First book review of the new year! We have a high fantasy set in a world where people manipulate the elements using an ancient language: jordan-taylor.me/blog.php?artic… #BookReview #JapaneseBooks #Fantasy

New review: A Buddhism-inspired high fantasy book about a lotus bud that transforms into a girl and the boy that finds her. #JapaneseBooks #BookReview #FantasyBooks jordan-taylor.me/blog.php?artic…

Back and nearly recovered from LBF, meaning new review! This time we have a classic SF from one of Japan's greats. There's time travel. Lots of time travel. jordan-taylor.me/blog.php?artic… #BookReview #JapaneseBooks #SciFi #TimeTravel

Cat over at Yomikai has posted a new review of a sweet looking Japanese book with a forest full of spirits and gods: yomikai123.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/hos… #JapaneseBooks #BookReview #Fantasy

What happens if AI develop a Buddhist religion of their own? Well, you get this book, Code Buddha: A History of Machine Buddhism. The title says it all really. Check out the review! jordan-taylor.me/blog.php?artic… #JapaneseBooks #BookReview #SciFi

New review! Another Ray Tasaki book, this time of a Shinto inspired high-fantasy where the kami open the gates of paradise to humanity: jordan-taylor.me/blog.php?artic… #JapaneseBooks #BookReview #Fantasy

A novel called Novel?? Need I say more? Yes, but I already have, here: jordan-taylor.me/blog.php?artic… #JapaneseBooks #BookReview #Weird #BookWorms

Review: Rose, a gorilla who can use sign language, takes her zoo to court after they shoot her husband when he endangers a boy who fell into the gorilla enclosure, but can she win when humans control justice? jordan-taylor.me/blog.php?artic… #JapaneseBooks #AnimalRights #BookReview

New review: The first book in a dark series about a courtesan in the Edo period who is also secretly a demon slayer! jordan-taylor.me/blog.php?artic… #BookReview #JapaneseBooks #Fantasy

If you happen to be in Tokyo on Oct 18th, there's a great event on translation happening. Check it out: parallelwords-1.peatix.com #Translation #JapaneseLit

I've got a tiny review of another Ray Tasaki book (who's surprised? No one?). Check out this Japanese-style high fantasy: jordan-taylor.me/blog.php?artic… #JapaneseBooks #BookReview

A new book review is up. This time, a topic close to home, as a genAI service destroys the music industry as we know it, leaving composers and song writers adrift in this sci-fi novel: jordan-taylor.me/blog.php?artic… #JapaneseBooks #BookReview #Mystery #ScienceFiction

Cat over at Yomikai has another review of an untranslated Japanese book, this time an SF mystery! It looks interesting (and I like the cover): yomikai123.wordpress.com/2025/12/07/the… #JapaneseBooks #BookReview #sciencefiction

New review up! We have a sci-fi novella about a girl who undergoes surgery to become immortal. Now that everyone's dead, she's writing her entire family history. Check it out: jordan-taylor.me/blog.php?artic… #BookReview #JapaneseBooks #ScienceFiction

And with this review, I am caught up! It's a...sort of novel sort of self-help book. Not my usual cup of tea, so check out what I thought: jordan-taylor.me/blog.php?artic… #BookReview #JapaneseBooks #selfhelp