softlyraining’s spooky book stack 
October 1st:
とつくにの少女１(0% → 14%)
First day of the challenge in the books!
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Kind of a busy day for me, but I made sure to get some pages in. It took me a second before I realized that all of シーヴァ’s (the little girl) dialogue was in hiragana only. 
So far it’s not a hard read at all, which makes it pretty relaxing, but the atmosphere is definitely eerie. 
Very curious to learn more about the 外の者.
In Other News
I went to a talk for the author of the book Mexican Gothic. I had just finished the book this morning, and I brought it with me because I figured I’d read the extras in the back on the car ride there. While I didn’t, it turned out there was a free signing after the talk! Pretty neat. 
I then spent far too long perusing the shelves of Kinokuniya and debating what to buy. The guilt of spending too much money, but the joy of adding new books to the collection. 
I bought two Nozaki-kun volumes, a Murata novel, and a book by the author of かがみの孤城 (which I still haven’t made much of a dent in…but I digress). The Kinokuniya I went to now only has one row of shelves dedicated to novels in Japanese: the opposite row of shelves is translated manga and some merch. I can understand why they did that (I imagine they sell more English-language products than Japanese ones), but that doesn’t quite take away the sting of disappointment.
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I had the exact same idea! I’ll have to keep an eye on what you’re reading to see if there’s anything good I should check out.