Review for Tokyo Ever After
“Mono no aware—it’s a Japanese phrase expressing a love for impermanence, the ephemeral nature of all things.”
Teaser Tuesday ~ Tokyo Dreaming by Emiko Jean
This one is from Page 130! I tried a random number generator but it wasn’t that much random, haha, just kept picking the same numbers. So I flipped through my copy.
We both inhale, seeing ourselves in the three-paneled mirror. I run my hands down the fabric and trace the intricate pattern. The maple leaves are hand-painted, outlined in gold and silver on a peach background. Mom’s kimono is light orange and ombre the color of the sunset, with cranes alighting from the hem. The gowns are yuuzen kimonos, part of a dying art in Japan. Master makers struggle to pass the traditions on – there are no students to teach. All of the sudden, I remember Eriku showing me the slides of Nagoro village. The stuffed puppets frozen in time, populating a deserted landscape.
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Review for Soul Lanterns
“Once the green and red paper lanterns were lit, it was almost as if they’d been given life, their glow was so otherworldly. They formed little groups as they flowed quietly down the river. Like souls departing on a journey.”
Review for Junko Tabei Masters the Mountains | Alicia Alonso Takes the Stage | Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest
I received these three books from the publisher/Netgalley in exchange of an honest review!
Top 10 Books January 2023
Friday Favourites #5: 27-1-2023: Historical Fiction
Review for Japan
Friday’s Page 69 ~ Soul Lanterns by Shaw Kuzki
There are probably more mothers like Mrs. Koyama and me in this world than we can count, no distinguishing between enemies and allies; I’m sure that in America, in China, Korea, and Europe, there are mothers living their days the same way as me, breath by breath.
I’m just an uneducated woman, and I don’t know much, but even I know that somewhere in this world there is still fighting going on, and mothers are losing their precious children…
The reason I was looking up at the sky that night was because I was thinking that that same sky stretches over all those mothers.
October Horror Mystery Month Fest ~ Deadly Creatures from the Dark ~ Day 25: Ring by Kouji Suzuki
Sadako! She in your TV. On no. She is in your home.