I just finished my first book in nearly two months, a brilliant short story collection by Erika Kobayashi (tr. Brian Bergstrom) called 'Sunrise: Radiant Stories.'

The works tackle issues surrounding nuclear power and its affects on people, especially women.

An especially timely read given the current situation at Fukushima Daiichi. Highly recommend.

#JapaneseLiterature #WIT #TranslatedLitChallenge

I haven't posted in a long time, but I finished my June book for the #TranslatedLitChallenge yesterday.

The theme for June is to read a book from a place you want to visit. Now, I was in Taiwan two months ago, but I already want to go back, so what better than to read the Taiwanese book I actually bought in Taiwan!

Anyway, this book was incredible. Absolutely horrifying, but incredible and the translation choices made it all the better!

#TranslatedLiterature #TaiwaneseLiterature

I haven't finished most of the books I started in April, but it's time for another month of the #TranslatedLitChallenge! Not only that, but on my new e-reader!

The theme for May is fantasy and I'm honestly not sure if that's what this is, but it was on a list I found, so I just went with it.

#JapaneseBooks #JapaneseLiterature #BooksInTranslation #TranslatedBooks #TranslatedLiterature

Not quite April yet, but I've already picked out my next #TranslatedLitChallenge book!

I've read another book by this author before and didn't love it, but it left me curious enough to want to give 'Hurricane Season' a try! It also gets me reading something from outside of East Asia, so that's a bonus too since I think varied reading is really important.

#MexicanLit #TranslatedLit #bookstodon #ReadingChallenge

For this month's #TranslatedLitChallenge, the prompt is to read a book of less than 200 pages. It's kind of hard to find books that weren't originally in Japanese or Korean that meet that requirement. However, I managed to find something!

I'll be reading 'The Pachinko Parlour' by Elisa Shua Dusapin and translated from the French by Anessa Abbas Higgins.

#FrenchLit #ReadingChallenge #bookstodon #books

The first prompt for the #TranslatedLitChallenge in 2023 is 'Book intended to read in 2022' and I decided to read 'Solo Dance' by Li Kotomi and translated from the #Japanese by Arthur Reiji Morris.

I've already finished it and it has definitely left me with some things to consider. I really hope to see more from both author and translator in English in the future!

#JapaneseLit #WorldLit #TranslatedLit #Bookstodon

Happy New Year! 🎉

A new year means new #ReadingGoals and I've finally figured out what I want to do!
- Read 52 books total
- Read 12 books in #Japanese
- Complete the #TranslatedLitChallenge for 2023

I also want to get back to writing reviews for my book blog if possible!

#Bookstodon #BookGoals

🇯🇵 Last Gender: When We Are Nameless by Taki Rei

🍸 A mature comic series set around a club catering to gender and sexual minorities

A notable read of 2022

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/9e6170b2-5924-46c6-a86b-608f713ad8ba

#LGBTQIA #Manga #BookReview #TranslatedLitChallenge

🇯🇵 Last Gender: When We Are Nameless by Taki Rei

🍸 A mature comic series set around a club catering to gender and sexual minorities

A notable read of 2022

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/9e6170b2-5924-46c6-a86b-608f713ad8ba

#LGBTQIA #Manga #BookReview #TranslatedLitChallenge

🇬🇱 Last Night in Nuuk by Niviaq Korneliussen tr. Anna Halager

🏳️‍🌈 A cast of queer twenty-somethings each give their own turn at narrating overlapping events in Greenland’s capital city.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b9f2a4cc-eeeb-4cbf-b772-e566f8e02826

#QueerLiterature #BookReview #TranslatedLitChallenge

🇬🇱 Last Night in Nuuk by Niviaq Korneliussen tr. Anna Halager

🏳️‍🌈 A cast of queer twenty-somethings each give their own turn at narrating overlapping events in Greenland’s capital city.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b9f2a4cc-eeeb-4cbf-b772-e566f8e02826

#QueerLiterature #BookReview #TranslatedLitChallenge

🇲🇽 The Route of Ice & Salt by José Luis Zárate tr. David Bowles

🧛 A gothic horror cult #novella envisioning of Dracula’s sea voyage to England from the perspective of the agonizingly closeted captain of the ship Demeter.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/46ed8efb-a5c0-4def-9a8a-631e187df8b1

#HorrorLiterature #QueerLiterature #BookReview #TranslatedLitChallenge

🇲🇽 The Route of Ice & Salt by José Luis Zárate tr. David Bowles

🧛 A gothic horror cult #novella envisioning of Dracula’s sea voyage to England from the perspective of the agonizingly closeted captain of the ship Demeter.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/46ed8efb-a5c0-4def-9a8a-631e187df8b1

#HorrorLiterature #QueerLiterature #BookReview #TranslatedLitChallenge

🇫🇷 In Defense of Witches by Mona Chollet tr. in English by Sophie R. Lewis

🧹 Bestseller in France in 2018 using the witch to write a variety of personal feminist essays.

Unfortunately, a toil and trouble to read.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/eb83b535-122d-4daf-843a-69415d543b70

#FrenchLiterature #NonfictionBooks #BookReview #TranslatedLitChallenge

🇫🇷 In Defense of Witches by Mona Chollet tr. in English by Sophie R. Lewis

🧹 Bestseller in France in 2018 using the witch to write a variety of personal feminist essays.

Unfortunately, a toil and trouble to read.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/eb83b535-122d-4daf-843a-69415d543b70

#FrenchLiterature #NonfictionBooks #BookReview #TranslatedLitChallenge

🇭🇺 Another Love by Erzsébet Galgóczi tr. by Ines Rieder & Felice Newman

🎞️ Basis for a lesbian cult film in the 1980s

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/49c0cddf-5252-4f4c-bb7f-4672c0152360

#QueerLiterature #Novella #BookReview #TranslatedLitChallenge #WomenInTranslation #WITMonth

🇭🇺 Another Love by Erzsébet Galgóczi tr. by Ines Rieder & Felice Newman

🎞️ Basis for a lesbian cult film in the 1980s

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/49c0cddf-5252-4f4c-bb7f-4672c0152360

#QueerLiterature #Novella #BookReview #TranslatedLitChallenge #WomenInTranslation #WITMonth

🇪🇸 The Carnivorous Lamb by Agustín Gómez-Arcos

🦋 A most disturbing classic novel first translated to English back in 1984 by William Rodarmor

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/f4184023-7b43-4f3a-b439-d114207487d1

#FrenchLiterature #LiteraryClassics #BookReview #TranslatedLitChallenge

🇪🇸 The Carnivorous Lamb by Agustín Gómez-Arcos

🦋 A most disturbing classic novel first translated to English back in 1984 by William Rodarmor

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/f4184023-7b43-4f3a-b439-d114207487d1

#FrenchLiterature #LiteraryClassics #BookReview #TranslatedLitChallenge

🇦🇪 The Diesel by Thani Al-Suwaidi tr. by William M. Hutchins

First published outside the Emirates a stirring poetic coming-of-age #novella narrated by a nonbinary and subversive entertainer.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/edecff86-b27a-40b3-8579-23c848ca0d37

#ArabLit #BookReview #TranslatedLitChallenge