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Cover of “Ore tachi babulu nyukogumi”. The cover is a drawing of a salaryman seen from behind. He is holding his jacket over his shoulder and his looking at a building across the street.

Book review: 『オレたちバブル入行組』by Jun Ikeido

This is the 4th Jun Ikeido I read and one of my favourite so far! I discovered that the author

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Book review: 『あの日の君に恋をした、そして』and『そして、その日まで君を愛する』by Koichi Nitori

These two novels are very easy to read in Japanese and can make for a good first novel at N3 level. One is an entertaining mystery and the other one is a love story based on everyday life scenes.

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Happy Holidays!

I am taking a little break on my blog and will be back on the 31th to look back at all the books I read in 2019. I hope you enjoy the holiday season! 

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Blog Holiday!

I am going to Japan tomorrow and I will be back on Sunday! See you next week! 😃

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My blog in 2019

A quick announcement about the format of my blog in 2019

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Blog Winter Holiday!

I am taking a little break on the blog! I am busy reading all the tips I can find on

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Blog Summer Holiday!

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Make that grey cat stand out

This is my response to the wordpress daily word prompt, which was “gray”

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First blog post!

My very first post, welcome!

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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.
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I haven’t read as much as I wanted today, but I did finish the first chapter of 고통에 관하여 by Bora Chung (정보라), and I only have one chapter left in 寝台特急殺人事件 by Kyotaro Nishimura (西村 京太郎), so I’ll be able to finish it tomorrow. #ReadingUpdate
Also waiting for my planner to become available 🐈… #caturday #CatsOfMastodon

30 September 2023 @ 9:00 am

#3GoodThings
🏡 Day at home.
📖 Started a Korean novel. I had to look up a lot of words so I haven’t progressed much (only read 30 pages), but things start to get smoother.
🪛There was a problem with my aquarium light that I managed to solve, so everything is working well now.

29 September 2023 @ 11:49 am

#3GoodThings
🎉 Enjoying the Holidays!
📖 Bought a new book, and I’m looking forward to starting it this weekend.
🌳 Walk in the woods. It was quite pleasant and refreshing. Also saw a squirrel, but I was not quick enough to take a picture of it, so instead, this is just a picture of the trail we took.

28 September 2023 @ 12:36 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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