This one is about 1/3 fiction (the folk tales) and 2/3 nonfiction… so I‘m running with it as nonfiction.
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This one is about 1/3 fiction (the folk tales) and 2/3 nonfiction… so I‘m running with it as nonfiction.
#KyotaKo #FolkTalesOfJapan #nonfiction #ReadingBracket #BookBracket2025 #BookBracket
pickBeautiful story and illustrations.
For the rest of my review, visit my Vlog at:
https://youtube.com/shorts/U-Vay9SvNvU?feature=share
Enjoy!
This book also introduced me to the concept of the baby Buddha, and it‘s just beyond adorable. It‘s an internet rabbit hole of adorableness!
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pickThis was so wonderful to listen to. It was like an extended YouTube video. His YouTube videos are the best. I can‘t wait for the other two books in his trilogy to be turned into audiobooks. They are absolutely brilliant when he‘s telling the stories, plus I know I‘m getting the right pronunciations then. 100% recommend. If you haven‘t seen his videos on YouTube yet, go look for Kyota Ko on YouTube. You won‘t regret it.
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pickThis 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.
@Prairiegirl_reading This isn't the whole lot, but I have something of a collection of Japanese and Korean cosy healing fiction... my plan is to read the lot and make a video about which are best... it may take a while though hehe
pickJapan 1903:Ichi,daughter of an ama&a fisherman from Iojima, is sold into prostitution. In the Shinonome brothel she is trained in the art of pleasing customers but also attends school where Tetsuko,a failed prostitute from the family of a samurai, teaches “writing to women trapped in the prison of bestial desire” and finally to read and understand their account books since the women are often charged too much for food or clothes&deliberately kept
I love when my husband returns from Japan with a new Kokeshi for my shelves! He travels there for work, and maybe one day I‘ll get to go with him. For now, our boys‘ school and sports keep me in Tennessee. 😩🫠😂 It‘s fine. But I‘m going eventually.
