{"id":15707,"date":"2021-11-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=15707"},"modified":"2021-11-24T13:17:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T18:17:14","slug":"cant-wait-wednesday-november-24-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/cant-wait-wednesday-november-24-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Can’t Wait Wednesday | November 24, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Happy Wednesday! Originally created by Jill at Breaking The Spine, <\/a>Waiting on Wednesday<\/strong> was adapted to Can\u2019t <\/strong>Wait<\/strong><\/span> Wednesday<\/strong> <\/span>by Tressa at Wishful Endings.<\/a> It is a weekly meme that spotlights upcoming releases that I’m eagerly anticipating!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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This week\u2019s Can\u2019t Wait Wednesday book is\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\"Can’tPortrait of a Thief<\/strong> by Grace D. Li<\/a>
Published on<\/strong> April 5, 2022 by Tiny Reparations Books<\/a>
Genres:<\/strong> Contemporary<\/a>, New Adult<\/a>, Thriller<\/a>
Pages:<\/strong> 384
Add to <\/strong>Goodreads<\/a>
Author Links:<\/strong> Website<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, Goodreads<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>

History is told by the conquerors. Across the Western world, museums display the spoils of war, of conquest, of colonialism: priceless pieces of art looted from other countries, kept even now.
\nWill Chen plans to steal them back.
\nA senior at Harvard, Will fits comfortably in his carefully curated roles: a perfect student, an art history major and sometimes artist, the eldest son that has always been his parents\u2019 American Dream. But when a shadowy Chinese corporation reaches out with an impossible\u2014and illegal\u2014job offer, Will finds himself something else as well: the leader of a heist to steal back five priceless Chinese sculptures, looted from Beijing centuries ago.
\nHis crew is every heist archetype one can imagine\u2014or at least, the closest he can get. A conman: Irene Chen, Will\u2019s sister and a public policy major at Duke, who can talk her way out of anything. A thief: Daniel Liang, a premed student with steady hands just as capable of lockpicking as suturing. A getaway driver: Lily Wu, an engineering student who races cars in her free time. A hacker: Alex Huang, an MIT dropout turned Silicon Valley software engineer. Each member of his crew has their own complicated relationship with China and the identity they\u2019ve cultivated as Chinese Americans, but when Will asks, none of them can turn him down.
\nBecause if they succeed? They earn fifty million dollars\u2014and a chance to make history. But if they fail, it will mean not just the loss of everything they\u2019ve dreamed for themselves but yet another thwarted attempt to take back what colonialism has stolen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t