The Bookish Land | I Can’t Stop Thinking About These Translated Novels 🔖 Book Recommendations 2023 [cc] @TheBookishLand | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
[CC] Hi friends, hope you'll doing well! Do you have books that you think about all the time?
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◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS AN EASY JOB
by Tsumura Kikuko
translated from Japanese by Polly Barton
→ THE FACTORY
by Oyamada Hiroko
translated from Japanese by David Boyd
→ DOPPLER
by Erlend Loe
translated from Norwegian by Don Bartleet, Don Shaw
→ DIARY OF A VOID
by Emi Yagi
translated from Japanese by David Boyd and Lucy North
→ HOTEL SILENCE
by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
translated from Icelandic by Brian FitzGibbon
→ THE APPOINTMENT
by Herta Müller
translated from German by Michael Hulse and Philip Boehm
→ THE FASTER I WALK THE SMALLER I AM
by Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold
translated from Norwegian by Kerri A Pierce
→ ELENA KNOWS
by Claudia Piñeiro
translated from Spanish by Frances Riddle
◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 intro
00:50 3 Japanese books
06:10 book that bugs me
09:19 book I want to go back
11:15 book about war
13:25 2 books with elderly MC
[CC] Hi friends, hope you'll doing well! Do you have books that you think about all the time?
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
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→ Art Website: meoniarts.com
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→ Goodreads: bit.ly/2XLpeJV
◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS AN EASY JOB
by Tsumura Kikuko
translated from Japanese by Polly Barton
→ THE FACTORY
by Oyamada Hiroko
translated from Japanese by David Boyd
→ DOPPLER
by Erlend Loe
translated from Norwegian by Don Bartleet, Don Shaw
→ DIARY OF A VOID
by Emi Yagi
translated from Japanese by David Boyd and Lucy North
→ HOTEL SILENCE
by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
translated from Icelandic by Brian FitzGibbon
→ THE APPOINTMENT
by Herta Müller
translated from German by Michael Hulse and Philip Boehm
→ THE FASTER I WALK THE SMALLER I AM
by Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold
translated from Norwegian by Kerri A Pierce
→ ELENA KNOWS
by Claudia Piñeiro
translated from Spanish by Frances Riddle
◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 intro
00:50 3 Japanese books
06:10 book that bugs me
09:19 book I want to go back
11:15 book about war
13:25 2 books with elderly MC
![I Can’t Stop Thinking About These Translated Novels 🔖 Book Recommendations 2023 [cc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YiaIoD2vFTY/hqdefault.jpg "I Can’t Stop Thinking About These Translated Novels 🔖 Book Recommendations 2023 [cc]
[CC] Hi friends, hope youll doing well! Do you have books that you think about all the time?
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
→ Website: https://www.thebookishland.com/
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→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meonicorn/
→ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@meonicorn
→ Goodreads: https://bit.ly/2XLpeJV
◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS AN EASY JOB
by Tsumura Kikuko
translated from Japanese by Polly Barton
→ THE FACTORY
by Oyamada Hiroko
translated from Japanese by David Boyd
→ DOPPLER
by Erlend Loe
translated from Norwegian by Don Bartleet, Don Shaw
→ DIARY OF A VOID
by Emi Yagi
translated from Japanese by David Boyd and Lucy North
→ HOTEL SILENCE
by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
translated from Icelandic by Brian FitzGibbon
→ THE APPOINTMENT
by Herta Müller
translated from German by Michael Hulse and Philip Boehm
→ THE FASTER I WALK THE SMALLER I AM
by Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold
translated from Norwegian by Kerri A Pierce
→ ELENA KNOWS
by Claudia Piñeiro
translated from Spanish by Frances Riddle
◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 intro
00:50 3 Japanese books
06:10 book that bugs me
09:19 book I want to go back
11:15 book about war
13:25 2 books with elderly MC")
![Japanese lit Recommendations 🇯🇵 From And About Asia Project | The Bookish Land 2022 [cc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YxqlfHVcITE/hqdefault.jpg "Japanese lit Recommendations 🇯🇵 From And About Asia Project | The Bookish Land 2022 [cc]
[cc] August is the Japan month for From And About Asia Reading Project, I gathered a list of books that sounds interesting and intriguing. Let me know what do you think and if you have any books from Japan you want to recommend!
◉ FROM AND ABOUT ASIA READING PROJECT
→ Webpage (ALL THE INFO) : https://bit.ly/3rAQSF1
→ Season Two Announcement: https://youtu.be/8PiMQFdxmvk
→ Discord server: https://discord.gg/vAebuNqGPm
→ Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2tzFCjs38cS8qzRnH_rS-yjlpwZw_u5z
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
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◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ HEAVEN by Kawakami Mieko
translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd
(Malice by Higashino Keigo)
(Breasts and Eggs by Kawakami Mieko)
(Ms Ice Sandwich by Kawakami Mieko)
→ AT THE END OF THE MATINEE by Hirano Keiichirou
translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter
→ TOKYO UENO STATION by Yuu Miri
translated by Morgan Giles
→ THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS AN EASY JOB by Tsumura Kikuko
translated by Polly Barton
→ THE CAT WHO SAVED BOOKS by Natsukawa sousuke
translated by Louise Heal Kawai
→ LIFE FOR SALE by Mishima Yukio
translated by Stephen Dodd
→ THE LITTLE HOUSE by Nakajima kyouko
translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori
→ THE LONESOME BODYBUILDER by Motoya Yukiko
translated by Asa Yoneda
→ THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES by Arikawa Hiro
translated by Philip Gabriel
→ THE MEMORY POLICE by Ogawa Youko
translated by Stephen Snyder
→ THE FACTORY by Oyamada Hiroko
translated by David Boyd
◉ TIME STAMPS
00:00 Japan month overview
02:23 HEAVEN
04:55 AT THE END OF THE MATINEE
05:44 TOKYO UENO STATION
06:40 THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS AN EASY JOB
07:40 THE CAT WHO SAVED BOOKS
08:32 LIFE FOR SALE
10:04 THE LITTLE HOUSE
11:31 THE LONESOME BODYBUILDER
12:32 THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES
13:15 THE MEMORY POLICE")
![READING VLOG: chaotic reading week, discord attack, into the woods | The Bookish Land 2022 [cc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z5gftHkcLFg/hqdefault.jpg "READING VLOG: chaotic reading week, discord attack, into the woods | The Bookish Land 2022 [cc]
[cc] Hi friends! I vlog my readings for a week but everything turned so chaotic 🥲 I hope you enjoy this video and happy reading xx
◉ FROM AND ABOUT ASIA READING PROJECT
→ Webpage (ALL THE INFO): https://bit.ly/3rAQSF1
→ Season Two Announcement: https://youtu.be/8PiMQFdxmvk
→ Discord server: https://discord.gg/vAebuNqGPm
→ Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2tzFCjs38cS8qzRnH_rS-yjlpwZw_u5z
→ Sri Lanka Reading Recommendations: https://youtu.be/fLVKOSsft8Y
→ TAJIKISTAN RESOURCES: https://www.thebookishland.com/blog/2022/5/20/tajikistan-reading-resources
◉ Reading updates for The Making of Asian America: https://bit.ly/3wjgcS2
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
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![What I Read In A Day🎐 How Many Pages Can I Read in Chinese Per Hour? | the Bookish Land 2023 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z9wKihPs0AQ/hqdefault.jpg "What I Read In A Day🎐 How Many Pages Can I Read in Chinese Per Hour? | the Bookish Land 2023 [CC]
[cc] Hi friends! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! Join me in this exciting weekend reading vlog, where I take on the challenge of measuring my reading speed in Chinese after 10 years of reading in my second language. Also, I happened to discover 2 amazing books! 😆
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◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ 潮汐图 //Tidal Charts
by 林棹 (Lin Zhao)
→ 鱼猎 //Fish Hunting
by 史迈 (Shi Mai)
→ 告白 // Confessions
by 湊 かなえ (Minato Kanae)
◉ TIME STAMPS
00:00 TBRs and Im so excited
02:53 Yosemite story and big river!
04:28 Update #1
08:57 Cats and coffee
09:19 Update #2
11:50 update #3&4
14:26 Update #5
18:20 A piece of life
19:25 Update #6
23:04 Conclusion")
![Come With Me to Bookshops in BEIJING 🔖 Bookshop Adventures Vlog 2023 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/a04C4AceBLs/hqdefault.jpg "Come With Me to Bookshops in BEIJING 🔖 Bookshop Adventures Vlog 2023 [CC]
[CC] Hi friends, come spend a day with me in Beijings variety of bookshops! Some of them are modern, some of them are historical, but they are all cozy and I had such a fun time exploring with my mom. Hope you enjoy this video :)
◉ Bookshops and City playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2tzFCjs38cROM4214iATmHof3AOSLNLq
◉ Three more bookshops in Beijing: https://youtu.be/abFCR2_dkGQ?si=xIy0eSNfpIpRilxZ
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![The First Chinese Book Parcel in 10 Years! - Fiction Book Haul 📚 | the Bookish Land 2023 [cc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/a2F65zx-Yhk/hqdefault.jpg "The First Chinese Book Parcel in 10 Years! - Fiction Book Haul 📚 | the Bookish Land 2023 [cc]
[cc] Hi friends! Im thrilled to share part one of my latest book haul featuring 7 captivating Chinese fictional books. After a decade, I finally fingered out a way to purchase affordable Chinese books online 😅 Join me as I delve into the world of these amazing findings!
Most of these books dont have English translations, but I hope you still enjoy hearing me talking about them if you dont speak Chinese. Lets all hope theyll get translated one day ☀️
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◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ 今夜通宵杀敌 // Kill the Enemy All Night
by 郑在欢 (Zheng Zaihuan)
→ 暴雨下在病房里 //Rainstorm in the hospital ward
by 苏方 (Su Fang)
→ 如雪如山 //Like Snow, Like Mountains
by 张天翼 (Zhang Tianyi)
→ 潮汐图 //Tidal Charts
by 林棹 (Lin Zhao)
→ 斑马 //Zebras
by 傅真 (Fu Zhen)
→ 鱼猎 //Fish Hunting
by 史迈 (Shi Mai)
→ 生死疲劳 //Fatigue of Life and Death
by 莫言 (Mo Yan)")
![Ranking & Review Shortlist Of Womens Prize For Fiction ✨ 2023 | The Bookish Land [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aHxdbpNTMGg/hqdefault.jpg "Ranking & Review Shortlist Of Womens Prize For Fiction ✨ 2023 | The Bookish Land [CC]
[CC] Hi friends! This is one of my favorite moments of the year - when I review and rank the Womens Prize shortlist! Have you read any of these books? Please let me know your thoughts down below! 🥰
◉ Womens Prize for Fiction
→ https://womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/2023-prize
◉ BOOKS
→ Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris
→ Pod by Laline Paull
→ Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks
→ Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
→ The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’farrell
→ Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
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◉ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 My thoughts on the shortlist
01:03 No.5
04:34 No.4
07:22 No.3
09:50 No.2
13:51 No.1
16:50 WInner prediction")
![Bookshelf Reorganizing & Counting Unread Books | The Bookish Land 2022 [cc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aj5d0tkDLXE/hqdefault.jpg "Bookshelf Reorganizing & Counting Unread Books | The Bookish Land 2022 [cc]
[cc] 🙈🙈🙈 Lets reorganizing my books and face the fact that I have an unreal amount of unread books on my shelves.
◉ FROM AND ABOUT ASIA READING PROJECT
→ Webpage (ALL THE INFO) : https://bit.ly/3rAQSF1
→ Discord server: https://discord.gg/vAebuNqGPm
→ Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2tzFCjs38cS8qzRnH_rS-yjlpwZw_u5z
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
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→ Goodreads: https://bit.ly/2XLpeJV")
