I have seen so many review of this book, many said it was good and few said it wasn’t that good. I am curious with this book since a couple of years ago but something always distracted me and ended up picking other book from the shelf. Last week, I was in the mood for light reading… Read More Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
This book is the second book of Moribito series, unfortunately it is also the last in the series which has been translated into both English and Indonesian. I wish I can read all the books but my Japanese skill is still far from being able to read a full grown-up novel (I can only read… Read More Moribito – The Guardian of The Darkness
The first time I read this book was in 2009, which is about 2 years ago…and now I have just finished reading it for the second time. Quite fast to be reread, don’t you think? The truth is I have missed this book since last year. I wanted to read it again since last year… Read More Battle Royale – A Book I Will Read Again and Again
The Sea and Poison (海と毒薬 – Umi to Dokuyaku) is a novel treating an actual incident so horrific that it seared itself indelibly into Endo’s conscience – the slow and methodical wartime vivisection, with absolutely no anesthesia or other amelioration, of an American captive by a team of Japanese doctors. This powerful novel describes the… Read More The Sea and Poison – My First Readalong
To me, it all came down to blood. My suspicion was that the very blood that linked us all could itself be tainted. And the most frightening thing was the inevitable reality that the tainted blood of my siblings also ran through my veins. I would have to live my whole life fighting the deadly… Read More Shame In The Blood
Before I picked up this book, I have read so many good reviews on Norwegian Wood. I wanted to read it since few years back but somehow my hand always drawn by Murakami’s other books. I finally set my mind to read it after the movie was released. Unfortunately, after reading the book, I don’t… Read More Norwegian Wood
I finished Paper Doll and Other Stories by Naoya Shiga about 4 days ago, I usually wrote my review straight away while I still remember all the details although I often keep it for awhile before publishing it…but this book left me wondering for several days, I really didn’t know what to say. It’s good… Read More The Paper Door and Other Stories
October 31st is the perfect date to wrap this great challenge up…apart from the fact that the challenge is over at this date. This is my third wrap-up post, which means that I have completed 3 challenges \(^_^)/ R.I.P. Challenge stands for R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril Challenge. Carl of Stainless Steel Droppings challenged us to read… Read More Wrapping up R.I.P. Challenge V
The Tokyo Zodiac Murder is written by Soji Shimada, its original title is Senseijutsu Satsujinjiken.. The Tokyo Zodiac Murders tells the story of 2 detectives Kiyoshi Mitarai and Kazumi Ishioka. Ishioka is the one who tells the story. This book reminds me of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, it can be said as The Japanese… Read More The Tokyo Zodiac Murder
After being captivated by Crossfire, I always want to read something else by Miyuki Miyabe. I really like the way she tells her story. Shadow Family takes place 4 years after the incident in Crossfire. We once again meet Chikako Ishizu, a police officer who is now already being demotion because of her case in… Read More Shadow Family
The 210th Day ( 二百十日 ) is my second Natsume Souseki’s novella. I was planning to read this book for my Japanese Literature Challenge 3, but somehow it always got push by other books. In the end, I read this for my Japanese Literature Challenge 4 (my second book for the challenge) The book is… Read More The 210th Day
Takashi Atoda is a genius!! That explain how I feel about his short stories collection called the Square Persimmon and Other Stories. When I borrowed the book, it was simply because of the word Persimmon, I need it for my What’s In The name Challenge for either plant or food. I am so glad I… Read More The Square Persimmon
Horay… my favorite Challenge has begun again 🙂 Why is it my favorite challenge? because it is about Japanese Literature and my reading list in a year is always consist of at least 30% J-Lit. The reason for having so many J-Lit to read is because I often visit Japan Foundation Library (JF-Library), I visit… Read More Japanese Literature Challenge 4 (ようこそ4日本文学への挑戦)
I have been trying to read more and more new authors (new as in new for me NOT new comer) lately. Unfortunately I am not the kind of person who likes to gamble on buying books from authors I didn’t know before. I had a bad experience in doing so. Therefore, to enrich my collection… Read More Deep River (深い河 英文版)
