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

Read The World Challenge 2021

Read The World 2021
January to June
hosted by end.notes
instagram challenge: #readtheworld21
January: Japan

Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
translated by Geoffrey Trousselot
Fantasy, Time Travel, Japan, (audio) | Published: 2019 (first 2015) | Goodreads | my rating: 5
importance of the present

February: South / East Africa

The Down Days
by Ilze Hugo
Dystopia, South Africa | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
grief, hair, ghostbusters

March: Korea

If I Had Your Face
by Frances Cha
Literay, Feminism, South Korea | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
beauty standards, friendship
April: Australia / New Zealand

The Wife and the Widow
by Christian White
Mystery, Thriller, Australia | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
cool character twist
May: Mexico

VIDAS
Deep in Mexico and Spain
by Edward Stanton
Travel, Memoir, Mexico, Spain | Published: March 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
vignettes with male perspective experiences in these countries
gets into some nooks and crannies of some cities
includes sprinkling of b/w photos
June: Scandinavia

Wretchedness
by Andrzej Tichý
translated by Nichola Smalley
Literary, Sweden | Published: 2020 (first 2016) | Goodreads

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* header image source: reading woman travel

Lovely Books and Things - 1.24.21

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. Feeling hopeful with thoughts of better days ahead.
2. Home made chocolate chip cookies. mmmm.
3. Unicorn puzzles to puzzle. This is one of twelve by Cra-Z-Art.

~*~ Library: audiobook

Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
translated by Geoffrey Trousselot
Fantasy, Time Travel, Japan | Published: 2019 (first 2015) | Goodreads
Library:

These Violent Delights
by Chloe Gong
YA, History, Retelling Romeo & Juliet | Published: 2020 | Goodreads
Freebies: from Free Little Library

Equal Rites
by Terry Pratchett
Fantasy, Humor, Witches | Published: 2009 (first 1987) | Goodreads

A Little Book of Japanese Contentments:
Ikigai, Forest Bathing, Wabi-sabi, and More
by Erin Niimi Longhurst
illustrated by Ryo Takemasa
Cultural, Travel, Japan | Published: 2018 | Goodreads ~*~
AND watched: Netflix

El Camino (2019)
A Breaking Bad Movie
Director/Writer: Vince Gilligan
Stars: Aaron Paul, Jesse Plemons
Action, Crime, Drama | imdb | my rating: 5
Fugitive Jesse Pinkman runs from his captors, the law, and his past.

WRAPS up things well with the closure of Jesse's story.

AND watched: virtual theatre

Soul (2020)
Director/Screenplay: Pete Docter, Kemp Powers
Screenplay: Mike Jones
Stars: Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey
Animation, Adventure, Comedy | imdb | my rating: 5
Joe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn't quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz -- and he's good. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul.

LOVE how this explores passion.

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

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Book Stitchalong 2021

Book Stitchalong 2021
hosted by Meg Scarbie Art
#bookstitchalong2021 on instagram
create a piece based on the books read this year
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March
Aunty Lee's Delights by Ovidia Yu
The Black Lizard/Beast in the Shadows by Edogawa Rampo

February
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

January
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami (in progress)
Legacy by Cayla Kluver (piece up next) - dnf

Japanese Literature Challenge 14

Japanese Literature Challenge 14
hosted by Dolce Bellezza
January 1 to March 31, 2021
(details)

Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
translated by Geoffrey Trousselot
Fantasy, Time Travel, Japan, (audio) | Published: 2019 (first 2015) | Goodreads | my rating: 5
importance of the present

Breasts and Eggs
by Mieko Kawakami,
translated by Sam Bett, David Boyd
Literary, Feminism, Japan | Goodreads | my rating: 5
female body, children and meaning of life

The Memory Police
by Yoko Ogawa
translated by Stephen Snyder
Literature, Dystopia, Japan, (audio) | Published: 2019 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
long-term illness, death and dying

The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida
by Clarissa Goenawan
Literary, Japan, LGBTQ, Magical Realism | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
zines, popularity, truths, untruths

Sailor Moon
volume one
by Naoko Takeuchi
Graphic Novel, YA, Japan | Published: 2003 (first 1992) | Goodreads | my rating: 4
leadership, team work, flicker of romance