Japanese Literature Challenge 15

Japanese Literature Challenge 15
hosted by Dolce Bellezza (details)
January 1 to March 31, 2022

The possiblities...

Automatic Eve
by Rokurō Inui
translated by Matt Treyvaud
SciFi, Steampunk, Japan | Published: 2019 | Goodreads

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

Earthlings
by Sayaka Murata
translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori
Horror, Japan | Published: 2020 (first 2018) | Goodreads | my rating: 5
hooey! what a story, oh humanity

Last Winter We Parted
by Fuminori Nakamura
translated by Allison Markin Powell
Mystery, Japan | Published: 2014 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

Lonely Castle in the Mirror
by Mizuki Tsujimura
translated by Philip Gabriel
Fantasy, YA, Japan | Published: 2021 (first 2017) | Goodreads | my rating: 4

My Annihilation
by Fuminori Nakamura
translated by Sam Bett
Thriller, Japan | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

Tokyo Ueno Station
by Miri Yū
translated by Morgan Giles
Historical, Japan | Published: 2019 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

Japanese Readathon

Japanese Readathon
hosted by @jplitreadathon
reading the group picks
check out their details for more
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FEBRUARY:

Sweet Bean Paste
by Durian Sukegawa
translated by Alison Watts
Contemporary, Japan | Published: 2017 (for 2013) | Goodreads

APRIL:

The Old Capital
by Yasunari Kawabata
translated by J. Martin Holman and Vanja Lantz
Classic, Historical, Japan | Published: 2006 (first 1962) | Goodreads | my rating: 5
being a foundling, interesting concept
JUNE:

The Sound of Waves
by Yukio Mishima
Literary, Classic, Japan | Published: 1956 | Goodreads | my rating: 5

JULY:

Spring Snow
by Yukio Mishima
translated by Michael Gallagher
Literary, Historical, Japan | Goodreads

AUGUST:

Automatic Eve
by Rokurō Inui
translated by Matt Treyvaud
SciFi, Steampunk, Japan | Published: 2019 | Goodreads

OCTOBER:

Revenge
by Yoko Ogawa
translated by Stephen Snyder
Short Stories, Horror, Japan | Published: 2013 (first 1998) | Goodreads
DECEMBER:

The Great Passage
by Shion Miura
translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter
Literary, Writing, Japan | Published: 2017 (first 2011) | Goodreads

Japanese Readathon August

Japanese Readathon August
hosted by @jplitreadathon
#MiniMangaReadathon
Dates: August 20-22, your own timezone

Prompt: FREE CHOICE

Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu
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:

Automatic Eve
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.

Lovely Books and Things - 7.4.21

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. Joining and learning how to Discord because of a book club
2. Galaxy peaches - fun shape
3. Blast from the past. Actually, I still have mixtapes from the 80s :-)

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Bought:

Automatic Eve
by Rokurō Inui
translated by Matt Treyvaud
SciFi, Steampunk, Japan | Published: 2019 | Goodreads

Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell
Historical, England, Shakespeare | Published: 2020 | Goodreads
Library:

The Postscript Murders
by Elly Griffiths
Mystery, England | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Freebies: from Free Little Library

The Marvels
by Brian Selznick
Historical, Middle Grade, Illustrated | Published: 2015 | Goodreads

To Be Featured:

We Are Not Like Them
by Christine Pride, Jo Piazza
Contemporary | Published: October 2021 | Goodreads
courtesy of publisher -Thanks!

~*~ AND watched: virtual theatre

The Tomorrow War (2021)
Director: Chris McKay
Writer: Zach Dean
Stars: Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski
Action, Adventure, SciFi | imdb | my rating: 4
A family man is drafted to fight in a future war where the fate of humanity relies on his ability to confront the past.

Got me thinking of parent-child relationships.

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* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently

Thanks for stopping by :-)