Books I read in October 2023

Robert Galbright’s flowing grave is the seventh trip to the cormorant strike and the private detective agency of Robin Elakot. When they approach the family of a young man who fears that he was flushed by the brain of a religious cult, Robin goes undercover at the Chapman Farm in Norfolk to find out what really happens in the universal humanitarian church, led by the Harism Crimea.

The Running Grave is another 900+ pages on the threshold of Prague as its two predecessors in the series, but fortunately there are none of the problems of formatting the Black Heart ink and the whole gripping atmosphere of problem blood. There are no signs that the romantic tension between Cormorant and Robin will soon be resolved correctly and frankly I would not be surprised if it was strung for seven more novels at this speed. Ever since I write this blog, this has been the only long -standing series I really got into and crashed by more than a few years. Knowledge of the characters is now very soothing, even if Robin’s time on Chapman’s farm includes some of the most wicked and disturbing events in the series so far. JK Rowling has confirmed that she is working on the eighth book and I would very much read a few more contributions after Strike and Ellacott cases.

Abroad in Japan by Chris Brood He accompanies his successful YouTube channel for his experiences such as a Sarcastic Millennium British living in Japan over the last decade. The book is most focused on the cultural shock of his first few years, which teaches English as a foreign language through the reagent program in a rural area of ​​northern Japan. Only with the basic understanding of the Japanese, the language barrier inevitably turns out to be his most challenge. Some of his experiences reflect a more conservative society in Japan, such as his difficulties in finding a rental property in Sendai as a foreigner, while other aspects are as simply disturbing, such as KFC crazies at Christmas. The short heads cover the years after you take off of YouTubing and see wide trips worse around Japan, ending with Ken Vatanabe video. I was not familiar with the channel abroad in Japan before reading the book, but I still found the dry humor very pleasant.

Criminal: How do our prisons ruin us all from Angela Kirwin She documented her social work in men’s prisons in the UK. Kirwin’s stories date back to a few years before the lock, but it includes a lot of current statistics on how a pandemic, combined with several years of state cuts and “difficult for crime”, has exacerbated the existing cycle of problems, including poor mental health, and excessive facilities, lack of effective rehabilitation programs. Kirin repeatedly mentions statistics that 48% of prisoners will be repeated within 12 months of their release and questioned what brief sentences for a prison for non -violations should be achieved. If you are familiar with the existing problems of the criminal system, then there is nothing surprising in Kirwin’s cases, but it is still a pretty cursed and a well -articulated story about how our prisons really fail us all.

A pet from Catherine Chiji It tells the story of Justin Creve, who looks back to her childhood in New Zealand from the 1980s, when she was the most “pet” of her charismatic and mysterious form -shaped teacher. When the objects start to disappear in the class, the suspicion comes across Justin Amy’s best friend, the only student who does not fall under the spell of G -Jia Price. I have read positive reviews of this book when I watched possible contenders for Longlist on the Boker Award, and this is a convincing portrait of how one in a trust position can manipulate others and how children’s loyalty and rivalry can be easily drawn in different directions. The penetrations of social dynamics and policy of the playgrounds of school life are reminiscent of the “cat’s eye” by Margaret Atwood and the psychological tension is very effective, with a shocking but inevitable end.