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An old-school newsroom drama based on the JAL123 air tragedy, full of details of the workings of a newspaper in the 1980s & how news gets produced. It's also a psychological drama that follows the protagonist, a reporter, through career & personal struggles in the aftermath of the event. It was both suspenseful & boring in parts, much like life, & I could leave it & pick it up any time & be drawn back into the story. A compelling read. #TBRtarot

This is what I'll be reading for this month's #TBRtarot! I also have Six Four but that's an even bigger book, so it went back on the shelf 😂

@CBee

I‘ve really enjoyed a lot of Japanese fiction this year. I mostly post reviews on LT. Pictured above is my review of Seventeen posted on LT.

Hideo Yokoyama is #biginjapan and is also creating a name for himself in the UK. I read the tagged book last year and really enjoyed it - I need to read more by him! #wanderingjune @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

So this is my wrap up of #newyearwhodis
Read: Faceless killer's
: The boys in the boat
Currently reading:
Seventeen by Hideo Yokoyama

These books are chunky so I didn't get to read as many as I would have liked but I have ended on a good book.
@jenniferw88 @monalyisha

I know this photo isn't clear but don't want to reveal too much as it's a #lmpbc #round004 #groupv book. As I bought a paperback copy for my shelves yesterday whilst in Uxbridge for a hospital check-up I made notes in my notebook so that I could annotate @Lel2403 hardback when I got back today! 5 ⭐ and I'm definitely on the lookout for Six Four.

Just signed up for #newyearwhodis by @monalyisha as I enjoyed #freakyfriday (in fact at least one of those books made this list).

@Lel2403 I already know that the #lmpbc book is getting a high rating from me, so it's gone on the list! 😍

Making a start on December's #lmpbc book! @Lel2403 @Moray_Reads @Cathythoughts @suvata

Thanks @Lel2403 for the #LMPBC book - looking forward to reading it!

Passenger plane goes down, biggest crash ever and the local newspaper reporters are being outgunned by national media. The story alternates infighting between the newsroom and other corporate factions, from physical to political, journalistic ethics, corruption, and the effects on the reporters‘ lives 17 years later. The crash is based on fact; the story is relevant to the role and meaning of media, though some practices are uniquely Japanese.

Morning @Cathythoughts @Moray_Reads @jenniferw88 here are my 4 ....if there is one of these here of any interest, if not I‘ll try again lol....

#lmpbc #groupv

First off, Seventeen isn't a mystery/thriller in the usual sense. The tension of this story takes place in the newsroom much like All The President's Men or Spotlight. Seventeen years after a plane crash, the principle character tries to go back and unravel the mystery at the core of the story. I enjoyed the book, but at times got bogged down in the minutiae of rock climbing and newspaper deadlines. #netgalley

I AM SO EXCITED. I loved Six Four! (The food has nothing to do with the book, it was just nearby. 🤣) 📚🤘🏻❤️

This book is full of great story but I have a serious problem it has to go back to the library tomorrow and I have not finished it 😢

what would you do?
#librarybook #books #reading #HideoYokohama #seventeen #bookwormsunite #bookworm #currentlyreading 📚

Currently reading Seventeen by Hideo Yokoyama

I love my library! 😀

#library #books #reading #read

There's a tiny mall near my place that has a weekend flea market. I went there to pick up some used books I'd reserved ? There are bookstores too & I'll always stop by "just to look". While there I noticed a guy observing me. When I went out he followed me & asked "Do you read fiction?" I was like, "Ye...ess?“ ?? Then he gestured that we should go to a corner & he pulled this out of his bag. It's 70+ ringgit in stores & he sold it to me for 10.

Another one for the signed collection. Sadly I haven't met them.

Hideo Yokoyama‘s novel (translated from Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai and originally published in Japan in 2003) is being mis-marketed as an investigative thriller but is more of a literary historical piece looking at journalism in the 80s and its office politics while tagging on a limp middle-aged man in crisis plot such that while it‘s an okay read it never catches fire and doesn‘t offer much that‘s new.