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“That's all I really wanted," he said. "Just somebody to notice me.” January is about to end and I can proudly say I ha...

Almost a year has passed since our last encounter. All I can say is that a break, be it short or long, can help you realise what is imp...

June is here, (and almost gone) school is over and what can be better than one of my favorite challenges...? The Japanese Literature Chal...

My God my God, why hast thou forsaken me?  Why would a good God allow evil to exist in the world? The silence we encounter while reading t...

“A person never knows their own true face. Everybody thinks that the phoney, posed social mask they wear is their real face.”   Lik...

I decided to watch another Sion Sono movie and this time, I got more than I would have wished for. I was aware that the Japanese direct...

I have started Bellezza 's Japanese Literature Reading Challenge with a truly beautiful book, "The Guest Cat", (2001) and tr...

The month of May was full of activities and it did not give me the chance to read as much as I would have wanted, but I am looking forwar...

Once or twice a year I indulge myself in watching a Japanese movie that has been regarded by critics as a controversial artistic creatio...

“A problem isn't finished just because you've found the right answer.”  Even if Tony has given up on his challenge, January in...

I was expecting Natsuo Kirino's novel to be a shocker, mainly because "Out" was one and this book too was announced as a th...

August has been quite a lazy month for me, taking time to visit places and enjoy the company of the special people around me. However, I ...

As usual, I decided to join Bellezza 's Challenge and this summer I will be reading these four supposedly great books. I am a fan of Kaw...

“If the love is true, then treat it the same way you would plant - feed it, protect it from the elements - you must do absolutely everything...

The second Haruki Murakami book I managed to finish a few days ago is "The Men without Women" , a collection of short stories t...

"If you don't know something, go to the library and look it up."  It's the 12th of January and it is Haruki Murakami...

Time has come for me to go back to the reading/writing board and stop fooling around :) I miss jotting down a few lines now and then to ...

 Another month, another book by a Japanese writer... This time it was Kawabata's masterpiece, "Beauty and Sadness". It is a ...

 I think it's decided that Ryu Murakami's style and stories are the types that shock you, or at least they do their best, but thi...

I have been looking forward to this challenge since February, when Tony's reading challenge "January in Japan" ended and it...