pickThis is a low pick for me, it really dragged on some places, but it had some really good descriptions of food.
A journalist for a men‘s magazine gets into a complicated relationship with a woman on trial for being a serial killer. Much discussion about gender relations in Japan
3/5 read for lots of complicated relationships and a plot that goes fast and then slow and then fast
bailedI was really looking forward to this, but it's suffocatingly heavy on the astrology. Which is a shame because the premise and the cats were delightful!
*Litsy photo editor and I are not getting along...
#Japaneselit #cats
Putting all the books I want to read/finish reading by the end of the year in one place was probably a mistake. 😜 This is a lot! I do plan on listening to the audiobook for several of them (and switching to audio for a couple that I can't get motivated to finish), so that will help.
so-soThis is an interesting piece of WWII history, but I was disappointed in the book itself. It seemed to skip over some key aspects of the initial Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands. The stories of the different people didn‘t make the impact I expected and felt somewhat disjointed. It may be even harder for young readers without any prior knowledge to follow the course of events.
#Nonfiction #MiddleGrade #YA #WWII #Alaska #MsDsLibrary
so-soSomewhat mixed feelings on this one? I found the narration a bit jarring and disorientating. Genuine sense of creepiness, but also no one really likeable, and parsing out the relationships was difficult.
pick4.5 Stars • No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai follows Yozo Oba, a young man alienated from society, masking his despair with a clownish persona. Through his notebooks, we see his troubled childhood, failed relationships, addiction, and suicide attempts, reflecting his profound sense of being "inhuman." Set in early 20th-century Japan, the novel explores isolation, identity, and societal pressures, culminating in Yozo‘s tragic self-destruction.
