January is over and with that, so is January in Japan. I always end up participating less than I intended, but I had a lot of fun nonetheless 🙂 Thank you Tony, for organising this once again. I hope we can look forward to another round next year! So remember …
This year for January in Japan one of the readalongs is Yoko Ogawa’s The Diving Pool. The post gathering all reviews of the book is here. The Diving Pool is actually the first book I finished this year, far ahead of the readalong date (January 16th). So, what did I …
I kicked off January in Japan this year with Yoko Ogawa’s The Diving Pool. A little ahead of time (it’s a readalong scheduled for January 16th) but I already finished it… woops. I will say more about the book later on in the event! I also made a selection for …
Hiromi Kawakami’s The Briefcase was our ‘readalong’ for January in Japan. Kawakami isn’t an author I had read or heard of before this event, so I was excited to get started. I have always been a bit more partial to modern Japanese literature compared to, especially, pre-WWII literature (which also …
So, a very short round-up post for January in Japan. I really enjoyed this event. I especially had a good time reading other participants’ posts and discovering more books I want to read. I can recommend checking out everyone’s reviews, and the J-Lit Giants posts as a place to start …
