Virginia Duan

6 days ago | mochimag.com | Virginia Duan

How far would a parent go to protect their child after their child has committed a horrific crime? South Korean director Hur Jin-ho explores this moral conundrum in “A Normal Family,” the most recent movie based on Dutch author Herman Koch’s bestselling novel “The Dinner.” In this adaptation, we follow the families of two brothers: pragmatic criminal defense lawyer Jae-wan (Sul Kyung-gu) and his younger brother Jae-gyu (Jang Dong-gun), a principled pediatrician.

1 week ago | mandarinmama.com | Virginia Duan

This newsletter includes affiliate links. If you click on them, It doesn’t affect what you pay and helps me cover costs of this newsletter and my sites. It’s pub day!! You can order my steamy, cozy fantasy novella “Love As Soft As a Distant Star” now from Amazon and Bookshop.org. The e-book is only $2.99 or if you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited, it’s on there for free.

1 week ago | mochimag.com | Virginia Duan

MovieMay 2, 2025When a devil-worshipping criminal network in Seoul throws the city into crisis, the police beg a trio of demon hunters known as “Holy Night” to help. Armed with powers, the group is led by Ba Woo (Ma Dong-Seok), who has supernatural strength, whereas Sharon (Seohyun) detects and exorcises demons, and Kim-kun (David Lee) supports them both.

2 weeks ago | mandarinmama.com | Virginia Duan

The following is an auto-generated transcript of the Brazn Azn podcast Episode 28. It also includes affiliate links that do not affect the price you pay, but allows me to recoup some of our costs. Please excuse any mistakes or misspellings as we do not have the time nor bandwidth to edit.

2 weeks ago | mandarinmama.com | Virginia Duan

This post uses affiliate links. It’s been three months, and I finally finished writing Chapter 9 in Book 3 of my Her Multiverse series. My favorite part? It’s clocking in at 87.6K words and I don’t think anything’s happened. “Illusive” and “Weightless” both start in the middle of the action—and the whole purpose of the books are to catch the reader up to the present and answer big questions. Now that I think about it, they’re the same question, but answered differently.