This is the place where you can leave a link to the books you have read for the Japanese Literature Challenge 19, as well as visiting other readers who are participating. I’m looking forward to seeing what it is that you will choose, from short stories to classics to contemporary fiction. Your participation is always a great enrichment to my own reading life as I learn of a new title, or a new insight, regarding a book I have previously read.
I will make the button in my sidebar connected to this post so it will be easily accessible.
Perhaps you would like to start with an introductory post sharing your reading plans in Japanese literature January and February?
ありがとうArigatō, or thank you,Bellezza
Thanks for putting this together again Meredith - now I just have to work out which books to read :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Brona, for your faithful participation.
DeleteCount me in I have a number of books in mind for the challenge
ReplyDeleteStu, you’re the one who first flamed the fire for
DeleteBooks in translation in my heart, which then settled mostly on Japanese as a favored “genre.” Thank you for that.
I'll be reading a couple I hope!
ReplyDeleteI hope so too, Marg! Glad for whatever you find.
DeleteThanks for putting this together. :) This week, I hope to get together a list of possible reads.
ReplyDeleteYour list is inspiring, Karen, and how glad I am it brought us to the shared read of Snow Country!
DeleteCan't wait!!!!
ReplyDeleteActually, I feel my own excitement rising as well, Jinjer. 🥰
DeleteNot sure if it counts but I ordered Snow Kimono from the library after Karen @ BookerTalk listed it on her best snow books. Looking forward to Sympathy Tower if it's out in the UK. Would add a classic to the pile too.
ReplyDeleteI do not know of Snow Kimono; I’ll have to look it up, and most probably, read it myself. I will be posting on Sympathy Tower when I’ve read it, and I hope you can find a copy.
DeleteMark Henshaw, published 2014, Christina Stead Prize winner, described in the Guardian as "a philosophical puzzle". He's Australian, another writer we have to thank Lisa, Kim et al for pointing us towards. The UK needs to get its act together re Commonwealth publishing. So not a Japanese novel but with a retired Japanese law professor as the main link character and set in Paris, snowy Japan and North Africa, like a lovely Christmas pudding full of treats and surprises.
DeleteIt sounds all the more delightful!
DeleteNot Anonymous, ugh settings!
DeleteI hate them! The settings are a nemesis to me on Bloggee AND Wordpress. Thanks for straightening it out, though.
DeleteLove this annual challenge!
ReplyDeleteLove this annual challenge! Thanks for keeping it going :-)
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you’re eager to participate again! I did not see a place to comment on your post, but the only one I’ve read from your list is Ogawa’s Hotel Iris. The others are new to me, which is one of the lovely things about the challenge: discovering new works and authors!
DeleteYou are so amazing for keeping this going for so long - it is always a highlight of my year, and such a great way to start a New Year! I still call it January in Japan, I'm afraid, because I love the alliteration, and I just realised I've been taking part since 2014. Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteI don’t blame you for calling it January in Japan, or any “confusion.” When I began the challenge I ended it in January, for my birthday, but then it was too hard to run it over Christmas so I changed the dates to January-February. But, in the meantime Tony hosted January in Japan, brilliant alliteration in his part, and hence the two are intertwined. At any rate, so glad to see you reading here again!
DeleteBellezza, weird: two links of blogs go to people who haven't posted for ages, and they don't have a Japanese post there either. Hmmm.
ReplyDeleteI saw that, and my assumption is that they are signing up here, and will post later…?
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