books

Alvinology Award 2010

Following past years tradition in 2007, 2008 and 2009 where I round-up the year with an “Alvinology Award”; here’s my…

15 years ago

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium I) by Stieg Larsson

It has been a while since I last picked up a book which arrested my attention so much as The…

15 years ago

Alex Perry’s Falling Off The Edge

Rachel was the one who picked this book , Alex Perry's Falling off the Edge, out from Kinokuniya's bookshelves. However,…

15 years ago

Tim Harford’s The Logic Of Life

After reading Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, I find myself addicted to similar books that apply…

15 years ago

Book Review: 鹿男あをによし(The Fantastic Deer-Man) by 万城目学 (Makime Manabu)

Fantastic Deer-Man book cover Read the Chinese-translated Taiwanese edition of this book some time back. 鹿男あをによし(The Fantastic Deer-Man) by 万城目学…

15 years ago

Book Review: 无家可归的中学生 (The Homeless Student) by 田村裕 (Hiroshi Tamura)

Read the Chinese translated Taiwanese version of this book sometime back. The Homeless Student (无家可归的中学生) is an autobiography by famous…

15 years ago

Book Review: Yoshio Yoshimoto (吉本佳生)’s 大杯星巴克比较划算

The book cover If you love books that apply economics theories to real life social situations like Freakonomics and The…

15 years ago

Jake Adelstein’s Tokyo Vice: Underground with the Yakuza

I finished reading this book within 48 hours after buying it at Kinokuniya. If world crime and underground economy are…

15 years ago

Match Fixer by Neil Humphreys

I had always enjoyed Neil Humphreys' witty columns in the local newspaper and had a good time reading all his…

16 years ago

Chetan Bhagat’s The 3 Mistakes of My Life

You may not know who Chetan Bhagat is, but this guy is big in India. Via a New York Times…

16 years ago