Hi friends! I am done with today’s seminar and managed to get a decent bit of reading in! So let’s dive into it. First, I finished another chapter of The Tale of Genji, and what a doozy it was. This is the chapter entitled Aoi and it contains: the climax of Genji’s affair with the… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 20
Hi friends! I hope you had a good start to the week! I haven’t been reading all that much, but I have managed to finish: Totto-Chan by Kuroyanagi Tetsuko – This is one of my childhood favourites! Although I generally enjoyed school, I really wanted to go to either Whyteleafe or Tomoe. While this is… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 16
I love the weekends because I get to read a lot more! I baked some cookies today and managed to finish a book while waiting for all the batches to bake and cool. And then I finished one after I got home and realised I didn’t have that much to do. Today, I read: I,… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 13
I’ve just finished a meeting, so you can guess how much reading time I’ve had. In light of that, I decided to reread something short – At The House of the Magician by Mary Hooper. I’ve also just realised that I reread this book last year, and that I still have not read At The… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 12
So, I didn’t manage to read that much yesterday, but it’s okay because my meeting tonight got pushed back so I have a lot more reading time! Since Tuesday, I have managed to: Start on Of Bees and Mist, the book that I’ve been wanting to reread for years but never got round to it.… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 11
We’re almost one-third of the way through! Today was a fairly good reading day because I decided to bake bread and basically just read while the bread was baking. I find bread to be rather tricky, so I’m glad that this one went well! It’s actually pretty easy to make and I can see myself… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 9
Hello friends! So on my theoretical ‘I’d like to reread this in March’ list, I have Of Bees and Mist, but I’ve just not been feeling it so instead of starting that book, I have decided to reread… The Famous Five Volume 2! I really like this 3-volume series because they use the same illustrations… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 8
Hi friends! I am back! Remember how I talked about that article that was giving me stress? Well, I not only finished it, I finished it early enough that it has now been published on the Japan Rail Cafe blog! It’s all about Sayama tea and the Tocha game and if you’re interested in Japanese… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 7
Hello friends! It is Day 3 of March and I’m already feeling overwhelmed. Not with the reading, but all the ancillary aspects (basically the blogging stuff). This is what I read today: Annabel Thong by Imram Hashim – This is not a reread, but a new one! It’s the book club pick for the next… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 3 (and apologies in advance)
Hello friends! It is Day 2 and I managed to finish the Princess Bride and a whole book!! And go to a cafe to persuade them to do a tea webinar so I feel like a lot of progress has been made. In terms of what I read: The Princess Bride – This was fun,… Read More March Re-Reading Madness: Day 2