Category: Review
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Review: German Fantasia
I find many joys in my local library. It’s something I could go on and on about, but I’ll save that joy for another post… This month I borrowed a copy of German Fantasia by Philippe Claudel from my library. It’s a short story collection of 150 pages detailing the…
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Review: Gender Queer
Gender Queer is a memoir written by Maia Kobabe, who uses E, Em, Eir pronouns. You can find more about Spivak (1991) pronouns here. I borrowed Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe from my local library this week. I’d heard of this book before, but knew nothing of its content. I…
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Review: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
A fortunate time to have found this book on my library’s shelves, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop was a comforting, aesthetically pleasing, autumnal read. Following a time in protagonist Takako’s life, we are introduced to a lane of second-hand bookshops in Tokyo’s Jimbocho book town. The charm and appeal of…
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Strong Female Character: Thoughts and Reflections
One of my goals this year was to borrow books from my local libraries. Borrowing from libraries is great; they have a broad selection of many genres and reading levels, including accessible and foreign language books. They also have required return dates, encouraging me to read the ones I borrow.…
Elmo Moorby 