[caption id="attachment_media-365" align="alignright" width="177"] Cover of the novel[/caption] If you live in Japan or stay in touch with recent Japanese publications, you certainly have come across the title 「君たちはどう生きるか」by 吉野源三郎（よしの・げんざぶろう）. Though not living in Japan, I happened to see several times the cover of the manga version of this book but never really paid attention..

Even though I am reading several books at the same time, I am not losing sight of my reading challenge list. Given that「赤い指」 (the previous novel I read) was easy to read, I picked up a book that I am almost sure will be challenging: 「光」by 三浦しをん (みうらしをん). I bought this book during my December..

I am deviating a little from my "reading challenge list for 2018" with 「在日」by Kang Sang-jung. As I am currently living in Korea, I took an interest in the relationship between Korea and Japan. So when I saw this book in a bookshop of Seoul the other day, I just had to buy it. [caption..

I am a big fan of Keigo HIGASHINO. I first read his books in French (some of the Galileo series) and found it very new and original. I would never have dreamed, at the time, that I would be able to read his novels in Japanese one day. Since I started Japanese and reached a..

I am now reading one of the shortest books on my reading list: 「放送禁止」by 長江俊和. After 「イノセント・デイズ」 which was a long novel with deep implications, I didn't want to dive just yet into another long novel. I chose 「放送禁止」 to serve as a recreation. Why I chose this book Among the best-sellers that I saw in Kyoto's..

Time again to choose a book from my reading challenge list! I hesitated a long time before picking 「イノセント・デイズ」by 早見和真（はやみ・かずまさ） I would like to say a word about why I bought this book when I was in Kyoto last December. I didn't know what it was at the time, but I saw something like this: https://twitter.com/MARUZENNAGOYA/status/944492759779438592..

I am still reading the novel 「彼女がその名を知らない鳥たち」but I allow myself some breaks with Miri MASUDA's manga 「世界は終わらない」. I already knew Miri MASUDA through her yonkoma manga series 「すーちゃん」, a total of 4 books that follow the daily life of a 30-year-old woman, working in a café and reflecting on her future while dealing with everyday's..

I am reading the third book of my 2018 reading challenge! My challenge was to read a book per month, and I am well ahead of schedule. The book I chose is 「彼女がその名を知らない鳥たち」by 沼田まほかる (ぬまたまほかる) There is a film adaption which trailer you can watch here: https://youtu.be/4zHmryJgLOU To be honest, I may not have bought this..

I am reading the second book of my 2018 Reading challenge! I chose 「豆の上で眠る」by 湊かなえ（みなとかなえ）. I bought this book because it was presented as a "shocking mystery of two sisters" (衝撃の姉妹ミステリー！), but I am slowly discovering that this novel is much more than a mystery. Even if there is a mystery focused on the two..

I started the first novel of my 2018 reading challenge list! I picked up what seemed to be the easiest novel on the list: 「噓を愛する女」by 岡部えつ（おかべえつ）. I didn't know this author before, I have checked her Wikipedia page and I saw that there was a drama adaptation of one of her previous novel. I first..

[caption id="attachment_11875" align="alignleft" width="190"] Moe, 2017 dec. ムーミンのこともっと知りたい！[/caption] After my déconvenue at the JLTP, I bought this magazine even though I had no idea what it was about, just because I love Moomin. Moe turns out to be a magazine about illustrated books for children and you probably know Moomin, the main character of children books..