Books/Audiobooks｜Tata T.

3/22/24 - How to read books

I'm currently reading a book titled "Apeirogon." While it's interesting, sometimes I cannot concentrate on reading the book for more than 30 minutes. I don't know why this happens. I have several ebooks on my Kindle, some of which seem mor

3/6/24 - "Lying Beside You"

Yesterday, I finished listening to the audiobook titled "Lying Beside You," which was the third book in the "Syrus Haven" series written by Michael Robotham. (I enjoyed reading the first and the second books in the series before.) The book

2/28/25 - "Apeirogon (「無限角形ー1001砂漠の断章」）”

Today, I started reading another Kindle book that I bought last December. The book was recommended by a woman who was my fellow student in an English course I took last fall. The two protagonists are two men, one is Israeli and the other is

2/12/24 - "The Covenant of Water" by Abraham Verghese

While searching for a new audiobook to listen to, I came across the audiobook titled "The Covenant of Water." The original book was written by Abraham Verghese and published last year. Although I knew neither the author nor the book, the

2/10/24 - "The Alice Network"

About three years ago, I purchased the audiobook titled "The Alice Network," which is a historical novel about female spies in World War I. Although it seemed interesting, I returned the audiobook after listening for about 30 minutes becaus

1/9/24 - "Don't break a chain"

Last night, I listened to Chapter 16 of the audiobook "Atomic Habits." The chapter was titled, "How to Stick with Good Habits Every Day." What struck me most was the author's statement, "Don't break a chain." This means that we have to con

1/3/24 - Comparing books

I restarted reading the French book titled "Dora Bruner" written by Patrick Modiano. At first, I thought this book seemed easier to read than "Kukum," the last book I finished reading last year. However, I realized this wasn't the case, alt

1/1/24 - Another book to complete

I must confess that I have another French book that I haven't completed yet. I bought it in 2015 after the author, Patrick Modiano, won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The book is titled ”Dora Bruner.” I chose to purchase it because it was

12/30/23 - "Kukum" finished

I finally finished reading a French book written by a Canadian author about the life of his great-grandmother named Amanda. The book is written like a memoir narrated by herself. Amanda was a white orphan girl, who was raised by her uncle

12/21/23 - "Atomic Habits"

Recently, I started listening to the audiobook titled "Atomic Habits" again, because I forgot the details about this book. I usually jot down what I want to remember in my "Book Summary" notebook. However, I realized I had forgotten to writ

12/2/23 - "Britt-Marie Was Here" by Fredrik Backman

I started reading a book titled "Britt-Marie Was Here" on Kindle. I bought this book last month because it was only 168 yen and I'm a fan of the author. Although I have only reached Chapter 2, I've found the book quite humorous. However,

11/24/23 - "Every day may not be good, but ..."

Today, I finished reading a mystery book titled "When She Was Good," which was the second book in the series that I read about a year ago. Although I bought this second book several months ago, the first book was a bit dark, so I hadn't fel

11/7/23 - "Anxious People" by Fredrik Backman

Yesterday, I finished listening to the audiobook titled "Anxious People." The author of the book is Fredrik Backman, the Number 1 New York Times bestselling author of "A Man Called Ove." The main characters were two police officers, a bank

11/1/23 - "Scooley"

One of my favorite authors is John Grisham. Although I enjoy watching film adaptations of his works, I still prefer to read his original books in English. So recently, I bought one of his books titled "Scooley" as it was highly rated. The

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