This short memoir about an American’s experiences living in Japan in the 1980s is a good read. The title refers…
A quirky contemporary novel about literature and relationships, the book is not in the mystery genre, although it does have…
I had no idea where the plot of this slender novel was going. I like books which are surprising and…
I thought this would be an interesting read, but sadly the style was very dry. The author clearly knew his…
I returned for a third dose of supernatural shenanigans in this series of real ghost stories, as told to the…
An odd, unsettling collection of short stories from the author of The Nakano Thrift Shop and Strange Weather in Tokyo.…
I felt that I should give this film another try. When I saw it well over a decade ago, I…
A fun, irreverent history book which attempts to define ‘celebrity’, with many examples of people from history – were they…
I’ve been a fan of Horowitz’s Alex Rider series ever since the first novel, Stormbreaker, was published in 2000. I…
Do you like to laugh? Are you a fan of Monty Python-style humour? Then have a chuckle at this compendium…