That means more books finished! My plan for summer is to have 2 books going simultaneously: non-fiction for lunch at work, and fiction for home. We’ll see how that holds up. Sometimes I lose reading time over at readthekanji.com. Man, that site sucks you in. But that’s another post.

I finally finished Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein. I picked it up when it first came out, but was way too busy with school and work to find time for it. Actually, I had stopped at a good point. When I picked it back up this time around, the next chapter was all about Kabukicho, an area that I’m superficially familiar with. The gist? Well… ok, maybe Corey was right to be a lil’ weary about the neighborhood around Holiday.

If you have any interest in Yakuza, I recommend it. The ending is a bit bleak, but that’s life, even when you are fighting the good fight. Jake also has a website that I will be subscribing to shortly: http://www.japansubculture.com/

I also finished Hotel Iris by Yoko Ogawa. I really liked her book The Housekeeper and the Professor, so I was really excited to read Hotel Iris. It’s definitely different. I didn’t not like it, but I also did not enjoy it as much as her previous work. I put in an ILL for another of her titles. Hopefully that will be more Housekeeper and less Hotel.

And I finally read Kick-Ass. It’s everything you’d expect and then some more violence. Definitely a fun read!

on deck: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot and Horns by Joe Hill