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Couldn‘t put it down.

Good book

This has been my independent reading book at school, but I brought it home this weekend to finish. It was an interesting and action packed read. It does not shy away from the violence and backstabbing of samurai history. Although I know many young readers may not read the author‘s notes at the end, I truly appreciated them.

#nonfiction #Japan
#ReadingAsia2021 #ReadTheWorld #ReadingTheWorld

This is my new independent reading book for school. I‘m thoroughly enjoying it so far, and the illustrations are great. It‘s also interesting to read about this period in Japanese history that followed the Heian period after reading The Tale of Genji (that book really does just keep showing back up).

#Nonfiction #MiddleGrade #YA

“There is nothing in the world as dangerous as a man bristling with weapons and insecurities.”

I got this YA book on samurai at the library the other day-just in time for my new PlayStation game Ghost of Tsushima. I haven‘t got far enough into the book for an opinion on it yet but the game is fun!

Quite an enjoyable read. The author obviously took great care in researching Yoshitsune's life, but still kept a critical eye of the limited historical accounts, giving credit to a great warrior and refraining from exaggeration and hero worshipping. Extensive notes and bibliography demonstrate the effort made.

1. Done 🍗
2. Surveys and Photo Challenges
3.I don‘t really have a new favorite genre. I‘ve always read fairly widely. Non-fiction is what I read least, but I‘m currently enjoying the tagged book.
4. The Little House Books
5. Spinach
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World, what we need is for some one to write a YA book about this guy-the son of a random hunter who ended up in a band of samurai as a temporary guide and never left.

Reading Samurai Rising and found this gem. History is littered with the corpses that prove this point.

My only reading goal for 2018 is to read some non-fiction because I didn‘t read any last year. (It was a hard year okay!?!) Anyway...starting with this one.

#newyearreads

Samurai Rising is our book of the month for February. Rebecca says this book reads like fiction and deserves its spot as a finalist for the #YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Read more WOW Recommends at wowlit.org. #WorldsOfWords

"Samurai craved job security"

who knew?

Before reading this book, I knew almost nothing about Japanese culture and the ways of the samurai warriors. After reading it, I now know that the samurai were really big on beheading people. Usually cutting them off (literally) mid-sentence.

My #cybils reading plan to go for the "bigger" books first means I'm almost done with the big ones. Read great reviews of this so my interest is piqued.

Yoshitsune's only assets were brains, ambition, and a dream. But childhood dreams can change history.