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すーちゃん~7

A story about working relationships and living alone.

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どちらかが彼女を殺した~第3章~4

The 4th part of chapter 3 goes from page 134 to 149. A new confrontation between Kaga and Yasumasa! 濃紺・のうこん dark

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どちらかが彼女を殺した

どちらかが彼女を殺した~第3章~3

The third part of the third chapter, a very challenging part with a lot of vocabulary! 懲りる・こりる to learn by experience

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すーちゃん~6

My reading notes for the 6th story of すーちゃん, p.39 to 45. Reading Notes Suchan’s mother asks “彼氏はおらんの?” I guess

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どちらかが彼女を殺した

どちらかが彼女を殺した~第3章~2

The second part of chapter 3 goes from p.105 to 119 Reading Notes 遠縁・とおえん distant relative ノイローゼ neurosis 性に合う・せいにあう to be congenial, to

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すーちゃん~5

  The 5th story of すーちゃん goes from p. 32 to 38. Looks like we will finally be introduced to

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どちらかが彼女を殺した~3章~1

The previous part is here. This is the first part of chapter 2, from p.99 to 105. A rather short

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星の王子さま

星の王子さま~3

Notes for 星の王子さま~2 are here. Where the narrator hears for the first time the words “other planet” and try to

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どちらかが彼女を殺した~第2章~3

This is the last part of chapter 2 and it goes from page 76 to 96. (See my notes on

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すーちゃん~4

Ready for the 4th story of すーちゃん! p.25 to 31. I’ll try to write more from now on, I realize

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  • 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.
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28 September 2023 @ 12:36 pm

I finished the short story 냉장고와 넷플릭스 (Refrigerator & Netflix) by 홍지운 (Hong Jiun), a funny story of a ghost in a refrigerator. It’s from a short stories collection with the same title. With this I have already read my two short stories for this week! #Korean #ReadingChallenge

28 September 2023 @ 10:46 am

I could not resist buying Bora Chung (정보라)’s new novel!
The promotion material says that both author Kim Choyeop (김초엽) and translator Anton Hur recommend it.
@mollymay5000 Thank you for recommending this author! I still haven’t got around to reading Cursed Bunny, and I think I’ll start with this novel instead. It’s apparently a SF thriller on the theme of pain, so quite a heavy topic. #Korean

28 September 2023 @ 8:31 am

  • 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 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!

渇きの町 (かわきのまち)

Book review:『渇きの街』by Kenzo Kitakata

Author: Kenzo Kitakata (北方謙三)

Even though 渇きの街 won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award and has overall good reviews, it was not a book that I enjoyed reading, mainly because I disli

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