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Books you'll find on my shelf

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Here you can find a few books that I've read recently and really enjoyed. As someone who works in bursts, I've been trying to create a habit of reading at least 20 pages a day so I can justify my forever need to buy more books. The ones so far in the...
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Japanese Literature

My little Japanese corner. I do terribly enjoy the way they explore and explain emotions and the complexity of human nature.
 
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This is the first book that I've read from a Japanese author and is what made me continue looking into Japanese literature. I believe Norwegian Wood is already fairly well known as being a hauntingly beautiful, intimate and deeply emotional novel. Th...
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, Paperback
 
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It's an interesting collection of six short stories set in the aftermath of 1995 Kobe earthquake in Japan. Each story examines the grief, isolation and search for meaning of the characters, showing how they process loss and try to rebuild themselves ...
After the Quake: Haruki Murakami
 
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This would be the fifth book in the "Before the Coffee Gets Cold" series. I picked this up not actually knowing it's part of a series. I believe it could also be read as a stand alone since at the beginning of the book you've got the relationship map...
Before We Forget Kindness: Emotional Book

British Humor

 
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Based on the crime solving journey of four interesting pensioneers meeting every Thursday in a room in their peaceful retirement community. Initially looking through old unsolved crimes, the four characters find themselves embroiled in an actual inve...
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