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Lifelong reader, first time wyrmer here! Most of my reading happens at bedtime, and takes me to sci-fi or fantasy. I’ve also been digging books with LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
Elsewhere on the Fediverse, I can be found at @chad@beige.party and @chado@social.lol
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Chad started reading Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda
In this witty and exuberant collection of feminist retellings of traditional Japanese folktales, humans live …
My current criteria for selecting a book:
- originally in Japanese
- ebook available to check out from library
Chad finished reading What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Alison Watts
For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a charming, internationally bestselling Japanese novel about …
I came into this book with very few expectations - I added it to my list based on a brief skim of a recommendation. This has been a fun way for me to get into new stories and authors, and it didn’t let me down at all here. I feel like I wandered into a community library and had no answer when the librarian asked me “What are you looking for?” but I still got what I needed.
Chad commented on What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Alison Watts
For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a charming, internationally bestselling Japanese novel about …
Content warning minor plot spoilers
I finished the chapter of the 2-year-old’s parent getting herself out of a career/homelife rut, and I think if I hadn’t been so sleepy I may have cried in the scene where Fu-chan came to help tidy up after herself.
I am enjoying the theme of people finding ways to change their lives and find more fulfillment, but when I set the book down it feels very much like fantasy. I wonder if people in Japan just genuinely don’t have to worry about basic material needs when they shake up their careers.
Chad commented on What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Alison Watts
For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a charming, internationally bestselling Japanese novel about …
Seeing a lot of my life in this third character, the parent of a toddler who is plodding along towards the next chapter of their life.
Chad finished reading Death on Gokumon Island by Seishi Yokomizo (Kindaichi Kosuke)
Death on Gokumon Island by Seishi Yokomizo (Kindaichi Kosuke)
Kosuke Kindaichi arrives on the remote Gokumon Island bearing tragic news – the son of one of the island’s most …
Chad finished reading The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo (Kindaichi Kosuke)
The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo (Kindaichi Kosuke)
In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a son …
Chad finished reading The Village of Eight Graves by Seishi Yokomizo (Kindaichi Kosuke)
The Village of Eight Graves by Seishi Yokomizo (Kindaichi Kosuke)
Nestled deep in the mist-shrouded mountains, The Village of Eight Graves takes its name from a bloody legend: in the …
Chad finished reading The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo (Kindaichi Kosuke)
The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo (Kindaichi Kosuke)
In 1940s Japan, the wealthy head of the Inugami Clan dies, and his family eagerly await the reading of the …
Chad started reading What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Alison Watts
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Alison Watts, 青山美智子, Michiko Ayoma
For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a charming, internationally bestselling Japanese novel about how the perfect book recommendation …
Chad finished reading The gang that couldn't shoot straight by Jimmy Breslin
This one started to show its age (1969) but was generally enjoyable.
Chad started reading The gang that couldn't shoot straight by Jimmy Breslin
On my library’s Available to Read shelf of ebooks - let’s see how we like it
Chad finished reading Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1) by Robin Sloan
Chad finished reading The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo
The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo
Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the realm …
Chad finished reading Before she sleeps by Bina Shah
Bina Shah: Before she sleeps (2018)
Before she sleeps by Bina Shah
In modern, beautiful Green City, the capital of South West Asia, gender selection, war and disease have brought the ratio …