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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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May readings

Inhae June 3, 2022 Reading and language learning blog

These are the books I read in May!

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April wrap up

Inhae May 3, 2022 Reading and language learning blog

I read three winners of the Mystery Writers of Japan Award in April, but my favourite books of the month have not been Japanese…

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March wrap-up

Inhae April 1, 2022 Reading and language learning blog

I managed to read 7 books in March, but many of them have been disappointing. I hope I’ll have more luck in April!

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Book review: 『四万人の目撃し』by Yorichika Arima

Inhae February 6, 2024

This detective novel won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, but I found it underwhelming and not satisfactory.

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Book review: 『顔』by Seicho Matsumoto

Inhae April 2, 2024

This is a collection of five short stories by Seicho Matsumoto. They were easy to read and entertaining, I highly recommend this book for mystery lovers.

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Book review: 『狐の鶏』by Jokichi Hikage 

Inhae March 11, 2024

This is a collection of 5 short stories. The first one won the Mystery Writer of Japan Award

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Currently reading

  • Cover of 十戒, the cover is black with dark purple wave design on top and a solid black circle in the middle towards the top. The title is written in big white letters.
  • Cover of 殺人是件嚴肅的事. The cover is beige with red dots on it. There’s an English title: The Killing for the Talented.
  • Cover of 역제안. Cover illustration: several objects (most of them are related to crime) are displayed on a blue background: knife, pistol, watch, drugs, camera, diary, etc.
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