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ColecçõesNevada (79), A sua biblioteca (1,936), Em leitura (6), Kei (12), China (306), Japan (596), Mangajin Magazine (1), Missionaries (108), CD Included with Book (14), Read (492), Lista de desejos (16), Para ler (1), Not in Library (53), Todas as colecções (1,966)

Resenhas44 resenhas

EtiquetasFiction (597), Japan (560), Read (490), China (292), Biography (209), Nonfiction (206), Memoir (108), Japanese Literature (106), P (88), Art (72) — ver todas as etiquetas

Nuvensnuvem de etiquetas, nuvem de autores

Grupos50-Something Library Thingers, Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction, Club Read 2009, DimSum Thing, I Survived the Great Vowel Shift, Indian Authors, Japanese Culture, Japanese Literature, Language, Le Salon des Amateurs de la Langue — mostrar todos os grupos , Reading Globally

Autores favoritosRoald Dahl, Chitra Divakaruni, Lafcadio Hearn, Diane Johnson, Yasunari Kawabata, Garrison Keillor, Armistead Maupin, Peter Mayle, E. Annie Proulx, Donald Richie, David Sedaris, Susan Straight, Tobias Wolff (Favoritos partilhados)

Livrarias favoritasBooks Kinokuniya - Shinjuku Main Store, Vroman's Bookstore

Sobre mimMy reviews also appear on my blog: http://booktsunami.blogspot.com/

My Reading/Reviewing Style--
--Unfortunately, I'm a slow, deliberate reader. I read a lot of books translated into English, especially from Chinese, Japanese, and French, so I often spend time wondering why certain words were chosen in particular sentences. I love word-crafting and perhaps this slows my reading a bit.
--I'm also a very committed reviewer. I seldom attempt to review a book without having read every word, unless it was so poor as to be unreadable.

--Interests: world cultures, China, Chinese Language (Mandarin), Japan, Japanese, Africa, India, French, linguistics, art, music, literature, history, cinema, anthropology, sociology, and dogs.
--At college I majored in Chinese Language & Literature when conventional wisdom was to study Japanese. I held a few different jobs and Fate brought me a Japanese prince instead of a Chinese one, so I had to study Japanese anyway. I can now be forgetful in at least 3 languages.
--I love to read non-fiction and fiction concerning China and Japan, and I welcome the chance to read and review Advance Reading Copies of new books of all kinds.

Sobre a minha biblioteca95% = currently own
3% = I've read but don't own
2% = want to read/own
TBR is not so much a pile but a room full.
Over the years, I've kept some 'book diaries.' If I ever find them, I'll be able to record how I reacted to the readings. They're not really reviews--just brief comments.

A list of other favorite bookstores: HALF-PRICE BOOKS in Houston, TX, and BOOKS & COMPANY, Dayton, OH. In Tokyo the best place for new books in English is MARUZEN BOOKS, north side of Tokyo Station.

Página pessoalhttp://booktsunami.blogspot.com/

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Conhecimento ComumSéries (110), Prémios (418), Personagens (2831), Lugares (700)

Membro desdeNov 20, 2007

Em leituraWoe Is I por Patricia T. O'Conner
Dreaming in Hindi por Katherine Russell Rich
Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey (Seal Women's Travel) por Anastasia M. Ashman
China Witness: Voices from a Silent Generation por Xinran Xinran
Heart Songs and Other Stories por Annie Proulx
Small Kingdoms por Anastasia Hobbet
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