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Bridge of Birds (The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, #1)
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Barry Hughart

Ɗẳɳ 2.☊'s review

Sep 07, 2019

it was amazing

bookshelves: buddy-reads, classics, goldilocks-zone

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Reading Progress

July 5, 2019 – Shelved

July 5, 2019 – Shelved as: to-read

July 25, 2019 – Started Reading

July 26, 2019 –

3.0% "The abbot used to say that the emotional health of a village depended upon having a man whom everyone loved to hate, and Heaven had blessed us with two of them."

July 26, 2019 – Shelved as: classics

July 26, 2019 – Shelved as: buddy-reads

July 27, 2019 –

18.0% "“The newlyweds happened to be praying mantises,” said Master Li. “The groom was happily engrossed in copulation, and right on cue his blushing bride craned her pretty neck and casually decapitated him. The groom’s hindquarters continued to pump away while the bride devoured his head, which says something about the location of his brains, and for a moment the emperor had second thoughts about wedding bells.”"

July 30, 2019 –

45.0% "His feet were kicked out from under him. His neck lay on the block, and the bonze mumbled a prayer, and the sergeant at arms asked if he had any last words. The ironic eyes lifted.
“Eat pickled turnips with yellow beans,” he said politely. “It gives the taste of walnut.”"

August 2, 2019 –

69.0% "“Li Kao shrugged and reached out and pressed a finger to my forehead, and quoted Lao-Tzu.
“Blessed are the idiots, for they are the happiest people on earth.”"

August 3, 2019 – Finished Reading

September 7, 2019 – Shelved as: goldilocks-zone