Author: Michiko Aoyama
Translated to English by Alison Watts
Geemiz Rating: 4/5
One of the many feel-good Japanese fictions that I have been diving into since I started reading Japanese novels way back in 2016 with the book The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama.
Frankly, I miss reading Japanese historical fiction. Even though they are not as comforting and easy to read as the latest Japanese novels that I am into right …
Book Title: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Author: Satoshi Yagisawa
Rating: 4.8/5
Reading this book feels like watching a feel-good movie, you keep on smiling most of the time.
“Young people today, they don’t read books anymore. They just play computer games. It’s hopeless. And even if they do read books, it’s just manga or these shallow little stories on their cell phones. Even my son, he’s almost thirty and he still just plays video …
Book Title: The Book of Lost Names
Author: Kristin Harmel
Rating: 4.5/5
Genre: Historical Fiction
Eva, the smart young Jewish forger in Kristin Harmel’s book The Book of Lost Names, may be made up, but the work she did and the risks she took during World War II were real. Among the most famous forgers were Adolfo Kaminsky (1925–) and Alice Cohn (1914–2000), who saved the lives of hundreds of Jews.
…There’s a certain value
Book: The Samurai’s Garden
Author: Gail Tsukiyama
Personal Rating: 4/5
This is the 2nd time I read The Samurai’s Garden. I read this book way back in February 2017.
…I’m a sucker for historical fiction and The Samurai’s Garden has a different take on what happen during the 1930s when the Japanese invaded China, especially the Nanking Massacre. The story takes place far away from war yet the consequences of war are still apparent.
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Book: The Paris Library
Author: Janet Skeslien Charles
Rating: 9/10
This is one of the books that I finished quickly – just in a week, maybe because I love the story so much.
This is my first time reading about the effects of books during World War II and learning that there are more groups and individuals who are doing their job to at least make that trying time a little better.
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Book: The Personal Librarian
Authors: Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
My Rating: 8.5/10
I have a little knowledge of amazing women in history. This book piques my interest in researching them.
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I like the story of a light-colored black woman pretending to be white to be able to survive. The fun part is that she must hide her identity from one …
Author: Roland Merullo
Rate: 3.6/5
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