Getting serious about learning Japanese! I have a ton of apps, but having a proper book feels more real, classy and motivating. Especially that the main textbook is entirely in Japanese :)

Psychological drama from the beginning of last century. It reflects on the issues of friendship, trust, loneliness and responsibility, and provides an insight into Japanese culture of these times. For me, it felt old-fashioned and I could not really connect to the characters, especially with all the sexism. The book started with an intriguing promise of dark mystery surrounding the "Sensei" character, but I found the resolution disappointing.

Very confusing at first (I find it hard to read comic books in general), started to make sense of the plot only around the middle. Starting with the backstory of Rev. Jesse Custer, it became perversely fascinating. The story is really dark. Lots of violence and gore, bitterness and anger. God seems to be a villain. Intriguing...

A cute concept of time travel in a coffee shop. Poor presentation, repetitive, mundane, and all tell-don't-show. But some powerfully emotional messages still come through. Makes me think on how to change my attitude even though I can't change the past...

A lovely little book for cat lovers. Lots of cute cat pictures. Louis Wain was an English artist famous for drawing anthropomorphic cats.

A fun and whimsical introduction to Kanji, with a lot of wordplay and puns in the spirit of Alice in Wonderland. I greatly enjoyed it, even though I already know most of these Kanji.

"To speak the future is to shape the future."

I didn't like the book overall - it's not about the school anymore, and it's much less exciting than the previous Scholomance novels. But it has its moments.

Nona is a breath of fresh air in a crapsack world. A quirky child with amnesia, naive, simple-minded and full of love, she tries to make the best of her daily life in postapocalyptic dystopia. The story is told from Nona's perspective, so it's way confusing, we have to assemble it like a puzzle, with details and references to previous books. That's hard work, with all the politics and military stuff. I googled for the explanations right away;) 4/5