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111 Book Review: Brilliance of the Moon
111 Book Review: Brilliance of the Moon
tl;dr: If the price of victory is blood, Takeo upgrades to premier-access, ad-free Victory+. Apparently even in samurai fantasy, war is…
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Nov 11, 2021
111 Book Review: Grass for His Pillow
111 Book Review: Grass for His Pillow
TL;DR: A (man/men) in a position of power tells the (hero/heroine) to do a thing. Instead, our (hero/heroine) flips him off and runs away.
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Oct 6, 2021
111 Book Review: Across the Nightingale Floor
111 Book Review: Across the Nightingale Floor
TL;DR: Advice: watch your weight and keep an eye out for teenagers with hidden sewing needles. Why? Oh, no reason.
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Sep 1, 2021
111 Book Review: Heaven’s Net Is Wide
111 Book Review: Heaven’s Net Is Wide
TL;DR: Basically, it’s A Game of Thrones, but in Japan and more beautiful (which explains so much about my Japanese in-laws).
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Aug 4, 2021
111 Book Review: The Hobbit
111 Book Review: The Hobbit
TL;DR: A buncha Boomers roll out of town, struggle to follow instructions, fail up into riches, then punt the hard problems to the future.
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Jun 2, 2021
111 Book Review: The Silmarillion
111 Book Review: The Silmarillion
TL;DR: Eru jams with his bros/broettes; three generations of elf-bros create fancy jewelry; Melkor crashes _both_ parties; shenanigans…
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
May 7, 2021
111 Book Review: The Lord of the Rings
111 Book Review: The Lord of the Rings
TL;DR: Bad-ass, pipe-weed-smoking wizards duke it out over jewelry. But the short people one up them all.
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Apr 1, 2021
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