pickI just finished this and it was so good! Told in 3 timelines by 3 narrators we meet Nao from Japan in the past and Ruth living in Canada in the present. Connected by flotsam their stories come together. I enjoyed both of their voices so much, and the metaphysical aspect.
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🎅🏽 My Secret Santa at work picked this for me
📚 Reading for the #keywordreadingchallenge : time
📸 Taken at Ja Ramen with their cool wallpaper
#JumpStart2025
“How I longed to go into the town. Longed to meet the real you. “The town is surrounded by a high wall so it‘s very hard to enter,” you said. “And going out is even harder.”
pickWoah. That ending 😵💫😱
Four women work the night shift at a factory in Japan. They look out for each other, helping when someone's struggling, staying after work to socialize. Then one kills her abusive husband, and turns to the others for help, setting off a chain of events descending into the darker reaches of life in Tokyo.
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A fascinating history which I know nothing. I had to watch the miniseries twice with captions in order not to confuse the characters. I decided to listen to the novel, and I am having the same trouble, but this time, I have a character map. The narrator has the best voice.
What intrigues me the most, that I think the adaptation misses, is the different definitions of bravery that the three different cultures have.
My #FictionalTraveler February pick for #APlaceYouLove is the tagged book. I love Japan & especially Kyoto. Plus, coffee shops are a place I love too! 🌸☕️🏯🇯🇵🐈⬛
pickInformative. Disturbing. Sometimes funny. How do you describe this book? It sucks you in with a premise of a ridiculous “infomercial” for American Beef exports, and unwraps layers of things we don‘t like to think about. I don‘t eat factory-farmed meat but if I did before this book would have made me stop. Not preachy, but gets the message through loud and clear.
A quick book while I‘m a bit sick- I‘m halfway through and it‘s very gripping so far ☺️
