Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
I was intending to ration these stories and read them slowly, but I read the first one, realised that I remembered it, read the second one, awoke another memory, and then ended up finishing the book in one sitting. And you know what? This was a fantastic trip down memory lane that scratched a book… Read More The Girl with the Green Ear by Margaret Mahy
I’ve been wanting to go to the From the Stacks exhibition, and I finally managed to make it! At first, I was quite scared that it would be like the Shakespeare one (small and not very good), but it was FANTASTIC. I really do love it. From the Stacks has (according to the NLB description):… Read More NLB Exhibition: From the Stacks
Today, I thought I’d talk about books that I have forgotten. As embarrassing as it is, there are books that I’ve read but then forgot the title. Some (like The Race for the Lost Keystone), I’ve managed to rediscover, but these few are gone for good. So I figured that I might as well commit… Read More Titles Forgotten (and Found)
With this, I finish recapping the noteworthy and sharable parts of my Singapore trip, and can move on to the things that have been happening recently. Hopefully I finish that by Wednesday, so expect posts tomorrow as well! Anyway, when I was still in Singapore, I managed to go to two exhibitions at the central… Read More NLB Exhibitions
I’ve seen this book a few times (in Kinokuniya), but never bothered to pick it up. But, since it’s available through overdrive, I decided that, why not, since I’m already looking for a job. Really, I don’t know why I do this to my self. First, I take that class which basically made working in… Read More Book Review: The Accidental Office Lady by Laura Kriska
This is another one of those “saw in the library and had to borrow it” sort of books. And after reading it, well, I want my own copy. Unlike the previous ninja-related book I read, The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, Samurai and Ninja is neither a novel, nor does it take an idealistic/unrealistic view of ninja/samurai.… Read More Book Review: Samurai and Ninja by Antony Cummins
So, this is the book that I read on the way to Chiran. Because I got this book on a whim, I didn’t know what to expect. I mean, I haven’t even watched Basilisk or Shinobi. All I knew, before I started reading, was that the body count of this book was pretty high. (Thanks… Read More Book Review: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls by Futaro Yamada
Hey everyone! So this is post is really different from what I normally post about (even if you’re looking at the few books I review on this blog). But, I think so many of you guys are people who take risks, who are doing something different. Studying in Japan is definitely a huge risk, and… Read More Book Review: Unstoppable: Surviving is the the Beginning – Book Review and Guest Post
It’s time for a very rare book review! Anyway, I requested this book from NetGalley because it’s an aspect of World War II that I haven’t heard about before, I mean, I don’t know about you, but I’ve never heard of a Kawashima Yoshiko in any of my textbooks. Kawashima Yoshiko (born Aisin Gioro Xian… Read More Book Review: Manchu Princess, Japanese Spy by Phyllis Birnbaum
So, this is one of the books that I’m reading for my Ghibli class (it’s so much cooler [and shorter!] to say ‘Ghibli class’ than Hayao Miyazaki’s World class). It’s not one of the assigned readings, but it was very helpful for the first paper: Spirituality in Miyazaki’s My Neighbour Totoro. Now, although this book… Read More Book Review: Religion in Contemporary Japan by Ian Reader