My new (long time) reading project is to explore pre-war Japanese detective fiction!

I made a list of short stories (some of them very short!) as reading goal for June. It helps me to get out of my current reading slump.

I haven’t read much in May, I mostly finished novels that I had started in April and read some short stories.

An overview of the (few!) books I read in April.

April reading update! I am currently reading in my three target languages at the same time.

After a long break, I am back with four mini reviews of Korean books.

I’m learning Chinese with a Korean podcast simply called 중급 중국어.

I ordered and received six books by Seicho Matsumoto. Reading them all will be my Spring challenge this year!

Reading notes for the first chapter of 内部の真実, especially military vocabulary and a list of characters.

New book haul! I ordered 6 books by Seicho Matsumoto and 3 books by Shizuko Natsuki!

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..