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pdxannie
Lizard | Banana Yoshimoto, Ann Sherif
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Mehso-so

It‘s no Kitchen but I don‘t regret reading it. I didn‘t connect with the short stories as I hoped I would but that could be because Kitchen left me with unreasonable expectations.

I love that she dedicated the American version to Kurt Cobain.

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Catgirl1224
Ring | Koji Suzuki, Robert B. Rohmer, Glynne Walley
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Say you had 7 days to find out how to stop a curse from killing you. How would you do it? Would you waste time or would you do the obvious way to stop it. What would be the obvious way to stop it? Well. You might not want to watch the tape in the first place. I say give this book a chance. There‘s a twist I didn‘t see coming and the characters aren‘t great. But the mystery aspect is pretty solid.

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Chavelafab
The Waiting Years | Fumiko Enchi
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I loved that 📕 by one of Japan‘s most famous female writers. The co-existence of four women (wife servants concubines etc) in a bourgeois family during the Meiji area. The interactions are observed and described with minutiae giving the main characters a deep humanity. Very beautiful and delicately written. The ending was a stark contrast (no spoilers).

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Jari-chan
Hotel Lucky Seven | Kotaro Isaka
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Suet624 💯 3w
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Catgirl1224
In The Miso Soup | Ryu Murakami
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Did you ever want to be a tour guide in another country? Did you ever want to be one for the not so family friendly side of this country? Well, this book might change your mind. This book was a perfect with the idea of “What could happen if the tourists you‘re dealing with… might be something he isn‘t?” A quick slow burn. I recommend reading it at a least once.

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Jari-chan
Hotel Lucky Seven | Kotaro Isaka
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This was by far the best book of the series! Even a tiny bit better than Bullet Train. The other books only play a small part here, so if you've read BT, you can go ahead and read this one. Seriously, I loved it. Once again, we're reading about murderers, and keep on thinking “Well, they're actually quite nice“. Because they somehow are. I loved Koko-san and Soda and of course Nanao. And Blanket and Pillow. See what I mean?!

RosePressedPages I loved this one too! I hope he adds more to this series. I can‘t get enough of this quirky, oddly nice, murderers lol 1mo
Jari-chan @RosePressedPages I would totally read another book in this series! 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
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Imagen_leigh
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And now it‘s a classic 🤣

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Imagen_leigh
The Setting Sun | Osamu Dazai
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In The Setting Sun, you read about a period Kazuko's life: a young woman who is deeply troubled.
She lives with her mother after her divorce.
After her father's death, they lose the house and have to move to the countryside and live a very poor life. On top of that her mother is constantly in poor health; and her brother has a drug addiction. Reading this, I felt the despair that came from Kazuko and felt very sorry for her.

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Imagen_leigh
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This is about the recovery period of Yozu's life after a suicide attempt. He is kept in a sanitarium along the coast while he is healing. During this book, Dazai continously breaks up the story by including chunks of his own dialogue that don't necessarily add to the story, but they make for an interesting read. I haven't ever read anything like this but could definitely read more like this.

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BooksandCoffee4Me
My First Book of Haiku Poems | Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen
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If you‘ve seen Fleetwood Mac‘s The Dance concert, you know what I‘m trying to capture. The layers of love, hurt, love, longing, hurt, love. Played out on stage. Among all four. But especially between these two.

https://youtu.be/1sQ7cuYgjzw

#Haikuhive #haikuaday #haiku
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lil1inblue Oh my goddesses, yes! This totally captures that moment! 😍 I love Stevie so very much. 2mo
TheBookHippie Her singing Silver Springs to him is so badass! 2mo
TheSpineView Landslide is one of my favorite songs!💜🎵💛🐝💛 2mo
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BooksandCoffee4Me @TheBookHippie Yes, I debated using that one, but Landslide just hits me so deeply. 2mo
TheBookHippie @BooksandCoffee4Me I just saw her in concert. Simply amazing. 2mo
JenlovesJT47 I have become obsessed with Fleetwood Mac over the past couple of months. Listened to Gold Dust Woman about 500 times. Love this! 💛🐝💛 2mo
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🎶🐝💝. 2mo
dabbe You captured them beautifully! I was lucky enough to see Stevie with Billy Joel in December 2023; what a concert! 💛🐝🖤 2mo
CBee I‘m wearing a FM shirt today - perfect timing!! 2mo
bellabella 😍 😃 2mo
BooksandCoffee4Me @dabbe 😮😮😮 Must have been fantastic! 2mo
BooksandCoffee4Me @TheBookHippie I can‘t look like her but I do try to dress like her. Such style and talent! 2mo
Reggie Great haiku. My parents used to always sing that song to each other-you always say you want your freedom, well who am I to keep you down. lol 2mo
DebinHawaii Love it! She is iconic! 🖤🐝🖤 2mo
Eggs Beautiful 💜 😍 💔 2mo
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