Reviewing Every Book I've Read
The books are listed in the order I've read them. You can read the full review for more information.
また、同じ夢を見ていた
Novel
My first novel. It helped me understand the structure of Japanese fiction, particularly with reading dialogue. A nice story about finding what it means to be happy.
My first novel. It helped me understand the structure of Japanese fiction, particularly with reading dialogue. A nice story about finding what it means to be happy.
While the unique layout of the book is marketed as a selling point, I found it hampered my enjoyment. The stories have potentially dated language and a wide range of difficulty. For those interested, I have included the 青空文庫 links to the stories in my review, which you can read for free online.
While the unique layout of the book is marketed as a selling point, I found it hampered my enjoyment. The stories have potentially dated language and a wide range of difficulty. For those interested, I have included the 青空文庫 links to the stories in my review, which you can read for free online.
Japanese Folktales for Language Learners
Graded reader
Much more enjoyable and helpful for language learning than the previous book in this list. For those interested, I have included a link to the audio version of the stories, which you can listen to for free online.
Much more enjoyable and helpful for language learning than the previous book in this list. For those interested, I have included a link to the audio version of the stories, which you can listen to for free online.
ふしぎ駄菓子屋 銭天堂 1
Children's book
Magic candy saves (or maybe ruins?) the lives of six people. Despite being written for children, the stories were engaging.
Magic candy saves (or maybe ruins?) the lives of six people. Despite being written for children, the stories were engaging.
星の王子さま
Children's book
Maybe it's nostalgia, but this is just that good. It should be approachable to most learners, but I would still advise reading in your native language first.
Maybe it's nostalgia, but this is just that good. It should be approachable to most learners, but I would still advise reading in your native language first.
魔女の宅急便 1
Children's book
I found the book boring, but I learned a lot from it. I became much more comfortable with reading longer sentences written without a lot of kanji and tons of onomatopoeia.
I found the book boring, but I learned a lot from it. I became much more comfortable with reading longer sentences written without a lot of kanji and tons of onomatopoeia.
くまクマ熊ベアー 1
Light novel
It's not fun to read, but that doesn't mean it's useless. I would recommend this to all learners.
It's not fun to read, but that doesn't mean it's useless. I would recommend this to all learners.
