sharp Ends by Joe Abercrombie- His characters are SO amazingly alive and he's been a huge influence on me as a writer. recent reads : Oh My Mother! by Connie Wang, Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid, Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha, Autism Missed and Misdiagnosed: Identifying, Understanding and Supporting Diverse Autistic Identities by Judy Eaton. inspiration : Usually other media- Mostly music and written history story behind url : He has gold fangs, that is the extent of my creativity where URLs are concerned- I am NOTORIOUSLY bad at thinking any up. fun fact about me : I love collecting stationery... I have so many stickers, notebooks, pens, bookmarks- It's like a fucking addiction? I have had to hide my debit card before whenever JetPens sends a new e-mail with products.

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Here's the link to get the 2nd edition of

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“Mike Sonksen aka @MikethePoeTLA is an L.A. treasure. He’s the best kind of booster, someone who celebrates the good without erasing the bad, and who loves this place with his whole soul. You can see that love in Letters to My City, his joyful collection of poetry and essays.”

—- Steph Cha, Author of Your House Will Pay

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Daniel Dae Kim to Star in and Executive Produce Butterfly based on the comic by Arash Amel, Marguerite Bennett, Antonio Fuso, Stefano Simeone, and BOOM!

Daniel Dae Kim to Star in and Executive Produce Butterfly based on the comic by Arash Amel, Marguerite Bennett, Antonio Fuso, Stefano Simeone, and BOOM! #comics #comicbooks

Daniel Dae Kim’s 3AD and BOOM! Studios are developing Arash Amel, Marguerite Bennett, Antonio Fuso, and Stefano Simeone’s spy thriller graphic novel Butterfly as a new dramatic TV series for Amazon Studios, with Daniel Dae Kim attached to star. Ken Woodruff is co-writing and co-creating the adaptation with acclaimed Korean-American novelist Steph Cha, whose 2019 novel Your House Will Pay won the…

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Reblogging cause it’s easier lol

Some literary fiction and/or thrillers I’ve liked recently (as in the past few years):

-Diavola - Jennifer Marie Thorne

-Your House Will Pay - Steph Cha

-There’s No Such Thing As An Easy Job - Kikuko Tsumura

-Winter Counts (also has mystery/thriller vibes stuff going on)

-Nothing to See Here - Kevin Wilson

-Severance - Ling Ma (nothing to do with the show haha)

-Penance - Kanae Minato

-Lone Women - Victor Lavalle

-The River - Peter Heller

also it's so fucking hard to find good books now. i haven't found a banger in so long, i'm starving. i need it to fall into my lap.

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Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

In this fictionalized retelling of the events that led to the 1992 LA riots, Cha beautifully melds the stories of two families. This intergenerational tale explores themes of forgiveness, racism, identity and more. Told through the eyes of multiple generations, readers will see the complexities of accepting and understanding family history.

Based on the very real events of the 1992 LA riots, it is recommended that readers are briefed on historical events before reading this book. If there is space and time to talk about Black-Asian solidarity through history, that would be a great companion to this book.

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food+drink from YOUR HOUSE WILL PAY by Steph Cha

(these are all Kindle highlights. please let me know in the comments if you have other mentions of food and/ or drink in this book.)

...taking small but steady sips from her screwdriver.

“I got us some Yamazaki Single Malt.”

...Aunt Sheila’s celebratory red velvet cupcakes.

Shawn remembered the vile taste of stale prison meat, discolored and chewy and wet smelling. For years, food had brought him no pleasure, only sustenance. Powdered potatoes and canned beans. Endless slices of plain white bread turning to mush in his tired mouth.

...Shawn knew he was thinking about a cheeseburger with bacon and French fries.

The table sagged with mac and cheese and fresh buttermilk biscuits, potato salad and baked beans. There was a whole tray of pork ribs glistening with barbecue sauce, another of roast chicken. A large Domino’s pizza, too, with pepperoni, jalapeño, and pineapple.

...the adults shared a bottle of champagne in the living room.

...stack fresh chocolate chip cookies on his plate and carve out a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream.

The house smelled like miyeok...

...Yvonne transferred the miyeok-guk, eundaegu-jolim, banchan, and rice to the table.

Grace loved eundaegu-jolim...

...bowl of honeydew, sliced into pale green wedges.

...treating them to fried chicken.

They ordered fried chicken livers, an Obama Special, and a Herb’s Special with gravy and onions. Shawn had been hungry, and he was glad enough to keep his mouth full of chicken and waffles...

“We have leftover kimchi jjigae, right?”

I’ll pick up some kimbap.

...Yvonne was going to make a big batch of kkakdugi ...

...pulling out containers of rice and banchan and leftover kimchi jjigae.

“Good old KTown scotch,” 

...corn dogs at the mall...

There’s beers in there. 

Aunt Sheila said to go get milk. 

...still got their butter and eggs.    

...ran the all-you-can-eat sushi joint...

...the best Halloween candy...

...drinking his disgusting kombucha. 

...she ventured out for a glass of water...

Jazz set coffee down in front of him. 

I got you a rice bowl with like teriyaki tofu. 

...a side plate of kimchi, and a can of Diet Coke.

“This rice is trash. I thought the seitan was bad. Fucking vegans can’t even get rice and tofu right.”

...and given her hot tea...

Darryl shuffled over and sat obediently while he got fries and drinks...

...he took them out for chicken nuggets and chocolate milkshakes.

...a tray crammed with naengmyeon, ddukbokki, kimbap.

He was prepping her lunch—tuna sandwiches cut into tiny triangles...

Ordered pizza, had another drink.

...plastic-wrapped packages of ddukbokki, soondae, and kimbap, with a sweet potato cake...

He unpacked the takeout—orange chicken and beef with broccoli, fried rice and chow mein...

Miriam made dinner: spaghetti with tomato sauce...

“Can I buy you a cup of coffee?”

Shawn had coffee waiting for her ...

...a cream soda Dum Dum when they left.

...chomping down a burrito.

She got green tea soft serve in a waffle cone.

...sipping his tea.

...offering her water and coffee and cookies...

  Grace caught the unmistakable smell of bacon-wrapped hot dogs... 

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Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

US: https://amzn.to/33O9HHg

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Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

Let me introduce you to the first Seasoned Literature recommendation, Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha. The Book? Your House Will Pay is an amazing book told from the perspective of Grace Park, a Korean-American woman and Shawn Matthews, an African-American man. When a crime hits LA as tense as the early 1990’s, their lives collide in a way they could have never imagined. It’s a fictionalised…

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La tua casa pagherà: l'omicidio di Latasha Harlins secondo Steph Cha

La tua casa pagherà: l’omicidio di Latasha Harlins secondo Steph Cha

da redazione Cover art di Your House Will Pay  In questi giorni in cui l’attenzione mediatica sul processo all’agente Chauvin per l’omicidio di George Floyd riaccende il dibattito su ingiustizia sociale, Black Lives Matter, razzismo e discriminazione (proprio in queste settimane si sta entrando nel vivo del processo), esce La tua casa pagherà, ispirato all’uccisione di Latasha Harlins (accaduta…

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Review: Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

I am a sucker for a powerful, expertly-written novel that explores the struggles of other cultures. These books are the gateway to understanding the strife of minorities so it’s very important that I read them, especially as a white person. Faber tend to publish thought-provoking literary novels, so I had a good idea of what to expect from this one.

Primarily set in contemporary LA, Your House Will Pay follows Shawn Matthews, an African-American who lost his sister in a tragic shooting decades earlier and Grace Park, a Korean-American whose family has been torn apart by an incident that she knows very little about. When violence rears its ugly head again, both of them are forced to confront the shocking past they didn’t know they shared.

As you might expect from a book that deals with subject matter as heavy as racial violence, there is an overwhelming dark cloud that really makes itself known in every chapter. The Matthews family are still reeling from the loss of beautiful, talented Ava after almost 30 years -a pain that never completely fades. On top of this, Shawn is trying to raise a young family while worrying that his recently released ex-convict cousin Ray will struggle to adjust to life on the outside. The amount of pressure Shawn finds himself under threatens to crush him and my heart went out to him for the entirety of the narrative. His chapters are littered with tear-jerking sentences that bring home the unimaginable loss that the family have suffered. Be warned that you are very likely to cry and get angry!

Despite being an ethnic minority, Grace has lived such a sheltered life that racial injustice isn’t a conscious part of her life. She feels so removed from the hate crimes that happen in her very neighbourhood that she reads somewhat like a white person. Her ignorance may be frustrating to some readers but I could see and relate to the conflict she deals with, when her family’s secret emerges. It ends up being the trigger for her re-education and opens her eyes to reality.

The book seems to enjoy playing with its reader’s prejudices and challenging loyalties. Much like the Park sisters, I was torn between which family was further in the right than the other. In the end, I realised that I wasn’t meant to take sides. I was just supposed to understand that both parties believed themselves justified in their actions and that they were each simply trying to protect themselves, their livelihoods and their families. 

Your House Will Pay paints a searing portrait of the senseless violence, racism and outrageous injustice that haunted LA in the early 90s and is still ever present in Trump’s dysfunctional America. It’s a difficult read and yet it manages to be a page-turner with a message that resonates long after you’ve finished it. Cha is a remarkably exciting voice in the world of contemporary literary fiction and I can’t wait to see what she brings next.

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“Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.”

― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

Revenge in Fiction: a reading list (credit to Bookriot)

Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

A powerful and taut novel about racial tensions in LA, following two families—one Korean-American, one African-American—grappling with the effects of a decades-old crime In the wake of the police shooting of a black teenager, Los Angeles is as tense as it’s been since the unrest of the early 1990s. Protests and vigils are being staged all over the city. It’s in this dangerous tinderbox that two families must finally confront their pasts. Grace Park lives a sheltered existence: living at home with her Korean-immigrant parents, working at the family pharmacy, and trying her best to understand why her sister Miriam hasn’t spoken to their mother in years. The chasm in her family is growing wider by the day and Grace is desperate for reconciliation, and frustrated by the feeling that her sister and parents are shielding her from the true cause of the falling out. Shawn Matthews is dealing with a fractured family of his own. His sister, Ava, was murdered as a teenager back in 1991, and this new shooting is bringing up painful memories. Plus, his cousin Ray is just released from prison and needs to reconnect with their family after so many years away. While Shawn is trying his best to keep his demons at bay, he’s not sure Ray can do the same. When another shocking crime hits LA, the Parks and the Matthewses collide in ways they never could have expected. After decades of loss, violence, and injustice, tensions come to a head and force a reckoning that could clear the air or lead to more violence.

Confessions by Kanae Minato, Stephen Snyder (Translator)

Her pupils killed her daughter. Now, she will have her revenge. After calling off her engagement in wake of a tragic revelation, Yuko Moriguchi had nothing to live for except her only child, four-year-old Manami. Now, following an accident on the grounds of the middle school where she teaches, Yuko has given up and tendered her resignation. But first she has one last lecture to deliver. She tells a story that upends everything her students ever thought they knew about two of their peers, and sets in motion a maniacal plot for revenge. Narrated in alternating voices, with twists you'll never see coming, Confessions explores the limits of punishment, despair, and tragic love, culminating in a harrowing confrontation between teacher and student that will place the occupants of an entire school in danger. You'll never look at a classroom the same way again.

The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

Alex Craft knows how to kill someone. And she doesn’t feel bad about it. Three years ago, when her older sister, Anna, was murdered and the killer walked free, Alex uncaged the language she knows best—the language of violence. While her own crime goes unpunished, Alex knows she can’t be trusted among other people. Not with Jack, the star athlete who wants to really know her but still feels guilty over the role he played the night Anna’s body was discovered. And not with Peekay, the preacher’s kid with a defiant streak who befriends Alex while they volunteer at an animal shelter. Not anyone. As their senior year unfolds, Alex’s darker nature breaks out, setting these three teens on a collision course that will change their lives forever.

For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing

Teddy Crutcher has won Teacher of the Year at the esteemed Belmont Academy, home to the best and brightest.

He says his wife couldn't be more proud—though no one has seen her in a while.

Teddy really can’t be bothered with the death of a school parent that’s looking more and more like murder or the student digging a little too deep into Teddy’s personal life. His main focus is on pushing these kids to their full academic potential.

All he wants is for his colleagues—and the endlessly meddlesome parents—to stay out of his way.

It's really too bad that sometimes excellence can come at such a high cost.

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Before it's too late, the best books I read in 2020

My favorites

Followers by Megan Angelo

Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

How Do I Look? by Sennah Yee

Barn 8 by Deb Olin Unferth

Deacon King Kong by James McBride

the earthquake room by Davey Davis

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

We Wish You Luck by Caroline Zancan

Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Good Talk by Mira Jacob

Scott Pilgrim the Complete Series by Bryan Lee O'Malley

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Homie by Danez Smith

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe

Temporary by Hilary Leichter

The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s by Andy Greene

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez

Honorable mentions

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

The Witches are Coming by Lindy West

Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Vernon Subutex 1 by Virginie Despentes

In the Land of Men by Adrienne Miller

Optic Nerve by Maria Gainza

A Year Without a Name by Cyrus Grace Dunham

Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn

We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

Long Bright River by Liz Moore

American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI by Kate Winkler Dawson

Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier

Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Culture Warlords: My Journey into the Dark Web of White Supremacy by Talia Lavin

A Burning by Megha Mujumdar

Luster by Raven Leilani

How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang

Evolving Vegan by Mena Massoud

The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada

Sleeveless: Fashion, Image, Media, New York 2011-2019 by Natasha Stagg

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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hiiii beloved what books did you buy? 💓

i bought the poppy war by r. f. kuang, the unbroken by c. l. clark, never let me go by kazuo ishiguro, dune messiah by frank herbert and your house will pay by steph cha !! also my online book order arrived today and im just gonna tell you about it even though you didn't asked <3 i got becoming human: a theory of ontogeny by michael tomasello (for uni tho), fight club by chuck palahniuk and the road by cormac mccarty !!