Another good read that made me want to write notes/my thoughts in the margins!

I recommend this for the chicken cover and the poetic vibes.

#librarianreads

I may be biased but librarian conferences are for the cool crowd. Got to meet and hear some great speakers present about their books, library joy, and fighting against censorship.

#tla2025

Love the sentence in parentheses 😂

Apparently it’s the year to read more challenging books in Japanese. Even while reading with the audiobook, my brain was working hard last night 😂

#japanesenovels #アルスラーン戦記

Finished the hardest book I’ve read in Japanese so far! This version has furigana over each kanji, which helped with the readings, but there were still many unknown vocabulary words I had to learn (plus the fantasy made up words used throughout for the world building).

#japanesenovel

New blog post! I talk about the books I read last month and my Korean language learning progress.

#monthlywrapup #librarianreads #languagelearning

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Trying out the Kobo! I plan to write a post to review it, specially for Japanese learners who may be considering switching over from the other popular reader. There are some pros and cons that may differ depending on what you want out of it. #kobo #japanesenovels

Participated in a 24 hour Readathon (didn’t read that long of course) and finally finished this book! I bought it years ago and had started, but never got back to it until now. It has some good quotes about writing!

物語はお願いだ。”Stories are wishes.”

“I don’t need another notebook.” I repeated the words—a fruitless endeavor. As my fingers brushed over the soft leather cover, I recalled a tale about bees, keys, swords, and the starless sea.

#notebook #bees

New blog post! I read 5 Japanese novels and listened to 2 books in English last month 😌🙌

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A cozy, comforting, and reflective read that makes me want to open a bookstore. 😌😔 I want to read this in Korean one day!
#librarianreads #koreanliterature #cozyreads

Finished 2 Japanese novels this week during the snow days/inclement weather! One was volume 2 of a high fantasy series I’ve been wanting to read for a long time. The second was a cozy mystery set in Kyoto, Japan. It’s also part of a series. #japaneselanguage #librarianreads

My first completed book of 2025! If you like world building, medieval mysticism, and biblically accurate angels, this may be the book for you.

#librarianreads #bookrecs

New fountain pen and ink! I was looking for a new brown ink this weekend. The store I went too was out of stock of my first choice and my second choice isn’t made anymore by Pilot 😅

I’m grown to prefer a Medium nib but this pen’s Medium-Fine nib will do when I need to write smaller or in Japanese.

I don’t use my fountain pens as much as I’d like, excluding writing in my planner. I think writing some short stories in my many blank notebooks is easier to manage at the moment than an entire novel ☺️