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Impressions of Laura VanArendonk Baugh’s Traditional Japanese Novella Kitsune-Tsuki
Another American author featured as a speaker at the recent virtual World Fantasy Con 2020 is Laura VanArendonk Baugh, and when I saw she had a few books set in Japan, I was intrigued since I love the East Asian fox myth and have written some far less traditional books featuring them myself. The first […]
The Life and Works of Korean Author Kim Dongni
This year on my main blog, the Ice Pine Palace (see links in the left column here for my affiliate blogs), my Literati Corner selection will be a novella and short stories by a very famous Korean author. Kim Dongni (김동리金東里) was born in 1913 in the historical city of Gyeongju in North Gyeongsang Province, […]
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The Life and Works of Korean Author Kim Dongni
This year on my main blog, the Ice Pine Palace (see links in the right column here for my affiliate blogs), my Literati Corner selection will be a novella and short stories by a very famous Korean author. Kim Dongni (김동리金東里) was born in 1913 in the historical city of Gyeongju in North Gyeongsang Province, […]
Sohyeon After Midnight Book Reading Videos and Character Roll-Call
I had some time this weekend to prepare a few videos for everyone to enjoy. The first video is my character roll-call, which I made for my readers who have been struggling to pronounce my characters’ names in a couple of my novels. Character Roll-Call: Then I prepared a three-part series of me reading selections […]
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A Video Book Reading of The Haunting at Ice Pine Peak
Since I was all dressed up for the holiday, I decided to record a few videos of me reading my award winning novel, The Haunting at Ice Pine Peak. These are the first videos I’ve ever made, so my apologies … Continue reading
Join My Sobs to the Fading Toll of the Bell – Tale of Genji, Part 6
This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for since the beginning of the year, the final post in my series on The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shibiku. If you’ve made it here with me and read all 1,200 … Continue reading
My Heart Is There in the Sleeve of an Unkind Lady – Tale of Genji, Part 5
We’re in the home stretch in finishing the epic Japanese novel, The Tale of Genji, by Murasaki Shibiku. One more post after this, and we’ll have completed our 2016 read along. Anyone wanting to join me at this late date … Continue reading
As Smoke I Shall Rise Uncertainly to the Heavens – Tale of Genji, Part 4
For the Literati Corner 2016, I have been reading The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shibiku as part of a year-long reading program – details are in my Literati Corner Guide for 2016, please see the menu bar at the … Continue reading
This Is What Happens When Your Family Adopts a Wolf – Wolf Boy, Part 2
This time we should be able to finish up Miri Kim’s 2012 novel Wolf Boy (김미리의”늑대소년”). In the next chapter, the story turns to the officer manning the town police box, Kyeongjang Oh. He receives the police report from Mr. … Continue reading
Memories Visiting an Old House Near Baegunsan Mountain – Wolf Boy, Part 1
Our next book is Miri Kim’s 2012 novel Wolf Boy (김미리의”늑대소년”), which was also made into a movie sometimes billed as “Werewolf Boy.” It’s a short novel aimed at teens with some sketches in it, so we won’t spend very … Continue reading
The Old One’s Gaze Rests Long on the Seedling Pine –– Tale of Genji, Part 3
This time for the Literati Corner, we continue our look at the Japanese classic novel, The Tale of Genji, by Murasaki Shibiku. I really have to say I liked this section of the book best so far. While the first … Continue reading
A Stadium Monophony and a Golden Fish – La Corda D’Oro , Part 3
This time I will finish our series on La Corda D’oro: I Can Do It For Your Sake by Megumi Fujino (藤野恵美の” 金色のコルダ:君のためにできること”). Let me start off by posting a few of the really cute, manga-style drawings from the … Continue reading
The First Score: A Lullaby for You – La Corda D’Oro , Part 1
When I started this blog in 2013, I had the thought that I’d try to avoid books based on TV shows and video games, but after reading My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox last year, I’ve decided to … Continue reading
The Grass Which He Reaps For His Pillow Reaps No Dreams – Tale of Genji, Part 2
This post is part two of this year’s main Literati Corner series focusing on the mammoth Japanese classic novel, The Tale of Genji, by Murasaki Shibiku. It covers chapters 10 through 21. Reading assignments and study questions can be found … Continue reading
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