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Author: Tsumao Awasaka (泡坂妻夫)

Cover of 乱れからく. The cover design are drawings of different mechanisms, a house that looks like a toy, a statue with a key and some mathematic formulas.

Book review: 『乱れからくり』by Tsumao Awasaka

Several elements prevented me from really enjoying this mystery novel centred around mechanical devices and toys manufacturing.

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  • Akutagawa Prize (2)
  • Edogawa Rampo Prize (江戸川乱歩賞) (1)
  • Haruhiko Ōyabu Prize (大藪春彦賞) (1)
  • Honkaku Mystery Award (本格ミステリ大賞) (1)
  • Japan Booksellers' Award (本屋大賞) (1)
  • Mystery Writers of Japan Award (日本推理作家協会賞) (18)
  • Naoki Prize (直木三十五賞) (2)

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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.
  • 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:

The pen I’m using today is my Kaweco Art Sport (Blueblack limited edition). It’s the only pen for which I’m using cartridges and it’s currently inked with Kaweco Midnight Blue. I love how it looks without the clip, so I never use it. (The body is dark blue, but not as dark as it appears on the picture. It’s difficult to get a good lighting…)#FountainPen #CurrentlyInked

23 September 2023 @ 8:02 am

#ReadingUpdate #LanguageLearning🚪 I have been busy this week so I haven’t read much, but my biggest achievement is without a doubt reaching 70% on 請把門鎖好 by 既晴 (Jì Qíng).
📦 I just started the second Korean short story for this week, 비어있는 상자 by 이승훈 (Lee Seunghun), so finishing it will be my main goal this weekend.
🚃 I’m still in the middle of 寝台特急殺人事件 by Kyotaro Nishimura (西村京太郎). I haven’t had much time to read it this week, but it is one of the most engrossing novels I have read lately.

23 September 2023 @ 2:02 am

#3GoodThings
🛋️ Put a small shelf near the table I’m using most of the time (it’s just the table from the living room) to put the plants on it, and I can also store my keyboard and notebooks/pens etc to make room on the table that gets always so crowded with my stationery and books.
👩🏻‍💻 Found a way (by asking my husband) to resize featured images on my blog.
🛏️ Couldn’t sleep last night and spent hours reading the Taiwanese book I want to finish this year. Made really good progress!

22 September 2023 @ 1:10 pm

Latest book reviews

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

天山を越えて (てんざんをこえて)

Book review: 『天山を越えて』by Koshi Kurumizawa

Author: Koshi Kurumizawa (胡桃沢耕史)

Though 天山を越えて won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, it belongs more to the adventure genre than the mystery genre, and it was a bit of a disappointm

Cover of “Wの悲劇”.

Book review: 『Wの悲劇』by Shizuko Natsuki

Author: Shizuko Natsuki (夏樹静子)

『Wの悲劇』, whose title is an homage to Ellery Queen, is certainly one of the most famous works by Shizuko Natsuki, but I did not enjoy it as much as I ex

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