<description>&lt;p&gt;On this episode we discuss our November 2025 book club pick, &lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/taiwan-travelogue-a-novel-shuang-zi-yang/2cfb217dca24d0fb?ean=9781644453155&amp;amp;next=t&amp;amp;aid=11692&amp;amp;listref=book-club-picks-91552a56-f7a9-40f3-b303-66310685ac2e" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Taiwan Travelogue&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;by Shuang-zi Yang, translated by Lin King, a historical fiction novel (with a meta-fiction twist) about a Japanese travel writer invited to write about the imperial colony of Taiwan by the Japanese government in the 1930's, and follows her budding relationship with her Taiwanese translator as they eat through the island while she pushes on the boundaries between colonizer and colonized. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Books &amp;amp; Boba is a podcast dedicated to reading and featuring books by Asian and Asian American authors&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Support the Books &amp;amp; Boba Podcast by:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/booksandboba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Joining our Patreon to receive exclusive perks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://booksandboba.captivate.fm/bookshop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Purchasing books at our bookshop&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://booksandboba.captivate.fm/merch" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rocking our Books &amp;amp; Boba merch&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow our hosts:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Reera Yoo (&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/reeraboo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@reeraboo&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Marvin Yueh (&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/MarvinYueh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@marvinyueh&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow us:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/booksandboba/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/BooksandBoba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/197124-books-boba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Goodreads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/booksandboba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Books &amp;amp; Boba December 2025 pick is &lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/blackmail-and-bibingka-mia-p-manansala/5f83592f0901cadf?ean=9780593201718&amp;amp;next=t&amp;amp;aid=11692&amp;amp;listref=book-club-picks-91552a56-f7a9-40f3-b303-66310685ac2e" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Blackmail and Bibingka&lt;/a&gt; by Mia P. Manansala&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This podcast is part of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://booksandboba.captivate.fm/potluck" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Books and Boba

Potluck Podcast Collective

#337 - Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi

DEC 8, 202562 MIN
Books and Boba

#337 - Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi

DEC 8, 202562 MIN

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On this episode we discuss our November 2025 book club pick, Taiwan Travelogue by Shuang-zi Yang, translated by Lin King, a historical fiction novel (with a meta-fiction twist) about a Japanese travel writer invited to write about the imperial colony of Taiwan by the Japanese government in the 1930's, and follows her budding relationship with her Taiwanese translator as they eat through the island while she pushes on the boundaries between colonizer and colonized. Books & Boba is a podcast dedicated to reading and featuring books by Asian and Asian American authorsSupport the Books & Boba Podcast by:Joining our Patreon to receive exclusive perksPurchasing books at our bookshopRocking our Books & Boba merchFollow our hosts:Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)Follow us:InstagramTwitterGoodreadsFacebookThe Books & Boba December 2025 pick is Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. ManansalaThis podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective