Litsy

Tales from the Cafe: Before the Coffee Gets Cold | Toshikazu Kawaguchi

I‘ve been rearranging rooms in my house and purging stuff. I created a little reading nook and it makes my heart happy when I walk into the family room. I have not read a single book on this bookshelf 😂

Ruthiella Nice! 🤩 11h

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 9h

BarbaraBB Lovely spot 🥰 7h

27 likes3 comments

pdxannie

Pachinko | Min Jin Lee

pick

My mom said Pachinko was a MUST READ and it‘s been on my TBR list for about a year now. Recently I‘d asked Scout (the AI Fable bird) for books based in Japan and this book overlapped as a suggestion. I just finished it and my heart is in my throat. It is beautiful and sad and tells a history that is not well-known. It‘s a lot to process but while I sift through my thoughts, I already know this book will remain as one of my top favorite reads.

Leftcoastzen I really loved this one ! 2d

10 likes1 stack add1 comment

Julsmarshall

Before the Coffee Gets Cold | Toshikazu Kawaguchi

My birthday #bookhaul is a pretty good one! Checked out a new bookstore that opened in the Austin area, Flutter, which specializes in romance. It was quite lovely, though nearly an hour away so not sure how often I‘ll make the trek. All in all, a pretty great day!

Ruthiella Happy Birthday! 🥳🥳🥳 1w

kspenmoll Happy Birthday!!🎉🎈🎂 1w

Billypar Happy birthday!!🎉 I'm also a fan of the birthday bookshop trip. 1w

LeahBergen Happy Birthday!! 📚📚📚 1w

63 likes1 stack add4 comments

LatrelWhite

Tokyo Traffic | Michael Pronko

Pretty good so far!😊

13 likes

LatrelWhite

Tokyo Traffic | Michael Pronko

A freebie😍😍😍

12 likes1 stack add

bekakins

number9dream | David Mitchell

pick

Really enjoyed my second #roll100 read for March. Very, very weird, and at times hard to keep track of what was really, and what was a dream, a pretty wild ride!

PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 1w

10 likes1 comment

Kenyazero

The Full Moon Coffee Shop: A Novel | Mai Mochizuki

so-so

Several people struggling with feeling stuck in a rut find their way to a pop-up cafe run by knowledgeable cats with gentle advice. Adorable and whimsical. I loved the drinks and foods described and the way every story was connected. Some of the women received strange dating advice that put me off a bit. This was one of my recent #Roll100 picks @PuddleJumper

Kenyazero Used for #GottaCatchEmAll Cottonee: a fluffy book @PuddleJumper; and #OwlHouseReadathon Stringbean: A cozy setting or cozy nook 1w

PuddleJumper Very cute cover 1w

Kenyazero @PuddleJumper the cover is pretty perfect for the feel of the book too! 1w

24 likes1 stack add3 comments

Doppoetry

Edogawa Rampo: The Early Cases of Akechi Kogoro | Rampo Edogawa

I also read a bit of this today, but due to a small but persistent headache, I didn't get much reading done.

So far, I am not the biggest fan of some wording choices and the general feel of the translation.

Doppoetry I can't really put my finger on it, but there are long sentences that feel like run-ons, causing it to feel a bit too overwritten as a result. I believe it is because it reads like a stream-of-consciousness type story, but even then, it could have been edited better.

Reading it just feels somehow “off.“ It is a feeling I get when I read translated works. It isn't that the translation is incorrect, but moreso there are better ways--

2w

Doppoetry -To word a particular sentence than what the translator chose so it feels more comprehensive to read rather than directly translating a sentence that might be awkward to read in English, otherwise. 2w

Doppoetry Some nuance can also be lost in translation, so to speak. This first story is a murder mystery, and when the detective examines the body, he mentions that “these fingerprints have no distinguishing features.“ This can imply multiple things, but it reads as if the detective made an obvious observation that was already established. 2w

See All 6 Comments

TieDyeDude I think a good translator is often underappreciated, because their work shouldn't be noticeable. Jose Saramago is one of my favorite non-English authors, and his writing intentionally forgoes most punctuation and paragraph breaks. It creates a lot of run-ons, but the writing is so brilliant that it just works. 2w

Doppoetry @TieDyeDude It is definitely a skill to translate a work seamlessly, even with a language barrier. It often depends on the translator's intent as well. Do they go for the most literal translation? a more nuanced meaning? etc.

It can definitely work if it's the intent. With this particular author, it wasn't the intent. He wrote horror and mystery stories heavily inspired by Poe. I also own a different collection of his translated by-- 2w

Doppoetry @TieDyeDude -another translator, and that one didn't feel as off as this particular one, so I do wonder what happened there 🤔 2w

2 likes6 comments

deirdrebeecher

Newcomer | Keigo Higashino

pick

Detective Kaga Book 2: I was so impressed by Malice the 1st book in this series and this one I also really loved. It has a really inventive structure which lifts it out of the ordinary and made me feel like I was wandering through a hidden gem of a neighbourhood in Tokyo. I found the mystery really satisfying and the tone is warm without being saccharine. I think Higashino is one of my new favourite authors.

8 likes1 stack add

AroundTheBookWorld

Water Moon: A Novel | Samantha Sotto Yambao

pick

This was a truly amazing read. It had so much whimsy and emotion in it. The ending had me on the verge of tears. I strongly recommend reading this book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#WaterMoon #SamanthaSottoYambao #book #books #bookyourself #bookunion #bookutopia #bookunicorn #bookunicorns #bookunhaul #bookish #bookishfeature #bookishfeatures #bookishlife #booksoflitsy #Fantasy #Romance #MagicalRealism #Fiction #Mystery #Adult #Cozy #Audiobook #Japan #Romantasy 💝💝

Becker You convinced me. Stacked! 2w

21 likes1 comment

Welcome to Litsy!

Trending Hashtags

Trending Books