Last month’s Tokyo Weekender Book Club inspired this The Easy Life in Kamusari review. As well as a good book club choice, …
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This is a busy time of year, as noted in my last review, and when reading time is short, I often turn …
This Kim Jiyoung Born 1982 review is a little late as I started reading Cho Nam-Joo’s novel as part of 20 Books …
I realised that although two other recent reviews – The Comrade from Milan and Second-Hand Time – mentioned Maria Stepanova’s family history, …
This The Comrade from Milan review came via a Verso Book Club subscription, which I recommend if you are into discovering new …
If you, like me, are looking forward to this year’s Women in Translation Month and anticipating all the new books and writers …
It is always a happy time of year when what must be one of everyone’s favourite book events – 20 Books of …
Reading In Memory of Memory made me think about how we consider ours and our relatives’ recollections not only of far-off things, …
If you like the idea of regularly supporting one independent publisher and also of receiving more books than you might read in …
I want to start this Convenience Store Woman review with some memories of Japan’s convenience stores. Like many new arrivals, I quickly …