Brona's Books

What a wonderful reading experience! From the beautifully designed hardcover dust jacket (the gold seams actually sparkle in real life), to ...

I wanted to love The Forest of Wool and Steel  far more than I did in the end.  A coming-of-age story about a piano tuner from a re...

Week 3: (Nov. 11 to 15) – Be The Expert/Ask the Expert/Become the Expert (Katie at  Doing Dewey ): Three ways to join in this week! You...

If Cats Disappeared from the World is an odd little book. I say odd because I'm not quite sure how I'm going to review it best. ...

Strong in the Rain: Surviving Japan's Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear Disaster was not exactly what I was expecting. Before...

The Japanese have a curious relationship with cats in their literature. It's intense, tender, humane, faithful and compassionate. Neko...

I'm loving Japanese literature more and more. The modern stuff in particular, appears deceptively simple, but as you read, and for weeks...

I've loved Japanese literature for many years now, but since visiting Japan earlier this year, my fascination and interest has exploded...

Thankfully Jane Lawson's book, Tokyo Style Guide is more of a walking tour of Tokyo than a pure style guide, as my interest in shoppin...

After returning home from our trip to Japan, I wasn't ready to let it go, so when I finished Memoirs of a Geisha , I turned straight to...

I like to think that I have taken my 'what to read whilst travelling' choices to an inspired level of brilliance, but I really outdi...

My recent trip to Japan was a long time in the making. I've been wanting to go ever since I studied Japanese at school. I'm n...

During the planning stages of my trip to Japan I asked around and checked on Goodreads for the best books set in Japan. At the top of ne...