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For the most part, I enjoyed this book and was glad to get more insight into parts of history that we usually just see from an American perspective. However, I definitely should have read it instead of listening to the audiobook, because there were way too many parts (especially the characters' names) that didn't stick with me as well because I was only hearing them instead of seeing them.

This was a #BookCrossing book sent to me by a fellow BookCrosser. The story revolves around survivors of the Nagasaki bombing, and I appreciated learning more of the historical details.

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Actually back now from a long school-induced hiatus with a Masters and tons of books to read! Starting off with this one for book club tonight which is timely given the 75th anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing yesterday. So far, sad but interesting.

Pool side on a gorgeous day starting this one

This was the last book for my book club this school year. What a well written and researched book on what happened before and after the bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. It‘s a melancholic read that explores Japanese culture very well. Check it out!

Enjoying a nice glass of wine and a good book discussion with some of my favorite ladies!!!

I really wanted to love this book and it was just ok for me. However, I think that has more to do with timing than the actual book (to much going on in my life to really immerse myself in it). It was beautifully written and I may do a reread when life slows down a bit!

Getting some r & r after a busy weekend and before an even busier week!

This incredibly moving page-turner set in present day and 1945, was one I couldn't easily put down. Described as being in the same vein as Memoirs of a Geisha and The Piano, this debut novel is a heart-wrenching story of love, loss, hope and forgiveness, against a historical backstory equally as heartbreaking.

When Ameratsu Takahashi opens the door of her Philadelphia home to a badly scarred man claiming to be her grandson, she doesn't believe him. Her grandson and her daughter perished nearly forty years ago during the bombing of Nagasaki. But the man carries with him a box of sealed private letters that reveal family secrets. #scars #junetunz

Really liked this. Loved the way the chapters started.

I did it! I actually made a TBR for February and read them all! I am so excited! I read 13 books total. Now, I'm off to make a March TBR. I can do it! 🤓🤓🤓

This is a reread in preparation for book club but one thing I really like about this novel are the Japanese terms that begin every chapter. #litsypartyofone @Ambrosnazzy

Best snack ever! My favorite snack (potato chips) in my favorite flavor (lemon/lime). Great for #LitsyPartyofOne
Another reason to love Aldi. ❤

As usual, I'm reading two books. This one is for lunch. Don't want to drip on my iPad. #LitsyPartyofOne @Ambrosnazzy

This is a reread for book club on Monday, and the reason I've read so much about Nagasaki this year. I nominated it for my group after really enjoying it last year, so this story about Amaterasu and the man claiming to be the grandson she thought died in the atomic bomb of Nagasaki is my #recommendsday

Here's my second try at a monthly TBR list. This time I only chose 5 books, knowing I will fill in with lots of others. #fiestyfeb #tbr Note the sun shining on the top right. The first sun we have seen since before January 20th. Really!

Book No. 1 for 2017 and what a lovely one to start the year with. This story is beautifully told, and the overlapping plots were wonderfully interlinked and resolved by the end of the book. I would highly recommend - once read never forgotten.

Started this book yesterday on a short train journey from Newcastle to York and completely gripped about a quarter of the way into it ... the characters are you so whole and the descriptions after the atomic bomb on Nagasaki are so well written and the reader understands the horror and life changing world changing aftermath .... definitely read this book .. when I first got the book from book group I was unsure but it's a must read

Another free book from the community book swap ☺📖

These #BookishOlympics are demanding & grueling 😜I'm exhausted from lack of sleep and squinty eyes...#GoingForGold🎽This last book was beautiful! The writing and storytelling was compelling and heart felt! Book 4 done!!!

Darn, real life got in the way of Litsy life😬 only read 33 pages (so far )today😡but I'm totally enjoying the read #BookishOlympics #GoingForGold

#GoingForGold #BookishOlympics starting book 3...a bit wiser, this one only has 292 pages and the print is large👍🏻😉❣

#BookishOlympics just so you all understand how "dedicated" I am, I just returned from a ReCon mission to the library. My objective: to find books that were between 220 - 299 pages!!! #EyeOfTheTiger #GoingForGold?I actually have no idea what any of these books are about, just that they meet my page requirements ?

One night, a stranger knocks on the door and the past returns. A story of the destruction to a Japanese family by the explosion of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki. Particularly those that survived. What will a mother do to protect her only child? Secrets are revealed,and thankfully healing comes.

Reading for Book Club #2! Off on a new journey!

This was a lovely meditation on life, loves, disappointment and regrets of two families from Nagasaki before and after the dropping of the nuclear bomb. The writing was beautiful and the story compelling without being maudlin. The audiobook was a lovely way to experience the book.