Being back in Tokyo after some ten weeks feels a little like coming home. Only home it is not, but there is a comfortable sense of familiarity and I did not have to check any map or ask for directions to get to my hostel. Knowing where you are going with luggage can never be [...]
Am three-quarters into The Book Thief, and am already dreading the end. Such a good read. I think I will be sleepless tonight. Today, I washed, vacuumed and threw out four big bags of garbage. I also ate the remaining contents of my fridge, which consist of (the list follows, for the sake of posterity) [...]
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Woman in the Dunes – Kobe Abe Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie What the Dog Saw – Malcolm Gladwell The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Cold Faint Fear – Karin Slaughter Then We Came to an End – Joshua [...]