No 499 Ring by Koji Suzuki (translated by Robert B.Rohmer & Glynne Whalley) #JLC13
It might come as a surprise, but I am quite the horror fan although my preference is for movies over books. Horror books never quite have the same scare factor for me, but I am a big fan of horror movies, particularly those from Korea and Japan. I saw Hideo Nakata’s seminal adaptation of Ring…
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Some treats for Non-Fiction November #NonFicNov
No 507 Now You’re One Of Us by Asa Nonami, translated by Michael Volek & Mitsuko Volek
The Shitos are a family of eight, spanning four generations and living under the one roof. When a young woman, Noriko, marries the Shito son Kazuhito, she is marrying more than just one man; she is marrying in to his family. Every family has its quirks, its particular way of doing things, but in…
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These Houses are Haunted…
Autumn’s in the air – time for the R.I.P challenge!
Frogs, Gruffalos and Magic: Books 14 – 16 of #20booksofsummer
No 524 Justice by Dominick Dunne (Book 4 of #20booksofsummer)
20 Books of Summer 2019!
No 529 The House on the Strand by Daphne Du Maurier #DDMreadingweek
The House on the Strand would have been a surprise to me had I not recently read Du Maurier’s short story collection Don’t Look Now and Other Stories and particularly the story The Breakthrough. Given that my only previous knowledge of her work was Rebecca, I was not expecting an entertaining slice of historical science…
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