Sign in with Facebook
“The young officer, looking like a deer caught in the headlights, stopped for a moment and then said, a bit shakily, “You’re under arrest.”
― Bottled Lightning
― Bottled Lightning
“Kumakura’s use of the word sensei, reserved for professionals, including doctors and lawyers, but which Japanese doctors tried to reserve to themselves, was tacit acknowledgment that Kumakura knew the hierarchy had changed.”
― Bottled Lightning
― Bottled Lightning
“He sped up. The right mirror was the first to go, then the left, followed by angry honking from the cars his mirrors hit as he threaded the needle between the narrow lanes.”
― Bottled Lightning
― Bottled Lightning
“To describe Mayumi’s demeanor towards Kiwako as frosty would be like describing an ice age as minor climate change.”
― Bottled Lightning
― Bottled Lightning
“After purifying himself he walked through a small red gate to the shrine, dropped a goen, or five yen coin, the Japanese word for which also means good luck, into the wooden collection box in front of the shrine.”
― Bottled Lightning
― Bottled Lightning
Ava’s 2023 Year in Books
Take a look at Ava’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
347 books
|
35 friends
311 books
|
35 friends
83 books
|
25 friends
21 books
|
31 friends
119 books
|
35 friends
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Ava
Lists liked by Ava
