An engrossing story about family secrets set in Palos Verdes, California.
Book review: 『まる子だった』by Momoko Sakura
『まる子だった』is a collection of 17 autobiographical short stories about Momoko Sakura’s childhood. The stories are very nice, sometimes funny, and not difficult to read. Highly recommended!
Book review: 『お茶の時間』by Miri Masuda
Miri Masuda’s manga are great for Japanese learners! In the autobiographical manga『お茶の時間』Miri Masuda talks about the thoughts and things she experiences in cafes.
Book review: 『アンカー』by Bin Konno
『アンカー』 is the fourth book in the “Scoop series”, and I highly recommend that you read the other books of the series before reading this one. If not, it might be difficult to feel involved in the story.
Book review: 『老後の資金がありません』by Miu Kakiya
『老後の資金がありません』is a humorous and engrossing novel about managing household finances when everything seems to get in the way.
Book review: 『もっと、やめてみた。』by Pon Watanabe
Pon Watanabe’s autobiographical manga is one of the best books that I have read this year!
Book review: 『天使のナイフ』by Gaku Yakumaru
This is Gaku Yakumaru’s debut novel. It won the Edogawa Rampo Prize.
Book review: 『ボッコちゃん』by Shinichi Hoshi
Shinichi Hoshi is well known for his short short stories and is considered to be the pioneer of Japanese SF. 『ボッコちゃん』is a collection of 50 short short stories chosen by the author himself. Review This is the first time that I read stories by Shinichi Hoshi, and I was very surprised by the author's unique..
Book review: 『マチネの終わりに』by Keiichiro Hirano
This novel is a best-seller in Japan and has been adapted into film in 2019. It tells the love story between Satoshi Makino and Yoko Komine. Satoshi, 38 years old, is a talented guitarist of classical music. After one of his concerts, he meets the reporter Yoko Komine, 40 years old, who lives in Paris..
Book review: 『ノルウェイの森』by Haruki Murakami
Norwegian Wood is the very first novel by Murakami that I read!
Book Review: 『ハングルへの旅』by Noriko Ibaragi
A beautiful story about learning a new language!
Book review: 『犯人のいない殺人の夜』by Keigo Higashino
This is the first volume in a series of three collections of short stories published by Kobunsha. The stories in 『犯人のいない殺人の夜』were first published between 1985 and 1988.