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Month: September 2021

Book review: 『ひと』 by Fuminori Onodera

ひとis a nice story showing that one is never alone, and that there are always good people ready to help and share. But for a prize winner, I was expecting a little more from this novel.

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Book review: 『プレゼント』by Nanami Wakatake

This is a collection of short stories featuring both Akira Hamura and detective Shuntaro Kobayashi. It is the first book of the Akira Hamura series.

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『吸血鬼』by Edogawa Rampo

This is the seventh book in the Kogoro Akechi collection and my favourite so far!

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Book review: 『空飛ぶタイヤ』 by Jun Ikeido

An engrossing corporate novel and by far my favourite book read this year. I highly recommend it!

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reading journal

Summer wrap up

After a long break, I am back to blogging! This is a quick overview of the books I read this Summer.

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Currently reading

  • Cover of 寝台特急殺人事件. The cover illustration is a picture of a train wagon taken at night. There is a logo on the train that represents a blue bird with the name はやぶさ written on it.
  • Cover of 김대리가 죽었대. The cover illustration depicts a city with tall buildings at night or dawn. There are lights on several floors.
Latest posts in the Fediverse:

I’m continuing the collection of linked stories called 냉장고와 넷플릭스 (Refrigerator and Netflix) by 홍지운 (Hong Jiun), and in the second story, one character is obsessed by the Ghibli films since they’ve been added to Netflix. I felt like this happened very recently (like this year), but checking it out, it was in February 2020! #Korean #ReadingChallenge

3 October 2023 @ 7:26 am

We visited Dondeokjeon (돈덕전) a Western-style building in Deoksu Palace (덕수궁) that was built during the Korean Empire, but demolished in the 30s. The building has been reconstructed and just opened to the public.#3GoodThings
🆓 The entry to Deoksu Palace was free today so no need to queue up to buy a ticket.
🗺️ There were exhibition rooms inside the building about the diplomatic activities of the Korean Empire. It was very interesting!
🌳 The park is lovely and the weather was nice.

2 October 2023 @ 1:30 pm

#3GoodThings
🍂 I’m just happy that it’s October today! Autumn months are my favourite time of the year.
🍃 And there was a nice cool wind outside, so walking 10,000 steps actually felt refreshing.
📖 I finished a book!

1 October 2023 @ 12:33 pm

  • Black and white drawing of a cat resting its head on a pile of books. There are house plants on each side of the pile of books.
    Korean reading challengeSeptember 26, 2023
    In this post, I’m talking about my Korean reading challenge and go through several collections of short stories I bought for this challenge.

Latest book reviews

Cover of 白光. Cover illustration: a background of blurred leaves with white light coming through them and pink flowers on the foreground.

Book review: 『白光』by Mikihiko Renjo

Author: Mikihiko Renjo (連城三紀彦)

A really great book if you like mysteries that deal with psychology and family secrets.

Cover of 背いて故郷. The cover illustration depicts a round rearview mirror on a grey sky. In the reflection of the mirror, there is a man standing near a road.

Book review:『背いて故郷』by Tatsuo Shimizu

Author: Tatsuo Shimizu (志水辰夫)

One of the rare hardboiled novels that I enjoyed reading, 背いて故郷 starts with an engrossing investigation which turns into more action in the second hal

Cover of チョコレートゲーム. The focus of the cover image is a small desk and two chairs facing the desk, typically the kind that are used in classrooms. On the table there is some kind of board game involving chocolate bars. There are also bank notes and chocolate around it.

Book review:『チョコレートゲーム』by Futari Okajima

Author: Futari Okajima (岡嶋 二人)

チョコレートゲーム is an engrossing mystery with a fast pace. Recommended!

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