hosted by @jplitreadathon
#MiniMangaReadathon
Dates: August 20-22, your own timezone
Prompt: FREE CHOICE
by Junji Ito
Manga, Horror, Humor, Cats, Japan | Published: 2015 (first 2009) | Goodreads | my rating: tba
#JPLitReadathon
Dates: August 23-29, your own timezone
Prompts:
1. free choice
2. book that features cats (or any other kind of animal)
3. group pick:
by Rokurō Inui
translated by Matt Treyvaud
SciFi, Steampunk, Japan | Published: 2019 | Goodreads | my rating: tba
#MiniChallenges
Prompt: free choice
(e.g. making art/creativity [drawing/painting/calligraphy/diy], cooking, watching movie/anime adaptations, etc.)
Date: August 20-29 (entire duration of the readathon)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (2008)
Director/Writer: Paul Schrader
Writer: Leonard Schrader
Based on books by: Yukio Mishima
Stars: Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya
Biography, Drama | imdb | my rating: tba
A look at acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima, the impossible harmony he created between self, art, and society, and his famously committed public seppuku (ritual suicide). Includes interviews, commentary, documentary, and more.
