Episode #12 The Phantom Tollbooth By Norton Jester The Book The book was published in 1961 by Epstein & Carroll and distributed by Random House. In 1970, it was turned into a feature-length animated/live-action movie. Would you like to see it? Then click here. An updated version has been in the works since 2010. But there…
Episode #10 Days At The Morisaki Bookshop By Satoshi Yagisawa Warning! Some Spoilers, Ahead! The Book This book was first published in Japan in 2009. It was quickly snapped up and made into a movie in 2010. Satoshi Yagisawa also won the Chiyoda Literature Prize. But it wouldn’t be until 2023 that Eric Ozawa translated…
Episode #2 Self-help books are a multi-billion pounds/ dollar (add your currency here) industry. But are they any good? Like with most things I see nowadays. It started by watching a YouTube video. Well, truthfully, I watched several. Videos recommending books, and this one kept on popping up. So after a while, I thought, what…
It’s my annual holiday with the missus for our wedding anniversary. I may not write a blog for every day of it, but I will keep you: up to date with the comings and goings through the next roughly two weeks. Just before I get started a recent update: I have managed to work out…
