Thousand Cranes | 
I‘m having a hard time finding something I want to read after having immersed myself in Garth Ennis‘s Preacher series for the past few weeks. I will now try this novel as I‘m familiar with the author, and I always find it comforting to settle down with a good book of contemporary Japanese fiction. This novel was recommended to me long ago by #BookCrosser Dunzy, sadly no longer alive. He got me into reading others works by this noted author.
I love my new Kindle case. Anytime they release a new version of the Kindle, it always takes some time for the after market cases to come out. So now I don‘t have to stress about dropping my new Kindle anymore. Yay!
#itsthelittlethings #cranes #kindlelover #betterstopshoppingformyself
First full book finished in #24in48! Just passing the 3 hour mark 😬 I loved this post-war Japanese drama on love, guilt, family history, and tea.
pickThis is a short story packed with guilt, sorrow, and jealousy, with tea ceremonies weaved in as the major backdrop. I get the same melancholy from The Hunting Gun, but this book deserves better translation; something is just missing somewhere. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Father's life was only a very small part of the life of a tea bowl.”
This beautiful Japanese story uses the classical tea ceremony as the background for the tale of a young man's relationships to two women, his father's former mistress and her daughter.
#QuotsyDec17 #Tea
Reading one of many Japan trip prep books with my little buddy the "stress bull (ball)"
