Wednesday, February 25, 2026

"Days at the Morisaki Bookshop," Satoshi Yagisawa

Hey look at this, I'm on a roll. I'm on leave from work while my family is in Australia, so I have extra time to read. This is one of those typical Japanese translations where you can't tell if it's just a really simple, earnest translation, or if the original is like that, or both. Still it was a pleasant read. Great cover.


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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

"The Songlines," Bruce Chatwin

I'm in Australia, on leave from work, trying to learn Korean and ride my bike and read about Australia. This was the first book I finished. It was good. A gritty manly book from the 60s. It has like 100 pages of his notes that are unrelated to the plot.


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