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Revenge
Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales | Yoko Ogawa
"It's not just Murakami but also the shadow of Borges that hovers over this mesmerizing book... [and] one may detect a slight bow to the American macabre of E.A. Poe. Ogawa stands on the shoulders of giants, as another saying goes. But this collection may linger in your mind -- it does in mine -- as a delicious, perplexing, absorbing and somehow singular experience." -- Alan Cheuse, NPR Sinister forces collide---and unite a host of desperate characters---in this eerie cycle of interwoven tales from Yoko Ogawa, the critically acclaimed author of The Housekeeper and the Professor. An aspiring writer moves into a new apartment and discovers that her landlady has murdered her husband. Elsewhere, an accomplished surgeon is approached by a cabaret singer, whose beautiful appearance belies the grotesque condition of her heart. And while the surgeon's jealous lover vows to kill him, a violent envy also stirs in the soul of a lonely craftsman. Desire meets with impulse and erupts, attracting the attention of the surgeon's neighbor---who is drawn to a decaying residence that is now home to instruments of human torture. Murderers and mourners, mothers and children, lovers and innocent bystanders---their fates converge in an ominous and darkly beautiful web. Yoko Ogawa's Revenge is a master class in the macabre that will haunt you to the last page. An NPR Best Book of 2013
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quietlycuriouskate
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Don't be lulled into a false sense of security by the cute town on a lovely Sunday afternoon: things rapidly go off-kilter, and then the stories get darker and darker but in a way that makes you think, "Wait a minute: what did she just say?!" I enjoyed looking out for the things/events/characters that linked the stories together. I found it a fabulous, unsettling book all round.

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gossamerchild
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And last but not least. Also December's #AuthoroftheMonth. So different from anything else I read last year. Creepy, weird, sad, and altogether great.

#12Booksof2022 @Andrew65

Andrew65 Looks interesting. Thanks for playing along, it has been a great way to review the Reading year. 1y
gossamerchild @Andrew65 thanks for hosting! This was fun and gave me time to hone in on my favorites 1y
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Gissy
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Different stories but all of them connected in a very dark, creepy sinister way. I like this author‘s writing style, so psychological, love how she describes the characters and the plot. The psychological dynamic of these characters is so terrible but interesting. I really liked it. This book gave me a vibe of another author I like very much Kanae Minato. 4.5/5⭐️

December 2022 #AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaOfBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
Soubhiville So glad you found another author you like 💜📚 1y
Gissy Yes!🤗@Soubhiville 1y
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Susanita
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Quietly unsettling, loosely related short stories. Not necessarily my cup of tea but an interesting set of stories.

With that, I‘ve stumbled to the end of this year‘s #authoramonth selections. Seven authors read during their assigned month, plus Barbara Kingsolver finished several months later.

Soubhiville Great job! I love that you used the graphic 📚💜 1y
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gossamerchild
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Whoa. This was not what I was anticipating. In a good way. Creepy and unexpected. Loved it.

#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

erzascarletbookgasm I loved this too. Very clever and dark. 1y
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vlwelser
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This is so freaking good. It's everything I expect from Japanese lit and then some more. It's so dark. The stories are loosely tied together in a very clever way. Read it. Unless you only like cheerful books.

#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville
And props to whomever nominated this author last year. 😘

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

Soubhiville Glad you liked it! I‘m not sure who nominated her, but I agree. I‘m not sure I would have ever picked up her book otherwise. 1y
IuliaC I look forward to reading this one! 1y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1y
erzascarletbookgasm Yes, this is very good! 👍 1y
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vlwelser
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#BookSpin #DoubleSpin #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

Not sure I should even pretend to play bingo this month. It's going to be slightly insane. Like running to Marshall's to buy new undies because there's no time for laundry insane.

TheAromaofBooks Sounds exciting!! Hopefully you'll be able to read on the run!!! 1y
Leftcoastzen That‘s a great definition! I have definitely had times like that! 1y
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RyanMHoward
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REVENGE by Yoko Ogawa

This is a collection of eleven twisted tales that intersect in unexpected ways. The characters are unknown to each other, yet their strange lives nonetheless affect one another.

I love short story collections—especially dark and messed-up stories like these. They‘re ominous, cruel, and somber. Strung together, they weave a wickedly beautiful web. It was fun to read each story and see how it would connect with the previous.

Reggie My favorite in here is about the woman who gets lost driving on the way to confront her husband‘s mistress, runs over tomatoes, and manages to witness the death of the tiger. 1y
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Mogoeg
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Wonderfully creepy interlocking stories that twist into each other like mobius strips. Ogawa conveys a lot of information with few unsettling details, a turn of phrase, a slip of dialogue - it all adds up to an atmospheric post-modern gothic tale.

Reggie The one where the woman who drives over tomatoes and gets lost but witness the tiger‘s passing is my favorite. 3y
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Liz_M
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I consider this a short story collection, but they are quite intertwined – each is connected to several others by common characters or events. It‘s an uneven collection; some stores are fabulous (the Poe-like Lab Coats!) and others, that at first were mundanely grotesque or odd, became darker when it is referenced or expanded in another story. I loved the uncertain timeline and hints of coexisting realities and the use of details to create dread.

dylanisreading I loved this book. 3y
Librarybelle This sounds great! Stacking! 3y
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Graywacke Terrific review 3y
BarbaraBB Great review. Loved this one too. 3y
Liz_M @Bianca It's a good'un. 😊 3y
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Jari-chan
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This is a book for my liking! 😍 All stories are connected, and of course it's a lot of fun to search for the clues and hints. Most of the texts are rather dark and sometimes utterly disturbing. The more you read, the deeper it goes. It really has this Inception vibes. Also, the further you come in the book, the more layers the book gets. An amazing read!

@TheAromaOfBooks #BookSpin #BookSpinBingo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3y
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sarahbarnes
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This was a great set of short stories. I didn‘t love all of the individual pieces, but I loved the interconnectedness of them. My favorites were Welcome to the Museum of Torture, The Man Who Sold Braces, and Tomatoes and the Full Moon.

Thank you again @readordierachel for sending this my way! I really enjoyed it! ❤️

readordierachel Tomatoes and the Full Moon was one my favorites too. Glad you enjoyed it! 3y
vivastory I need to read this one again. I liked it when I first read it a few years ago, but it's really stuck with me 3y
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ImperfectCJ
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The stories in this book aren't so much interwoven as they are just resting up against one another, gently mingling at the edges. It's one of the most well-constructed collections of short stories I can remember reading. Gentle, eerie, jarring, several of these stories gave me chills. The first story, "Afternoon at the Bakery," is just about perfect and an excellent intro to the collection.

(11x15) + 1 = 166 pts for #TeamHarkness #scarathlon2020

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ImperfectCJ
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"It was a beautiful Sunday."

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

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sarahbarnes
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Thanks so much for the book mail @readordierachel ! Can‘t wait to read these! The Memory Police will be on its way to you soon! 😃

readordierachel Yay! Glad it arrived :) 3y
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readordierachel
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These interconnected stories were interesting, though my mind wandered during a few of them. Probably 3.5 ⭐

I'll sum up my feelings with a direct quote from the story Tomatoes and the Full Moon, which was actually one of my favorites of the collection:
"The prose was unremarkable, as were the plot and characters, but there was an icy current running under her words, and I found myself wanting to plunge into it again and again."

Reggie Was that the one about the woman getting lost on the way to confront her husband‘s mistress and being there for the passing of the tiger? Cause that was my favorite and made me cry. 3y
readordierachel @Reggie That was a good one! It was the one right after that, about the travel writer at a hotel who keeps running into a strange woman and her dog. 3y
sarahbarnes I really liked Memory Police. I want to check out more of her work! 3y
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readordierachel @sarahbarnes I've been curious about that one! I have Professor and the Housekeeper on my shelf but haven't gotten to it yet. If you're interested, I'd be happy to send you this copy of Revenge? 3y
sarahbarnes Too funny! I have a copy of that one on my shelf, too. And thank you!! I would definitely be interested! I‘d be happy to send you my copy of Memory Police if you‘d like! 3y
readordierachel @sarahbarnes Cool! Email me your address (my handle @ gmail) and I'll pop it in the mail 🙂 3y
batsy That's a great quote. That's how I felt about her writing style in Hotel Iris! 3y
readordierachel @batsy Isn't it? When I read it, I was like "This author knows exactly what they're doing." Felt very meta 3y
paper.reveries Awesome quote! And I just can‘t get over this cover. 3y
readordierachel @daisyheadmaesie Isn't it great? I've never seen a strawberry look so menacing 🍓 3y
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KatieDid927
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Excellent collection of creepy, interconnected stories. The perfect spooky read!

#Screamathon @4thhouseontheleft

paper.reveries Oh this sounds right up my alley! Thanks for sharing! 3y
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BarbaraBB
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While our prime minister announces another set of restrictions for the coming weeks, I hide from reality in this book.

In Revenge Ogawa treats us readers with a web of losely connected stories, all dark and macabre. I love how clever and cruel she writes in a minimalistic way. Very amusing despite the subject.

vivastory I read this years ago, think I'm due for a reread 3y
Reggie The one about the woman getting lost on her way to confront her husbands lover, running over tomatoes and then being present for the tiger‘s death. That one made me cry. 3y
BarbaraBB @Reggie that was one of my favorites too. Look at my cover! 🍅 3y
Cathythoughts I really enjoyed this one ... 3y
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KatieDid927
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Finally narrowed down my #Screamathon TBR! It‘s ambitious, especially with me reading slower than usual right now. I mean, two of these were on last year‘s pile! But I‘ll do my best.

@4thhouseontheleft

j9brown Ahh, nice 😍 Curious to see what you think of The Witch Elm, I've been hanging out with a copy for like a year, intimidated by the size, lol. (I got it off $2 cart at The Strand, did you?) 4y
KatieDid927 @j9brown I think I got my copy from a B&N sale? I can‘t remember anymore haha. 4y
j9brown I only remember because it's fun to find a hardcover for $2 🥳 lol 4y
Cathythoughts Witch Elm ❤️ & Ill be Gone in the Dark & Revenge 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 (edited) 4y
alisiakae I love your stack! 👻🙌🏽 4y
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sisilia
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3⭐️ My younger self would love this novel very much 🤪 There was a time when I was so into crime stories, and was impressed by the wickedness of Japanese crime fictions (try Miyuki Miyabe, Keigo Higashino). In Revenge, Ogawa gave us 11 connected stories. It was fun to link the details in one story with those preceeding it. I was hoping for a conclusion, but I should have known better 😆

Reggie My favorite was the one with the woman who gets lost on her way to confront her husband‘s lover, runs over tomatoes, and witnesses the tiger death. It made me cry. 4y
sisilia @Reggie That part is saaaadddd 😢 4y
BarbaraBB I only read one by Miyabe. Excellent crime! I am now starting this one. Looking forward to it since I loved The Housekeeper and The Memory Police! 4y
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sisilia
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I‘m longing for the days when the world is no longer fixated on Haruki Murakami when one‘s talking about Japanese literature

Palimpsest I‘ve really only read Natsume Sōseki, who I really like. Do you have any book suggestions written by Japanese authors? The only other Japanese literature I‘ve read is poetry. 4y
sisilia @Palimpsest I love Soseki 😍 I recently read Sanshiro, and The Gate. Loved them both. I like Banana Yoshimoto (Kitchen), Yasushi Inoue (The Hunting Gun), Yasunari Kawabata (Snow Country, Thousand Cranes). Yukio Mishima‘s The Sea of Fertility series is in my TBR 4y
Palimpsest @sisilia Thank you so much for your recommendations. I‘m going to check these out! 😊 4y
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Tanisha_A @Palimpsest I read Yoko Ogawa's The Memory Police, and Hiromi Kawakami's Strange Weather in Tokyo, both of which I loved. 🙂 4y
Palimpsest Thank you! 😊@Tanisha_A 4y
Reggie I actually read this book, Revenge. It has some really affecting stories in there. 4y
Reggie AND if it makes you feel better, I have never read Murakami. 4y
sisilia @Reggie Hahaha I have nothing against him. Give him a try, his surreal works are actually quite interesting. I like his non-fiction 4y
BarbaraBB I couldn‘t agree more!! 4y
BarbaraBB And I loved The Sea of Fertility! 4y
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I really enjoy Yoko Ogawa's work; her novel The Memory Police came out in English last year and has gotten a lot of buzz/award nominations, and I loved her short story collection (tagged). I love dark/weird fiction!

I'm also currently reading Confessions by Kanae Minato; this thriller has been on my TBR for ages. Liking the style very much!

A few other authors I've enjoyed:
Han Kang (The Vegetarian)
Hye-Young Pyun (The Hole)
#integrateyourshelf

ChasingOm I think THE MEMORY POLICE may be my next read. 🤔 4y
WhatWouldJaneDo @ChasingOm it's a thought provoking one for sure! It was originally published in 1994 but very relevant to finally get an English translation and so much book buzz now. 4y
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Cathythoughts
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#BookReport #WeeklyForecast

I read : These Women & Loved it ❤️
I read : Revenge & Loved it

I‘m reading Seven Years of Darkness ... so far 👍🏻

Reading a bit slow again 🤷🏼‍♀️... but that‘s ok , waiting on Bookpost & also going to start American Dirt for our IRL Bookclub
Hope you are well Cindy x x
Good luck with the reading All 👍🏻❤️

TrishB Reading slow too. My concentration yesterday was terrible, read about 3 pages. Marginally better today, but it‘s so hot now 🥵 hope you‘re having a good weekend Cathy. 😘 4y
Cinfhen Looks like you had a good reading week. I‘ll be curious to hear your thoughts about 4y
Cuilin @Cathythoughts Where do you order books? I want to send something to my sister and it seems Amazon is unreliable in Ireland? 4y
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Cathythoughts @Cuilin I only ever ordered books from Waterstones or small bookshops. Sinse Lockdown I‘ve ordered a few from Book Depository... but I‘m a newcomer & only figuring it out. Maybe Book Depository will work for you ?! It‘s worked for me so far .... slow though , but that‘s ok. Hope your well X 4y
Cathythoughts @Trishb it is hot now !! What are we like ?!! We want the good weather & then we‘re too hot 😂 I‘m reading a book that I like & want to read ,but I‘m struggling to settle down 🤷🏼‍♀️🤞🏻. I hope you have a nice weekend X 4y
Cathythoughts @Cinfhen I‘m thinking of going audio with American Dirt , I hear it‘s a good listen 4y
Cathythoughts @Cuilin You can order books from Kenny‘s in Galway .... I‘d say that would work 👍🏻 4y
Cinfhen I like the audio version of AD 4y
Cuilin @Cathythoughts thank you. 4y
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Cathythoughts
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Not short stories, but a series of connected stories.. I watched out for the connection , but was always taken aback , surprised. The details of each scene so beautifully & strangely written... I gasped outloud at certain times. A short book , which was just as well as I wanted to linger in it & take it in ❤️💔

Cinfhen Awesome review and lovely photo. I‘m really a fan of interconnected storytelling 🌈💜 4y
Cathythoughts @Cinfhen Thanks ❤️😘 4y
squirrelbrain Sounds wonderful! 💕 4y
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Cathythoughts @squirrelbrain it‘s strange & dark & definitely wonderful 👍🏻❤️ 4y
TrishB Great review ♥️😘 4y
Cathythoughts @TrishB Thanks Trish X 4y
readordierachel Love your review. I have this one waiting on the shelf. Excited for it now! 4y
batsy Great review! The two books I read by her were disturbing but good 4y
batsy Also this; I didn't love all three novellas but the writing stood out. 4y
Cathythoughts @readordierachel Thanks! I look forward to your thoughts when you get there 👍🏻❤️ 4y
Cathythoughts @batsy Thanks, yes I think disturbing is the word. I‘d like to read another .... but I‘ll wait awhile 😁 4y
Reggie What a beautiful review, Cathy! I really liked this book as well. I went to work and told everyone the short story about the woman running over tomatoes on her way to confront her husband‘s lover only to get lost and witness the ( the way she writes it got me emotional😢)sad yet beautiful passing of the tiger. And how that man held it. Glad you liked it!!! 4y
Cathythoughts @Reggie Hi Reggie , hope you are well. Thanks. And yes what a combination of flowers & fruit & vegetables & people & animals & death. Dreamlike & lifelike , awful images & beautiful ones. Takes courage to write a book like this I think. 4y
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Cathythoughts
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Beautiful day here 🌞& an intriguing new book

Cindyelizavaz Good read!! 4y
erzascarletbookgasm I liked it. Hope you‘ll enjoy! 4y
Cathythoughts @Cindyelizavaz It Is ❤️👍🏻 4y
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Cathythoughts @erzascarletbookgasm I really like it Jessie ❤️💔 4y
JennyM Looks perfect outside reading weather. Enjoy x 4y
Cathythoughts @JennyM Thanks Jenny, we rarely get the weather so good 🌞😁 4y
Cathythoughts @JennyM I hope you are keeping well 👍🏻❤️ 4y
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GatheringBooks
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#ScreamsByMail people, eet eez here!!!! HALLELUJAH, finally!! @kamoorephoto I will most likely wait for the last book from @scripturient before sending both to you, as I think we are on the last few books in the cycle now. Wheeee!!!

scripturient Yay!!! 4y
ephemeralwaltz I loved this one! 4y
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j9brown
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Unsettling. This is the type of quiet horror that leaves you vaguely uneasy. The characters in these interconnected stories are all grappling with some heavy problems and emotions, some with dark conclusions, some left up in the air, all at least a little chilling.

#24b42020 That's 4 hours 6 minutes total for today, two books finished (though the first was already close to done when I started today)

j9brown An #impulseread since I just received this one from the Creepy Christmas swap and couldn't wait! #creepychristmas #wintergames #readnosedreindeer @StayCurious @Clwojick 4y
Linsy Cover looks creepy! 4y
StayCurious Great review! +11 4y
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scripturient
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Just in time for Halloween this arrived on my doorstep: the next round in our #screamsbymail postal book club. Looking forward to reading it! @kamoorephoto @ephemeralwaltz @BookishTrish @Reggie @GatheringBooks @danibolahood

BookishTrish It‘s a good one! 4y
Reggie Yay, hope you like it!! 4y
ephemeralwaltz Hooray! Happy reading - I LOVED IT 4y
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ephemeralwaltz
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@Reggie I loved this! @scripturient get ready.
An uncanny collection of unexpectedly interconnected stories that left me creeped out!! But they are as beautiful as they are unsettling and I'll be mesmerized these next few days, thinking about the talent behind this apparent simplicity. 🤯🤯🤯
#ScreamsbyMail #horrorpost #round2 @teebe

ephemeralwaltz Also, lovely to see it was on Carmen Maria Machado's list of recommended reads shared by Strand bookstore --> https://www.strandbooks.com/carmen-machado-bookshelf?utm_content=bufferaa895&utm... 4y
Reggie Yayyy!!! I‘m so glad you liked it!!! 4y
ephemeralwaltz @Reggie very suprising! 4y
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ephemeralwaltz
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It's here! It's slim and it's calling to me so I hope to get to it this week 😍
#ScreamsbyMail #horrorpost
@danibolahood @Reggie @GatheringBooks @scripturient @BookishTrish @kamoorephoto

cathysaid When the first line in the description reads, “It‘s not just Murakami...” then I‘m sold! 4y
erzascarletbookgasm This is a good read 👍 4y
GatheringBooks awesome! i breezed through the books i received from @scripturient but don‘t have the time to send them yet to @kamoorephoto probably early next week! :) enjoy the book! 4y
Reggie I hope you like this!!! 4y
ephemeralwaltz @Reggie I'm loving it! Literary fiction is more my thing :) 4y
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Liberty
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August is Women in Translation Month! I‘m going to attempt to post about a different book each day. ?
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Whenever someone wants to read something creepy, I always recommend this book. It‘s by Japanese author Yoko Ogawa and is translated by Stephen Snyder. It came out in 2013 from Picador, and it was such a 180° from THE HOUSEKEEPER AND THE PROFESSOR, her quiet, beautiful novel that I read before this. It pleased me. #womenintranslationmonth???

erzascarletbookgasm I liked this one. 👍 Have you read her other book? It‘s totally different.. 5y
Cathythoughts @erzascarletbookgasm I‘d like to read one ... which would you recommend first .. 5y
erzascarletbookgasm @Cathythoughts I‘ve only read these two, so can‘t say which of her books is the best to start with. Hotel Iris is about sexual obsession and violence of love. Revenge is built around 11 short stories which are bleak and eerie, I feel. The Housekeeper (haven‘t read) apparently is poignant. So, I guess it‘s which one you‘re in the mood for. Sorry I‘m no help 😁 5y
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erzascarletbookgasm
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Ogawa‘s ability to spin some dark and unsettling tales, is not unlike Shirley Jackson or Roald Dahl‘s adult stories. These eleven tales are strange and eerie; ideally to be read consecutively, for there‘s an item or character in each story which will appear in some of the stories later. Scenes are vividly described (see an excerpt☝️). With clear, terse writing and surreal images, it‘s really well done! Recommend👍

Kalalalatja Stacked! 5y
Reggie My favorite one is the wife looking for the apartment of her husband‘s gf but gets lost, runs over tomatoes from a vegetable truck crash and finds her way to the death of the tiger who was being taken care of by the creepy uncle. I don‘t know why but that story made me cry. I just think it was trying to say be careful of wasting your time on shit(the sidechick) because you might miss out on the beautiful things in life. I‘m glad you liked this. 5y
erzascarletbookgasm @Reggie yes, I liked that story. ❤️💔 5y
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danibolahood
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@BookishTrish you spoiled me again!!! Thank you so much!!! I'm having trouble focusing on reading right now so a book of short stories seems perfect!

#screamsbymail
@ephemeralwaltz @reggie @scripturient @GatheringBooks @kamoorephoto

ephemeralwaltz Whose pick is this?? I'm psyched. 5y
Reggie I hope you ladies like it!! 5y
ephemeralwaltz I think I got your package Danielle! I'll be home on Sunday to see. 5y
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BookishTrish
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A little something is heading your way @danibolahood #screamsbymail #groupu @Lindy

Lindy 🥳 5y
BookishTrish @Lindy I‘d thought I‘d sent it out ages ago. I was wrong 😂 5y
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BookishTrish
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@kamoorephoto #screamsbymail pick arrived yesterday so I‘m taking the morning to savour the end of @Reggie pick. @danibolahood it‘ll be heading your way early next week.

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BookishTrish
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A little dinner break reading on a rainy rainy evening

Reggie Are you kind yeah or meh with it? 5y
BookishTrish It‘s unusual for me to read short fiction, but I like the writing and am keen to see how some of the threads weave together. 5y
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BookishTrish
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I could start the latest #screamsbymail pick or dive into the too generous treats @Reggie sent, but first Go Canucks Go!

britt_brooke Great photo! 5y
DaveNeufeld I love the enthusiasm! Perhaps he‘d be interested in trading out for a 🔥🔥Flames🔥🔥 jersey when the Playoffs start? 🤔😂 5y
kspenmoll 🙌🏻🙌🏻 5y
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Reggie
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This short, translated from Japanese, book is comprised of 11 dark tales all linked to each other in a small way. #screamsbymail ladies, this is the one I‘m going with. All 11 tales have a creep factor to them but all is not what you think and many are somber. The writing contained tons of imagery and was very evocative. Hope you enjoy!!!

ephemeralwaltz I am so ready for this! 5y
BarbaraBB Sounds like a must-read!! 5y
Reggie @ephemeralwaltz I hope you like it. This made me look back on a lot of things in my life. It was weird. And it made me hungry. 5y
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Reggie @BarbaraBB I can honestly say you have no idea where any of these stories is gonna go. But I found value in each of them. (edited) 5y
danibolahood Ohhhh this one sounds really interesting! 5y
mreads Sounds great, I love weird and creepy short stories 👍 5y
GatheringBooks wonderful! we don‘t have a female author too from japan for #WomenReadWomen2019 so this is perfect! 5y
BiblioNyan She‘s one of my fav others and this collection really highlights why. 5y
Reggie @BiblioNyan yeah, she‘s pretty good. I ordered one of her other ones. The Diving Pool. I‘m stoked for it. 5y
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wellreadredhead
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These stories were fantastic. They aren‘t scary as I‘d hoped, but rather unsettling. The stories also connect together in some way or another. I found that endearing and it made me keep reading to find out how the next story would relate. Pick up this collection of short stories if you enjoy psychological dark stories. Not to be missed!

Djspens Oooh this looks good! (In a dark and creepy way) 5y
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whatrebeccasread
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I'd recommended these short stories for someone looking to read something a little dark. Yōko Ogawa writes simply without over-complicating things to tell 11 stories of revenge. They may be odd or strange to some but I have really enjoyed spending a few days engrossed in these little stories and give "Revenge" 5 stars.

See my blog for my full review, the link is on my profile! ?

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JosephK
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BiblioNyan
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1st book for #BDayBookChallenge is complete!

🍓Prose is seemingly simple, yet laced w/extraordinary meaning.
🍓Eloquent in its subtlety.
🍓Writing style is terse.
🍓Motifs are idiosyncratically pensive.
🍓Ostensibly disjointed short stories come full circle in brilliantly haunting ways.
🍓Addicting & profoundly alluring w/its Gothic ambience.
🍓Highly recommended.
🍓4.25/5.

#revenge #yokoogawa #japaneselit #diversebooks #litsykitty #anthology

rubyslippersreads 😻😻😻 6y
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BiblioNyan
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First pick in my Birthday Book Challenge (I.e.: reading books authored by Asian people). She's one of my fave authors, so I'm totally psyched! 🍓🍓

#revenge #yokoogawa #japanesebooks #japanese #shortstories #diversebooks #ownvoices #bdbookchallenge

mhillis That cover😻 6y
BiblioNyan @mhillis Yes!! I love it!! 6y
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BiblioNyan
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For Oct. I'm going to spend the month reading books authored by Asian people as a way to celebrate my birthday! I've narrowed down my first book to these four. They all sound amazing!! If y'all have a recommendation from this pile, pls lemme know down below! So far Revenge seems to be the popular pick. 😃😃

#revenge #yokoogawa #boyoffireandearth #samishah #thetattoomurdercase #akimitsutakagi #sabaatahir #bdaybookchallenge #litsygram

MrBook Nice! There's a podcast that focuses exclusively on Asian authors called "Books and Boba". @BookBabe and I listen to it sometimes. ??? 7y
BiblioNyan @MrBook Oh, fantastic. I will have to look it up! Thank you!! 7y
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ssravp
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Superb collection. I loved the style of prose, so stark and spare.

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Abailliekaras
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Belated #shelfie from Hong Kong... It's a mess! 🙈📚 #AprilBookShowers

RanaElizabeth Books and booze! I like it! 7y
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Eyelit
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These stories. Oof. I knew I was in for something good because I loved The Housekeeper and the Professor. With the same style of spare prose, Ogawa weaves delicate and somewhat chilling snippets of tales into a series of interconnected stories that resonate. Loved this collection. Loved.

brendanmleonard I must find this! 7y
Listener15 Ooooo... this sounds good 7y
myers85 Nice review 😊 7y
Bklover This sounds really good!! 7y
ephemeralwaltz Currently reading this! 4y
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zugchop
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After the third story, I realized I was being drawn into something much greater than eleven disparate stories. The imagery is spare, but let it sink in and you'll realize just how dark this work really is.

TheBookKeepers 😂 this photo is everything! 6y
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amazingmavis
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Delivered today - I have so much love in my heart for unsettling Japanese fiction. 🖤

DiruVamp This is sooooo good!!!! Loved this book!! 7y
amazingmavis @DiruVamp awesome! I'm excited to start it! 7y
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