I have finished 『リカーシブル』by Honobu Yonezawa (米澤穂信), and with it, I have completed both my reading challenge for the year and my goals for the month of December. A novel with various themes 「この街は確かに、どこかおかしい」(p.394) Haruka, her mother and younger brother Satoru have to move back to the mother's native little town. While Haruka, who starts..
Book review: 『イノセント・デイズ』by Kazumasa Hayami
I have finished reading 「イノセント・デイズ」by 早見和真（はやみ・かずまさ） and loved this novel very much. I found the story interesting, I like the themes encompassed in it, and I appreciated the structure of the novel very much. Some themes of the novel The novel starts with what we call in French a "fait divers" (tragic events like criminal cases that..
Book review: 『豆の上で眠る』by Kanae Minato
In 湊かなえ's novel, the reader is invited to blink into a family's untold secrets, but before we know it, we find ourselves sharing the protagonist's emotions and feeling unexpectedly involved in her story. While personal tragedy and family drama give the novel its deepness, the mystery and quest for the truth make it a real..