TW Book Club 2022

TW Book Club
(Tokyo Weekender)
January to December 2022
details | Goodreads
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JANUARY:

The Easy Life in Kamusari
by Shion Miura
translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter
YA, Contemporary, Japan | Published: 2021 (first 2009) | Goodreads | my rating: 5
FEBRUARY:

Colorful
by Eto Mori
YA, Fantasy, Japan | Published: 2021 (first 1998) | Goodreads | my rating: 5
MARCH:

March Was Made of Yarn
edited by David Karashima, Elmer Luke
Short Stories, Japan | Published: 2012 | Goodreads
APRIL:

Moshi Moshi
by Banana Yoshimoto
translated by Gala Maria Follaco
Literary, Japan | Published: 2012 (first 2010) | Goodreads
MAY:

The Woman in the Purple Skirt
by Natsuko Imamura
translated by Lucy North
Literary, Japan | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
strange, living vicariously, stalker-ish

JUNE:

There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job
by Kikuko Tsumura
translated by Polly Barton
Contemporary, Japan | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
try as she might...

JULY:

The Cat and The City
by Nick Bradley
illustrated by Mariko Aruga
Contemporary, Short Stories, Japan | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
AUGUST:

Before the Coffee Gets Cold:
Tales from the Café
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
translated by Geoffrey Trousselot
SciFi, Fantasy, Japan | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

SEPTEMBER:

Terminal Boredom
by Izumi Suzuki
translated by Polly Barton, Sam Bett, David Boyd, Daniel Joseph, Aiko Masubuchi, Helen O'Horan
SciFi, Short Stories | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
OCTOBER:

Diary of a Void
by Emi Yagi
translated by David Boyd, Lucy North
Contemporary, Japan | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

NOVEMBER:

Where the Wild Ladies Are
by Aoko Matsuda
translated by Polly Barton
Short Stories, Feminism, Japan | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
non-traditional female routes, sad and dark alternatives

DECEMBER:

n/a

Lovely Books and Things - 2.6.22

Lovely Books and Things
My Weekly Books and Films Update

Linking up with:
Sunday Post (details)
Mailbox Monday (details)

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HAPPY THINGS:

1. Netflixing true crime with a friend and cozy fireplace
2. Can't go wrong at... Rong's - tried a new local Chinese restaurant - yummy
3. Waste Not Want 2 by Marsha Shaw (mixed media) at Tides of Change exhibit (here)

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Did you know?
My Blogoversary Giveaway offer is happening (here)
(offer expires at the end of the month)

Bought: from Book of the Month club - get yours with my referral link (here)

Vladimir
by Julia May Jonas
Literary, Dark Academia | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
see interview with author at The Bar and the Bookcase (here)
Library: audiobook

Eternal
by Lisa Scottoline
Historical, WW2, Italy | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
Library:

Colorful
by Eto Mori
YA, Fantasy, Japan | Published: 2021 (first 1998) | Goodreads
Freebies: from Free Little Library

Contempt
by Alberto Moravia
translated by Angus Davidson
Classics, Italy | Published: 2004 (first 1994) | Goodreads
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Virtual Author event: hosted by Murder By The Book
See archive of this (here)

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
by Elle Cosimano
Mystery, Thriller | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

The Christie Affair
by Nina de Gramont
Historical, Mystery, Agatha Christie | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
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AND watched: Netflix

Tinder Swindler (2022)
Director: Felicity Morris
Documentary, True Crime | imdb | my rating: 5
modern horror story of sorts
Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, he wooed women online then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now some victims plan for payback.

AND watched: theatre

Belfast (2021)
Director/Writer: Kenneth Branagh
Stars: Jude Hill, Caitriona Balfe, Jamie Dornan
Biography, Drama, History | imdb | my rating: 5
beautifully done
A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.

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