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Japanese literature
Honeybees and Distant Thunder by Riku, Onda, translated by Philip Gabriel, May 2, 2023; Pegasus Books
Genre: Japanese literature, literary fiction, contemporary, music
Description:
Three young people are rivals in a prominent piano competition in a town outside of Tokyo. They are child prodigy Aya, her childhood Mulfriend Maseru, and child prodigy Jin, plus a fourth perso - an older married man, Akashi.
Beloved in Japan, Riku Onda immerses us in the world of music—from piano masterpieces to the buzz of bees and the rumble of thunder—which crescendos to a surprising ending in this rich and vibrant novel.
Multicultural interest, romance
Jasmine and Jake Rock the Boat by Sonya Lalli, April 2023, Berkley, NetGalley
Genre: romance, set in Alaska and Seattle
Description:
Jasmine Randhawa is encouraged to sign up with her parents for an Alaskan cruise organized by their Indian group in Seattle, but finds out on the boat that the cruise is for seniors ages 50 and older.
Stuck with her elders, she meets an old crush Jake who is with his father on the cruise. The two young people clash in the beginning, but I can see where this romance is heading!
I am trying to limit my reading to only two books at a time!
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Both have pretty covers, happy reading!
ReplyDeleteI almost never read more than one book at a time, unless it's a fiction and a nonfiction. But I do prefer to concentrate on only one. Just the way my brain is geared, I guess.
ReplyDeleteBoth of these look really good but Jasmine and Jake really calls to me right now. I'm all about the escapist reading at the moment.
ReplyDeleteLooks like two excellent choices with very different themes.
ReplyDeleteI find it hard reading two books. I get discouraged by one and totally neglect it.
ReplyDeleteI usually have at least three big books going at once, and I often will go ahead and read a short one or two as I'm reading those. It's the way I've always read. These both sound intriguing.
ReplyDeleteI've only ever read one book at a time. I'm a cover snob and I love both of those.
ReplyDeleteJapanese literature has intrigued me and now I’m looking for Korean titles as well. My dad is a Korean War veteran and one of my friends is Korean. I enjoyed Pachinko very much. I usually have a hard copy, eBook and audio book going on at the same time. Naturally, I finish audios much faster.
ReplyDeleteI have way too many books on the go at the moment. I try to have one audio, one ebook and one physical book but at the moment I have multiples of everything!
ReplyDeleteHave a great week!
These both do sound good. I usually read two at a time too - one print and one audiobook. I have to be careful that the plots are really different so that I don't get the stories confused. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteI have multiple books going at a time, which explains why it's all going so slow.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking books! I like the idea of reading two books at a time.
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