Category Archives: Books
N is for Nancy Drew…
In an effort to improve on my writing I have decided to sign up for Encyclopedia of me which started over at Bella Dia (and which I found out about by reading Laura`s blog here…) ************************************************************************************* N is for Nancy … Continue reading
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Random stuff…
After reading Gala`s site yesterday and seeing that she had made a list of resolutions for her week I thought it would be a good idea for me to start doing the same, especially with only another 2 1/2 to … Continue reading
Blogging for charity…
Stumbled on this over at Enny`s blog which led me to here…The writing in Red is from Sarah at`He Loves Me Not` Peach has taken this thought a step further. She’s recruited me, Ariel from From Fuck Up To Fab, … Continue reading
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The Tokyo Look Book…
After dropping my friend off in Shinjuku so he could catch the Narita Express to the airport I went over to Kinokuniya to pick up some Japanese text books (decided to start studying again) and stumbled upon `The Tokyo Look … Continue reading
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Finished Japanese Lit Challenge…
At the beginning of December I signed up for the Japanese Literature Challenge organized by Dolce Bellezza and you can read my post about it here (Ok the link for some reason will not work…Go to my Dec 4th post). … Continue reading
Japanese Literature Challenge…
You would think because I live here in Japan that I am always reading Japanese books…definitely not the case. Of course I have read a few, and always have a few on my TBR pile but most of the time … Continue reading
Non-fiction…
I have read four non-fiction books in the last six weeks. This is a bit accomplishment for me since I think I have only read one other non-fiction book in the last year but I seem to have found a … Continue reading
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Triple 8 reading challange…
I have decided to participate in this reading challenge for next year…perhaps If I write down what I want to read then I will actually do it! The rules and more information is here but basically the rules are as … Continue reading
Finished…
Well technically I have finished the spring reading thing challenge because I reached my goal of ten books. To read about the challenge see here. I chose 20 books and had to read 10 of them between March 21st and … Continue reading
Spring reading thing…
I talked about this challenge already a little bit on Monday but now it is official and I have put together a list of 25 books, of which, 10 I have to read before June 21st for the Spring Thing … Continue reading
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I am just a twenty something Aussie girl living in Chiba, Japan with my Japanese husband trying to make sense of the crazy Japanese world we live in! We welcomed our first son in December 2009 (Noah) and a second son in January 2011, 2 months premature (Shion). I am working hard at raising them to be confident, bilingual, happy kids!
