Author: Elif Batuman
Setting: Harvard University and Hungary
Pages: 432
Geemiz Rating: 3/5
This is another book review that no one asked for, but I will keep on writing because I love to.
I chose this book because, first, it is a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and I get the impression that Pulitzer novels are difficult to read and contain interesting topics that I find cringe-worthy or difficult to digest, and I like challenging myself by …
I can say that 2024 has been a reading year for me—well, half of 2024. I think I have read more than in the past few years. Thanks for going back to book blogging and to my new Book Club Bookchikas who inspired me to open the books on my dusty bookshelf.
Book: The Idiot
Author: Elif Batuman
Rating: 3.5/5
Point of View:
For people like me who are curious about what Harvard College …
Author: Hwang Bo-Reum
Translated to English by Shanna Tan
Setting: A neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea
Pages: 301
Geemiz Rating: 4.8/5
Starting this book was the best decision I have made since I wanted to read it cover to cover in a day, two, or even a week. Unfortunately, I was delayed for a month because life happened. It was a pleasure to dive headfirst into reading this novel, which is my first Korean …
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.
“You
Book: Sweet Bean Paste
Author: Durian Sukegawa
Personal Rating: 4/5
A heartwarming story of an old lady, a young man, and a middle school girl who found an unfamiliar friendship at a struggling dorayaki (a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste) store.
…“THAT’S WHY I MADE CONFECTIONERY. I MADE SWEET THINGS FOR ALL THOSE WHO LIVED WITH THE SADNESS OF LOSS. AND THAT’S HOW I WAS ABLE TO LIVE OUT MY LIFE.” –
The long wait is finally over. The biggest book sale is returning to Cebu with over 2 million new books and up to 95% discounts for all Cebuano’s and neighboring provinces to enjoy!
Big Bad Wolf Books Cebu 2023 Details
Entrance Fee: FREE
When: September 15, 2023 – October 1, 2023 – 10:00 am to 10:00 pm (daily)
Where: SM Seaside City Cebu, Lower Ground level, Cube Wing
Big Bad Wolf Books only acquires brand-new, …
Book: Before Your Memory Fades
Author: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Personal Rating: 4/5
This is the third book of the “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” series by the same author.
…The setting is not Cafe Funiculi Funicola, but rather Cafe Donna Donna. It has the same magic as the latter and is owned by the same family but managed by the matriarch Yukari Tokita. Since Yukari is away in Amerika, he’s son Nagare Tokita owner of Funiculi