First book in the Sergeant Gohara series and an entertaining whodunnit.
Reading 内部の真実 by Jokichi Hikage
Reading notes for the first chapter of 内部の真実, especially military vocabulary and a list of characters.
Book review: 『針の誘い』by Takao Tsuchiya
Third book in the Chigusa series, and unfortunately, the last one available.
New books on the way!
New book haul! I ordered 6 books by Seicho Matsumoto and 3 books by Shizuko Natsuki!
MWJ Award 1948-1989: favourite authors
I am currently taking a break in my project to read the winners of the Mystery Writers of Japan Award in order to explore the repertoire of the authors I have discovered so far through this project. To make things easier for me, I am listing here the winners of the prize that I loved..
Book review: 『赤の組曲』by Takao Tsuchiya
Second book in the Chigusa series, 赤の組曲 is a fast-paced, engrossing detective novel.
Book review:『十字架のカルテ』by Mikito Chinen
An engrossing book that tackles the topics of retribution, justice and mental illness.
Reading in Traditional Chinese with zhuyin
I finished my first novel in Chinese. I read in Traditional Chinese, and my e-book could display the Zhuyin, which made reading much easier.
Reading in Chinese
Update on the books that I have tried to read, am reading, and will read in Chinese.
Book review: 『伝説なき地』by Yoichi Funado
Even though this book won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, it is hard to classify it as “mystery”. It is a fast pace thriller/adventure with a good dose of violence and suspense. I personally enjoyed it much more than I expected.
Exploring new authors and series
Some of the authors and series that I have discovered recently.
Korean reading challenge
In this post, I’m talking about my Korean reading challenge and go through several collections of short stories I bought for this challenge.