I didn’t remember until late last night, but yesterday on September 15th, my blog reached 18 years old! Gosh, I never thought when I dipped my blogging toe into the water back on Blogspot in 2008 that I’d still be going – but I just love talking about and sharing books, the best kind of Read More
Category: QUDAN Rie
2 from the Far East for #WITMonth – Japan & Korea
Sympathy Tower Tokyo by Rie Qudan Translated by Jesse Kirkwood That little phrase on the rather gorgeous front cover of this book, ‘Winner of the Akutagawa Prize’ caught my eye, instantly meaning that this novella wouldn’t be following the current trend for twee, that prize being Japan’s premier literature award. It didn’t disappoint! In fact, Read More
