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The Kingdom
The Kingdom | Fuminori Nakamura
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Yurika is a freelancer in the Tokyo underworld. She poses as a prostitute, carefully targeting potential johns, selecting powerful and high-profile men. When she is alone with them, she drugs them and takes incriminating photos to sell (…more)
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Matilda
The Kingdom | Fuminori Nakamura
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#riotGrams feb 7th: my local library. I'm very lucky/privileged to have grown up with a great library system and schools with great libraries and librarians. I LOVED that my library used Overdrive for ebooks & I used it a lot. Now that they switched over to Axis360 I can only use it for audiobooks bc it doesn't support paper white readers so I'm a half-sad panda.

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jessberk13
The Kingdom | Fuminori Nakamura
Mehso-so

This was an odd book. The plot seemed disjointed to me. A little too much going on, yet a very cliche spy novel. It kept me reading til the end though, which I suppose counts for something.

#LitsyReadingChallenge #LRC15 #translated #24in48

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jessberk13
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🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕

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jessberk13
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Now I can really get into it! #24in48

I'm also using this for the #LitsyReadingChallenge for my #LRC15 pick - #translated from another language (Japanese)

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jessberk13
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I need to get my nails done today too, so we will continue this #readathon at the salon! #24in48

Update: I read the first sentence and was then told it was my turn! Unfortunately did not get far at all in this one. This will be my afternoon read!

Desha Good book! ☺️📚❤️ 8y
RealLifeReading This sounds good! 8y
CynCruz23 Multi-tasking FTW 👏 8y
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jessberk13
The Kingdom | Fuminori Nakamura
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When your library hold comes in and then you decide you haven't read nearly enough graphic novels in your life...

AshleyS Nimona is so good! 8y
CaroPi Nimona was one of my favourite books of 2015. Is impossible not to love it.... 8y
jpmcwisemorgan Nimona rocks! 8y
Chassie If you're like me, you will want a copy of Nimona of your own. 👍🏻❤ 8y
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jessberk13
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I think I've found my pick for #LRC15 - #translated!! This looks so good! #LitsyReadingChallenge

Lacythebookworm Intriguing! 🙌 8y
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Faibka
The Kingdom | Fuminori Nakamura
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"I whispered to the moon in my head, I'll show you my madness."
Not as good as its sister novel The Thief, but an interesting read nonetheless. Again, Nakamura takes the reader on an introspective journey into life and the human condition via the Japanese criminal underground, the plot being an imperfect stage in which the characters are confronted by the meaninglessness of their existence. A talented author, can't wait to read more!
#japan
#noir

Simona Beautiful kitty 😻 8y
LauraBeth 😻😻 8y
Desha Kitty!! Sooo adorable!! Yup, totally agree with your review!! The next book we are reading for book club is "Out" by Natsuo Kirino. Looking forward to it! ??? 8y
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Faibka @Desha ohh I want to read that one!!! I've heard great things about it, looking forward to your review! 😆📚📚 8y
Faibka @Simona @LauraBeth @Desha thanks! He kept interrupting my typing of the review demanding attention. He's a curious kitty always looking to see what I'm up 😸 8y
[DELETED] 3323341091 😻. glad you had some time to finish your book! 8y
Faibka @fern thanks! I did, I got the day off! 😆 8y
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Faibka
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"Even when the moon shrinks and disappears, it shows itself again gradually. When ancient people saw that eternal cycle of death and recovery, they prayed to the moon for their own rebirth. Rebirth. Will I be reborn? ... If I were reborn, what would I become?"
Sometimes it saddens me that I have to steal whatever time I can get to read a little. It might be better to give up reading during the work week ?

Desha No! Don't give up! Any reading is better than no reading! 😳😢❤️📚📚📚📚📚 8y
Faibka @Desha I know... Just feeling frustrated that this book that could be finished in one sitting on a weekend but decided to read during work days and it's taking forever! 😫 I think I'll reserve smaller/fast paced books for the weekend. Ugh my job is seriously interfering with my reading! 😬 the book is good though! I'll post a review soon 😄 8y
Desha I understand totally! That sounds like a good plan! Do you have a commute where you can listen to audiobooks? Sometimes I get a book on kindle and the audio version and Amazon has whispersync where it keeps track of your place between audio and print. I didn't think I would like audio books but now I totally love them lol! 😜😍❤️📚 Hang in there! Looking forward to your review! ❤️📚📚 8y
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[DELETED] 3323341091 sorry to hear your reading time is so limited of late. it is hard when work bleeds over into the rest of life. you have my sympathies, i am away from home for work for the next few weeks and it completely obliterates my reading time. 8y
Faibka @Desha Yes! I'm trying to get more into audiobooks to not get so far behind. I'm still trying to get used to it though. I'm also trying to incorporate the audio while doing chores or when knitting as someone recommended 😆 8y
Faibka @fern Oh no! 😥 Hopefully you can still manage to steal away some time to get some reading done 8y
Desha Yay for audio books!! Once you get used to them you will wonder how you ever lived without them lol! 📚📚📚📚❤️ 8y
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Faibka
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"I kept staring at the moon. I'm not sure if its light was good or evil. I thought it might not be either. The moon just shines with the light of chaos. Mysteriously. Brightly. That must not be either good or evil. Just as the rules of this world are not all good."

Waiting for my coffee to be ready ?

stargazerblue49 Giraffe mug! 8y
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Faibka
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"The obscene neon. The light that makes fun of the world. Night makes people's desires take on physical form. Night forgives people for letting loose the desires they keep buried inside"

#socksunday
#kittenlitten
#catsoflitsy

Desha You're reading it!! 😍 8y
Tsubame Hard to decide what I love more – the quotation or your socks 😁 8y
Faibka @Desha yes!! 😁 it is fast paced but somehow I keep getting interrupted 😩 8y
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Faibka @Tsubame thanks! 😆 8y
Desha So far do you like it more/less than The Thief? 📚❤️ 8y
Faibka @Desha Well, I'm half way through and haven't felt as pulled into the story as with The Thief which I finished in one sitting, I just couldn't put it down! To tell the truth I'm not sure what to make of it yet, but hoping to finish soon and discuss!!! 😃😃😃📚📚 8y
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Readaholics
The Kingdom | Fuminori Nakamura
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Mehso-so

At 200 pages it's more of a long short story. The plot was somewhat predictable ( hookers! doublecross! fake passports!) But at the end it's noted this is Nakamura's 10th book and was to be read alongside "The thief" ( his other book) for cross over characters.

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Faibka
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Seeing all those great cookbook selections made me hungry! 😋 happy reads and happy eats!

Blair_Reads That looks delicious 😋 8y
[DELETED] 3323341091 your meal looks tasty. how is the book? i have read Nakamura's The Thief and it was quite good. 8y
Faibka @Blair_Reads @fern thanks! One of three or four dishes I know how to make 😅 8y
Faibka @fern I just started it but so far so good, seems to have the same fast pace of The Thief which I agree was really good! 8y
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Faibka
The Kingdom | Fuminori Nakamura
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Well so much for attempting a #nobuynovember 😅 but totally worth it! Feeling happy 😊

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Readaholics
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It's getting mysterious....Japanese hooker hired for blackmail gets entangled in an unplanned shakedown.

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Readaholics
The Kingdom | Fuminori Nakamura
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When you can't sleep.....loving the story so far- the prostitute who generates blackmail for her real clients gets into trouble.

Faibka I loved his novel "The Thief", highly recommend it! Will have to check this one out ? 8y
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PlantyLibrarian
The Kingdom | Fuminori Nakamura
Mehso-so

I'm still not sure what happened in this story. We get involved in the underbelly of a mob-like crime ring, our protagonist somehow escapes death at every corner, and nothing is as it seems. And yet I couldn't put the thing down. A quick and entertaining read.