"Gold Boy, Emerald Girl" - It's not exactly the reason I got this but I really like the shape of gingko leaves (and maidenhair fern!) :P... Anyway, it's another short story collection *long sigh*... what am I even thinking when I don't like short story collections, right? Well... I do want to try reading something written by the author so when I saw this sold under RM5, I couldn't resist.

"Queen of the Tiles" - I finally read "The Weight of Our Sky" last year and I liked the way it's written. I do need to read more from the author though (to make sure it's not a one time thing). I did around on Shopee for this book early this year and only recently found this hardback version priced under RM40. 

As to when I'm reading these... I most probably will read "Queen of the Tiles" this year. Not sure about the other book because I always dread reading short stories (I mean... - not really the best examples but - especially after my experience with Conrad and Le Guin). I should do away with the expectation that it's faster to read short stories because that's definitely rarely it in my case. I need to like switch gears every time I start a new short story (it's mentally exhausting) --- so yeah, best would be read one story at a time (read one short story, walk away, read next story another day--- kind of thing).