Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri follows the ghost of Kazu, who wanders among the crowds at Ueno Station in Japan. Before he died, Kazu laboriously toiled away to provide for his family, desiring to break free of his poverty. Unfortunately, Kazu went through major life setbacks and the loss of his lov

🏠 Strange Houses by Uketsu follows the “author” and Kurihara investigating the truth behind a two-storey home in Tokyo. The plot carries the traditional storytelling sequence where readers are reading the conversations between characters. However compared to Strange Pictures, I feel that Strange Ho

TW: Eating disorders, body dysmorphia To the Last Gram is a book that quietly unravelled one of the deepest scars of my past. Rather than leaving me hurt, it made me feel seen. Through the character of Divya, the story explores the complex and painful reality of living with an eating disorder. I

Imagine gaining access to your entire department’s email threads and finding out you’re the sore thumb in the team. Jolene uses that to her advantage to a certain extent given that she has a rather ambiguous moral compass. She gains insider access to conversations and confidential information that