Miyuki Miyabe
Birth date: December 23, 1960
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A bit long, and it took me longer than usual to finish it, but it was very good and I love everything that was about the pyrokinesis and how easy was for Junko to use her ability. It is more a thriller than a mystery, imo.
Although I didn't finish it, I'd recommend The Book Of Heroes to anybody who's enjoyed Catherynne M. Valente's The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (and its sequels). It has the same fairytale feeling to it. After Yuriko's brother gets knifey with some school bullies ...
This detective novel was engrossing. Our protagonist, Honma is a police officer on medical leave. He really has no authority whatsoever at this time and tries to concentrate on getting better but is restless. In comes his deceased wife's cousin's son whose fiancee has suddenly disappeared and need...
this is a good book! I find Keigo Higashino unreadable, so Miyabe Miyuki's work does deserve the 1992 and 1993 medals it won. there's so much J-detective fiction being translated, that one must pick and choose, and Miyabe did successfully advance her genre, adding a tightly-written, deft work with b...
First off, let me apologize for my absence on the blog. So far 2012 has been light on the reading front, I think I may have burned myself out a bit last year and so I'm trying not to over-read now. I know that's not an excuse to all you lovely readers, but merely an explanation. Anyway.. on to what ...
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