Asriel Wrote:

Raschaverak Wrote:I'm reading a forum nowadays in hungarian, about how to commit....well you know the rest I'm getting some ideas, plus 2 weeks ago, 2 girls did it in a car, with chemicals.... the idea comes from Japan, so there is the connection

Double suicide?

Yep

Raschaverak Wrote:I'm reading a forum nowadays in hungarian, about how to commit....well you know the rest I'm getting some ideas, plus 2 weeks ago, 2 girls did it in a car, with chemicals.... the idea comes from Japan, so there is the connection

Do you know about this book? Seems like it'd be a good way to learn about that and stay immersed in Japanese at the same time.

Current book: 夏休みの自由研究 1・2年生

Last book: 若きサムライのための精神講話

Book before last: ギリシア神話 気まぐれな神々 愛と別れと嫉妬と

And they all just happen to be very different levels. Mishima's essay and 対話 compilation was of course beyond my level so it took quite a while to read, the Greek mythology one was the perfect level for me and the 自由研究　one is pretty easy but good for learning new nouns (for example, the ingredients used in experiments) and for exposing yourself to the way step-by-step experiments are explained. I highly recommend these two (and not the Mishima one, unless you're at a really advanced level or you want a serious challenge).

This was written by a famous professor in Japan, who has an IQ of 200.



Reading this next:

nest0r Wrote:This was written by a famous professor in Japan, who has an IQ of 200.

Dry, very dry. But funny.

Was it any good?

C.J.

http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/imgdata/4840217092.jpg
キノの旅　－the Beautiful world ー Vol.3

Edit: Why doesn't the embedding of images work with me?! T_T

うたかた　Ｂｙ　吉本ばなな。

GOSICK I by 桜庭一樹


I started キノの旅 as it has a lot of recommendations but I couldn't really get into it Is there a long term plot at all or is just a lot of short stories?

@pudding cat

I guess 旅 says already everything. Kino travels with her motorbike into different "worlds"/villages etc. and gets to know people and their problems, habits and so on. Suppose you'll not find any long-term plot in this series.

Been a while since I last tried reading a Mishima book and I'm pleased to find that its much easier now. Don't even need a dictionary (although thankfully they have the furigana for some of his stranger kanji choices).

Hopefully it won't take me years to finish.

Tori-kun Wrote:@pudding cat

I guess 旅 says already everything. Kino travels with her motorbike into different "worlds"/villages etc. and gets to know people and their problems, habits and so on. Suppose you'll not find any long-term plot in this series.

Thank you for telling me. I'll probably stop reading it then and just keep going with Gosick.

Will be starting in a few days.



In the aftermath of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis of March 2011, Japan has become a bigger part of the world's consciousness than it has been for years. But Japan also is grappling with other problems that, over the long run, pose a much greater challenge to its national well-being than the devastation in Tohoku.... How can the country compete with a rising China? Cope with a fast-aging society? Deal with its enormous debt? Rediscover its entrepreneurial verve? Regain its position as a leader in technology and innovation?

2011年3月11日に日本を襲った東日本大地震、津波被害、そして福島原発問題。現在、世界中の目が日本に向けられている。日本は復興に向け動き出したが、震災以前から抱える数々の問題は依然日本の将来に影を落としている。国内政治の混乱や巨額の負債、高齢化、硬直化した教育制度と若者の意欲喪失に加え、技術や革新の分野での国際競争力の低下や外交 問題など、憂事は尽きない。

C-C-C-C-Combo Breaker!
"I have the right to destroy myself" by Kim Yeong Ha, my first Korean book (if you don't count "Theories of the Juche Revolution" which I could not stand to read for more than a few pages anyway because it is unbelievably boring). Reminds me of when I read my first book in Japanese.. aah, good times!

Read recently Yotsubato! Vol. 1


Read recently 神のみぞ知るセカイ 1


Tried to read Zero no Tsukaima 1 but got scared at the first page.

Need to order next volumes of Yotsubato! and 神のみぞ知るセカイ

julianjalapeno Wrote:Been a while since I last tried reading a Mishima book and I'm pleased to find that its much easier now. Don't even need a dictionary (although thankfully they have the furigana for some of his stranger kanji choices).

Hopefully it won't take me years to finish.

Yes! Someone who's reading Mishima!

Sorry, everybody, for writing in Hungarian...

Raschaverak Wrote:I'm reading a forum nowadays in hungarian, about how to commit....well you know the rest I'm getting some ideas, plus 2 weeks ago, 2 girls did it in a car, with chemicals.... the idea comes from Japan, so there is the connection

Basszus, ne legyél már hülye! Tudom, hogy depressziós vagy, írtál róla már hónapokkal ezelőtt. De akkor se ilyen megoldásokon agyalj. Menj el orvoshoz! Légy szíves! Ír majd fel valami bogyót, aztán majd másként látsz mindent. És ne hallgass azokra, akik itt azt tanácsolták, hogy depresszióra nem kell gyógyszert szedni, elég ha pozitívan gondolkodsz. A budaörsi esetet meg verd ki a fejedből!

Oh yay, a reading thread~

I just finished reading GO by 金城 一紀, which was pretty funny, and an all-around good read


And started 告白 by 湊かなえ

This.

Nagareboshi Wrote:This.

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51...AA300_.jpg

One of these days... I'm going to get a copy of THAT. One of these days, Alice, bang, zoom, straight to the moon!

I'm currently reading this:



I like how it changes between the point of view of both Kusanagi and Ishigami.
Also, it seems it's one of 東野圭吾's most popular works. (I'm not very knowledgeable about Japanese authors though xD)

6歳までにわが子の脳を育てる90の方法

I really should have started reading this a long time ago since I could have been applying what I learn from it at work all this time (I've had this book for a year). It's really interesting how the simplest of things can have a positive effect on a child's brain. For example, something as simple as looking back at them whenever they look at you is supposed to be beneficial...? :O

Es2Kay Wrote:Also, might be reading this one, just 'cause i like the title 「くたばれ、ジャップ野郎！」
http://img.7netshopping.jp/bks/images/i8/18705193.JPG
=D

that title caught my eye

Odin89 Wrote:I'm currently reading this:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41...SX230_.jpg

I like how it changes between the point of view of both Kusanagi and Ishigami.
Also, it seems it's one of 東野圭吾's most popular works. (I'm not very knowledgeable about Japanese authors though xD)

It's also been made into both a film and drama. I thought the film was very good, and it's one of the few Japanese films I would actually recommend. I've heard the drama is even better, but I was never able to find it.

kitakitsune Wrote:Will be starting in a few days.

http://www.nipponnomirai.jp/en/img/main_img01.jpg

In the aftermath of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis of March 2011, Japan has become a bigger part of the world's consciousness than it has been for years. But Japan also is grappling with other problems that, over the long run, pose a much greater challenge to its national well-being than the devastation in Tohoku.... How can the country compete with a rising China? Cope with a fast-aging society? Deal with its enormous debt? Rediscover its entrepreneurial verve? Regain its position as a leader in technology and innovation?

2011年3月11日に日本を襲った東日本大地震、津波被害、そして福島原発問題。現在、世界中の目が日本に向けられている。日本は復興に向け動き出したが、震災以前から抱える数々の問題は依然日本の将来に影を落としている。国内政治の混乱や巨額の負債、高齢化、硬直化した教育制度と若者の意欲喪失に加え、技術や革新の分野での国際競争力の低下や外交 問題など、憂事は尽きない。

looks like i'll be getting this book

When I've had enough of that for one day,