Book pile: yellow treats

This year's summer reading pile includes a lot of yellow covered treats.

Japanese Literature Challenge 18

Japanese Literature Challenge 18
hosted by Dolce Bellezza (details)
January 1 to March 31, 2025

The possiblities...

Kanazawa
by David Joiner
Contemporary Fiction, Kanawawa, Japan | Published: 2022

Nails and Eyes
by Kaori Fujino
translated by Kendall Heitzmann
Horror, Short Stories, Japan | Published: 2013 (first)

Lonely Planet Journeys: Lost Japan
by Alex Kerr
Travel, Memoir, Japan | Published: 2013

The Briefcase
by Hiromi Kawakami
translated by Allison Markin Powell
Literary, Romance, Tokyo, Japan | Published: 2001 (first)

Under the Eye of the Big Bird
by Hiromi Kawakami
translated by Asa Yoneda
SciFi, Speculative, Japan | Published: 2016 (first)

A Darcy Christmas by Amanda Grange, Sharon Lathan, Carolyn Eberhart

A Darcy Christmas
by Amanda Grange, Sharon Lathan, Carolyn Eberhart (2010)

Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Wish You a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Share in the magic of the season in these three warm and wonderful holiday novellas from bestselling authors.

Headstrong Girls by Debra Anne Watson, June Williams, Enid Wilson

Headstrong Girls
A bit of mystery, a bit of love,
all inspired by Jane Austen
by Debra Anne Watson, June Williams, and Enid Wilson

Book Excerpt | Enid's Website
Published: 2013
Publisher: CreateSpace
Genre: Jane Austen, Short Stories
Paperback: 252 pages

In Jane Austen's beloved classic, Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet's relationship with the wealthy Fitzwilliam Darcy suffers misunderstanding, heated argument, and family interference on the way to love. Darcy's opinionated aunt, Lady Catherine, demands that Elizabeth give up Darcy, and calls Elizabeth headstrong for failing to keep to her lower social sphere.

Elizabeth is headstrong -- determined, stubborn, fiery, strong-willed, adventurous, yet sensitive to others. This is what readers love about her and what inspires the creation of this book.

Headstrong Girls has seven short stories and a short film script: Who is in the secret passage at Pemberley? Did Lizzy Bennet commit murder? What is mailroom-clerk Lizzy hiding from CEO Darcy? Who is creating havoc on a South African wildlife preserve?

With a little mystery and a little romance, across the Regency, fantasy, and modern genres, the book takes Jane Austen's characters to wonderful new adventures. May headstrong girls find their hearts' desire!

On The Nightstand: Wayfarers

The Wayfarers series Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space-and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe-in this light-hearted debut space opera from a rising sci-fi star.

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
by Becky Chambers
Published: 2014

A Closed and Common Orbit
by Becky Chambers
Published: 2016

Record of a Spaceborn Few
by Becky Chambers
Published: 2018

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
by Becky Chambers
Published: 2021