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welcome to my booklog! ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡
finally i'll have something a bit more reliable to keep track of my reading escapades. i tend to read rather sporadically, so the updates for this section may be inconsistent.
my 2024 and 2025 lists are not in order, because i have Bad memory for these types of things.
starred books are those i love/like! thank you for dropping by!
2025
- asleep, banana yoshimoto
- goodbye tsumugi, banana yoshimoto
a short, melancholic story set by the seaside. it didn't incite a strong emotion within me, but i feel so drawn to this story.
- the woman in the purple skirt, natsuko imamura
- the box man, kobo abe
2024
- and the mountains echoed, khaled hosseini
- strange weather in tokyo, hiromi kawakami
- the night is short, walk on girl!, tomihiko morimi
- the lonesome bodybuilder, yukiko motoya
- butter, asako yuzuki
- the honjin murders, seishi yokomizo
- earthlings, sayaka murata
okay well, this one scarred me i cannot even think about it or i will wither. reading the summary couldn't have prepared me for this.
- life ceremony, sayaka murata
- the kamogawa food detectives, hisashi kashiwai
- what you are looking for is in the library, michiko aoyama
- diary of a void, emi yagi
- there is no such thing as an easy job, kikuko tsumura
- breasts and eggs, mieko kawakami
- priory of the orange tree, samantha shannon
- kokoro, natsume soseki
- the nakano thrift shop, hiromi kawakami
- those three books i read at a cafe across multiple days and couldn't remember the titles of...
2023
- a tale for the time being, ruth ozeki
i have mixed feelings about this. i enjoyed reading the main character's story, but the constant switching povs with other characters was a bit annoying.
- project hail mary, andy weir
- the martian, andy weir
- a thousand splendid suns, khaled hosseini
words cannot describe how much i love this book.
- kite runner, khaled hosseini
- on earth, we're briefly gorgeous, ocean vuong
many tears were shed while reading this. written like poetry.
- before the coffee gets cold, toshikazu kawaguchi
- convenience store woman, sayaka murata
- sweet bean paste, durian sukegawa
- kitchen, banana yoshimoto
yoshimoto banana's writing consistently evokes a very specific kind of emotion in me - a peaceful kind of sad.
- the housekeeper and the professor, yoko ogawa
a short and sweet story about human connection and found families. a must read if you're into japanese literature!
- in the miso soup, ryu murakami
- the devotion of suspect x, keigo higashino
- farenheit 451, ray bradbury
- the candy house, jennifer egan
- the memory police, yoko ogawa
this book was painful to read but so worth it.
- tokyo ueno station, yu miri
- i am a cat, natsume soseki