Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (ARC Review)

July 3, 2018

Title: Convenience Store Woman Author: Sayaka Murata Translator: Ginny Tapley Takemori Type: Fiction Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Cultural, Japan Publisher: Grove Press Published: June 12, 2018 A physical copy of this book was kindly provided by Publishers Group Canada, in exchange for an honest review. Keiko Furukura had always been considered a strange child, and her parents… Read More Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (ARC Review)

— monthly wrap-up —

Monthly Wrap-Up (June 2018)

July 1, 2018

Where did June go?! Seriously! I am not joking…it just flew by. I had a workout plan, and plans for the beach…and none of that happened. Buuuuut at least I did manage to read all the way through my June TBR! Woaaaa it’s a miracle! I’m very much looking forward to seeing what July will… Read More Monthly Wrap-Up (June 2018)

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Monthly Wrap-Up (May 2018)

May 31, 2018

I don’t know if you know this about me, but I really really love summer! I love nature, and going to the beach, and reading outside (especially when bugs leave me alone … I’m kind of a magnet for bugs with stingers, hahaha). Because of stress and such, I have decided to make my summer… Read More Monthly Wrap-Up (May 2018)

— travel —

A Spring Day In Toronto: Cherry Blossoms in High Park, and Japanese Food in Downtown

May 14, 2018

Ever since I found out that we have Japanese cherry blossom trees in High Park in Toronto, I made plans to go see them. They only stay in bloom for about 10 days, and the start of blooming depends heavily on weather! So, I had to really keep an eye on predictions. I was very… Read More A Spring Day In Toronto: Cherry Blossoms in High Park, and Japanese Food in Downtown

— book review, comic/graphic novel, nonfiction, picture book —

Gudetama’s Guide to Life & Eggsistential Thoughts by Gudetama the Lazy Egg (Double Review)

May 5, 2018

Physical copies of these books were kindly provided by the publisher, in exchange for honest reviews. Title: Gudetama’s Guide to Life Author: Brian D Clark Type: Nonfiction Genre: Sequential Art Publisher: Penguin Workshop (Penguin Random House) Date published: April 10, 2018 From Sanrio, who brought you Hello Kitty, Gudetama the Lazy Egg returns with a… Read More Gudetama’s Guide to Life & Eggsistential Thoughts by Gudetama the Lazy Egg (Double Review)

— japan & korea 2017, travel —

Japan and Korea 2017 Day 8 (Part 2): The Deer and the Tōdai-ji Temple of Nara

May 4, 2018

Welcome to Day 8: Part 2 of my Japan & Korea 2017 travel series! I will be splitting Day 8 into 3 pieces, I think, because we did a lot in one day. And, as with the previous post (Day 8: Part 1), I have a lot of photos from this part of the day that I… Read More Japan and Korea 2017 Day 8 (Part 2): The Deer and the Tōdai-ji Temple of Nara

— top ten tuesdays, weekly meme —

Top Ten Tuesday #46: Top Ten Books That Take Place In Another Country

March 27, 2018

Happy Tuesday, and happy Top Ten Tuesday day, everyone! This week’s theme allows us to travel outside of our own countries, and encourages us to explore the rest of the world! Since most YA books are set in the U.S. (well, the contemporary ones anyway, since fantasy settings didn’t really count for me, for this… Read More Top Ten Tuesday #46: Top Ten Books That Take Place In Another Country

— japan & korea 2017, travel —

Japan and Korea 2017 Day 8 (Part 1): Fushimi Inari, & Hiking On Inari Mountain

February 18, 2018

Welcome to Day 8: Part 1 of my Japan & Korea 2017 travel series! I’ve decided to dedicate this post to Day 8 up to about lunchtime, because I have a large amount of photos to share with you, and I also have a lot to talk about, because Fushimi Inari was #1 on my… Read More Japan and Korea 2017 Day 8 (Part 1): Fushimi Inari, & Hiking On Inari Mountain

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Japan and Korea 2017 Day 7 (Part 2): Nijo Castle, the Golden Pavilion, and the Geisha District

January 28, 2018

Welcome to part 2 of Day 7 of my 2017 Japan and South Korea trip! If you read my blog post about Day 7 part 1, you’ll know that we had quite a busy start to our first day in Kyoto (to the point where I had to slice what would normally have been one blog post… Read More Japan and Korea 2017 Day 7 (Part 2): Nijo Castle, the Golden Pavilion, and the Geisha District

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Japan and Korea 2017 Day 7 (Part 1): Japanese Countryside, Fushimi Inari Fail, Cherry Blossom Ice Cream, and the Kiyomizu-dera Temple

January 12, 2018

This post took quite a while to actually plan, write, and post! The reason for that is … December happened, and I had a lot of catching up to do in my reading and review-writing. Plus there’s also this little thing that I mention in almost all of these posts: writing about Japan is painful.… Read More Japan and Korea 2017 Day 7 (Part 1): Japanese Countryside, Fushimi Inari Fail, Cherry Blossom Ice Cream, and the Kiyomizu-dera Temple