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The cover of 人喰い. The cover is very simple: on a completely black background, two thick horizontal blue lines and the name of the author and the title of the book written in red on the black background. No illustration.

Book review: 『人喰い』by Saho Sasazawa

Inhae February 6, 2024

A simple mystery novel that won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award. Even though the end might be a bit foreseeable, the mystery is a pleasant read all along.

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Book review: 『黒い白鳥』by Tetsuya Ayukawa

Inhae September 22, 2023

A social/mystery novel that won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, 『黒い白鳥』gives a realistic portrait of its time while giving the readers a complex murder mystery resolving around train timetables.

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『七つの会議』by Jun Ikeido

Inhae March 11, 2024

A nice corporate thriller, but also my least favourite Jun Ikeido so far, especially because one chapter felt quite weak to me.

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I am on Mastodon!

Inhae November 18, 2022 Reading and language learning blog

I’ve been using Mastodon for 10 days, and I like it more than Twitter. If you’re there also, please come and say hi!

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Reading update and November plans

Inhae November 11, 2022 Reading and language learning blog

I am only reading one Japanese book at the moment, but I am waiting for two books to arrive (I ordered them last week!).

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Finished two books, started two more!

Inhae October 24, 2022 Reading and language learning blog

I finished two books, one Korean and one Japanese (loved them both!). I also started a Korean zombie novel and a Japanese crime mystery,

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Currently reading: one easy and one difficult book

Inhae October 14, 2022 Reading and language learning blog

I am very happy with the Korean book I am reading for the #22tlreadingchallenge: an engrossing detective story that is very easy to read. However, I am struggling with my Japanese book, the 1973 winner of the MWJ award: complex story with a lot of difficult words…

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September readings

Inhae October 1, 2022 Reading and language learning blog

I read two winners of the MWJ award and I am halfway through the third one!

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August readings

Inhae September 1, 2022 Reading and language learning blog

I mainly read in Korean this month, but I did finish the Kaga series by Keigo Higashinot! I also finished a whole chapter of a book in Chinese, a huge achievement!

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July readings

Inhae August 2, 2022 Reading and language learning blog

I am currently waiting for the Summer to end, and the good news is that July is over! I haven’t read as much as I wanted, and I did not finish my book for the #22tlreadingchallenge. I also only read one winner of the Mystery Writers of Japan Award. Mystery Writers of Japan Award –..

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June readings

Inhae July 1, 2022 Reading and language learning blog

I read six books this months (three in Japanese) and managed to keep pace with my reading challenges 🙂

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Mid-month update

Inhae June 16, 2022 Reading and language learning blog

Little update on all the books I am reading at the moment. It is a way for me to refocus on the books that I want to finish this month.

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Currently reading

  • Cover of 밸런스 게임 지옥, the cover is a plain gray background with the title written in big letters and some doodles.
  • Cover of 硝子の塔の殺人, the illustration is glass tower illuminated in red on a blue landscape with waves in the background and full moon in the sky.

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