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Getting Steamy in San Francisco: #CannonBookClub2022!

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

May 2, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

Fog rolling in off the Pacific! Illicit kisses in smoky clubs! Steamed buns filled with jammy pork and spices! What can I say about Last Night at the Telegraph Club that Malinda Lo didn’t already say with total confidence and care when she wrote the book? She felt as if speaking would ruin everything-then they’d have to put a name to this feeling between them, this rapidly growing heat and longing that made the sliver of air between their bodies charged with electricity. She could swear […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, History, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: AAPI, AAPI Heritage Month, AAPI voices, CannonBookClub, cannonbookclub2022, Chinese American, coming-of-age, LGTBQ, LGTBQ+ voices, Malinda Lo, midcentury America, National Book Award Winner, queer, queer love, San Francisco, young love

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:27 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, History, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: AAPI, AAPI Heritage Month, AAPI voices, CannonBookClub, cannonbookclub2022, Chinese American, coming-of-age, LGTBQ, LGTBQ+ voices, Malinda Lo, midcentury America, National Book Award Winner, queer, queer love, San Francisco, young love ·
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Let’s not go back there again

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

April 11, 2022 by ElCicco 3 Comments

Join us now through May 21 for the #CannonBookClub Discussion of Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo Last Night at the Telegraph Club is a multi-award winning young adult novel that takes on several heavy topics and does so admirably. Set in early 1950’s San Francisco, the story’s protagonist Lily Hu is a teenager with big dreams. Yet she faces a number of formidable obstacles related to her race, sex and sexual identity. Through Lily, Malinda Lo shows the reader how dangerous it […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: CannonBookClub, cbr14, ElCicco, Fiction, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, LGBTQ, Malinda Lo, YA

ElCicco's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: CannonBookClub, cbr14, ElCicco, Fiction, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, LGBTQ, Malinda Lo, YA ·
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CannonBookClub May Book Announcement!

March 9, 2022 by faintingviolet 13 Comments

The votes have been counted and Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo is our May Book for our AAPI themed Book Club! #CannonBookClub will be taking place on Friday May 20th and Saturday May 21st. We have a lot of new Cannonballers participating this year, so here are some answers to a few of the typical questions about our book discussions. Feel free to post your questions or comments about #CannonBookClub below. So how does #CannonBookClub work? I’m so glad you asked! Now […]

Filed Under: Book Club Tagged With: AAPI voices, book club, CannonBookClub, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, lgbtq fiction, Malinda Lo

Genres: Book Club · Tags: AAPI voices, book club, CannonBookClub, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, lgbtq fiction, Malinda Lo ·
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