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Hello everyone! How's the weather where you live? It's too hot where I am; I hate how Spring (where I live) consists of cold days, a FEW warm one's, then the rest of it hot 😡 Most of you probably know this month is Asian-American & Pacific Island (AAPI) Heritage Month in the U.S. As an Asian myself I'm happy to celebrate my race and culture while uplifting other Asians. I'm a mixed South Asian and Chinese Caribbean (which also means the celebrations continue for others like me in June for Caribbean Heritage Month), a fusion that's kind of rare in the U.S., but nevertheless one I struggle to relate to. Most Asian literature and entertainment focus on those from the mainland (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, etc) so I couldn't sympathize or empathize with the characters 100%. I always felt like a bystander, constantly feeling left out or denied due to the fact I look racially ambiguous; only until I came across the Guyanese community here did I begin to feel more at ease with myself. I honestly don't know too much about Indo-Chinese-Guyanese culture but I know there are similarities. Right now I'm working on a list of Asian books I'll read for this month and can't wait to post my review of a contemporary novel that I can (finally!) closely relate to! It's an Indo-Guyanese-Canadian YA novel called In the Key of Nira Ghani by Natasha Deen, dealing with assimilation, culture-clash, and being a first generation Canadian. In the meantime you can check out my Bookshop page for lists of Asian books I've already read. My reviews for them are on my Goodreads page (both links in my bio). Your purchases from my Bookshop page support indie booksellers too! Q: Which Asian books are your favorite? #aapi #aapiheritagemonth #aapiinfluencer #aapiinclusion #indoguyanese #indocaribbean #indochinese #guyaneseamericaninfluencer #guyaneseamericanbookstagrammer #guyaneseamericanebookstagrammer #guyaneseamerican #guyaneseasian #guyanesewoman #caribbeanheritage #celebrateaapi #juneiscaribbeanamericanheritagemonth #asianebookstagrammer #asianinfluencer #inthekeyofniraghani #guyanesecanadianliterature #mayisaapimonth https://www.instagram.com/p/CPE8-tgreaV/?utm_medium=tumblr