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Hanna-B
The Premonition | Banana Yoshimoto
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Pickpick

Enjoyable but nowhere near as magic as her other books. Still some of the language and imagery was pretty and the whimsical otherworldly vibe of Japan shone through

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ChaoticMissAdventures
Goodbye Tsugumi | Banana Yoshimoto, Michael Emmerich
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Panpan

This has been the most disappointing of my #womenintranslation reads this month.
The characters were such a drag I didn't want to pick the book up. A book that should have taken me an afternoon to read stretched to over a week. The book revolves around the main character and her ill and rude cousin. I was annoyed by the amount of times the cousin called people stupid, idiot, ugly, dumb, and more. It was painful.

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ChaoticMissAdventures
Goodbye Tsugumi | Banana Yoshimoto, Michael Emmerich
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#womenintranslation #alphabetgame #letterg
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I had hoped to finish this a couple of days ago for G day but honestly it has been a bit of a slog. Will definitely finish it but I am wondering if this was the best Yoshimoto book to begin with.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I have never read anything by this author… 2y
ChaoticMissAdventures @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I was researching women in translation and she came up over and over as someone to read out of Japan. 2y
MerlinTheSlightlyAwkward Highly, highly recommend giving her title Kitchen a read. Her books can be very unique. Kitchen is probably a little more universally relatable without prior knowledge of Japanese etiquette and culture. 2y
ChaoticMissAdventures @MerlinTheSlightlyAwkward I will try that one! This was my 3rd Japanese book this month for Women in Translation month and the one I liked the least but I would like to try another of hers thanks! 2y
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nao
Goodbye Tsugumi | Banana Yoshimoto, Michael Emmerich
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Pickpick

Rating: 5/5 ⭐

⛩🏯
This book is a master piece like always its pure Japanese. I don't wanna talk a lot about the story. But its super awesome and charming.
The book is narrated by a girl called Maria she told the story of her life in a village at the seaside along with her cousin Tsugumi. 🎆
The book very engaging and short. It's also a beautiful summer read.

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nao
Kitchen | Banana Yoshimoto
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Pickpick

Rating: 5/5 ⭐
I really truly loved this book!
It's an amazing book that talks about love, loss, grief, healing and moving on.

I loved every part of it and it's so highly recommended!

#kitchen
#Bananayoshimoto

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Ast_Arslan
Kitchen | Banana Yoshimoto
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Pickpick

Started and finished today!
I really enjoyed it!
Three lovely tales about life, death and love.
Very well written and it gave me a lot to think about!

#bananayoshimoto #kitchen #loveit #bookmark #japanese #Japan #life #death #love #emotional

BarbaraBB I am happy you liked it! Now on to the Jules Verne 😉? 4y
Ast_Arslan Yeah! I really liked it 😍 even if I was a little worried because I've previously read N.P. -same author- and didn't liked it! 4y
Ast_Arslan Now I started Stevenson 😍 4y
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Ast_Arslan
Kitchen | Banana Yoshimoto
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Thanks to @xicanti and @BarbaraBB I started Kitchen!
This book has been in my bookshelf for years!! 😅

#bananayoshimoto #kitchen #bookshelf #Japan #japanese #life #tbr #dayoff #shortbook

BarbaraBB I hope you will like it! I think you made the right choice 😀 4y
Ast_Arslan @BarbaraBB I hope it too! 4y
Ast_Arslan @BarbaraBB thank you a lot for the suggestion! 4y
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Ast_Arslan
Kitchen | Banana Yoshimoto
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xicanti I vote 4y
Ast_Arslan @xicanti I will let you know which one will win the contest 👍 thanks! 😉 4y
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