Archive for the ‘Reading’ Category
Book Review on its Way
It took me longer than I thought to read “Kamikaze Girls” but I’ve finally finished it (it’s one of many reasons I haven’t blogged in a bit). I have a short review on Amazon of the novel, but am in the middle of writing up a, hopefully, more detailed review of the novel for this […]
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International Mystery Fiction
Ever since I started reading Sujata Massey’s mystery novels I’ve taken an instant liking to mysteries that occur outside of the United States. Right now, I’m waiting for my shipment from Amazon.com which includes the first novel from Cara Black Murder in the Marais (Aimee Leduc Investigation) and in my wishlist is Bangkok 8 by […]
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Obviously, fiction is my new obsession. I’ve landed across a book list on amazon that has some really great-sounding novels. The list was not created by me, but I wanted to share it anyway. The novels go beyond (but do include) Japanese, so if you want more than Japanese fiction this is a good starting […]
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In Pursuit of Language and Culture 