SantaThingSantaThing Entry #371

LibraryThing member laze

Book tastes

My favorite books from SantaThing in the past have introduced me to new authors. I enjoy Japanese fiction (English translation) from the early 20th century until current times, haiku (I've been looking for a good book on Issa), Eastern European fiction (Poland, Lithuania specifically), histories or studies of very specific subcultures (or sub-sub cultures), deep dives on specific cinematic styles/periods, histories of unusual or rare music genres, etc. I certainly don't mind US fiction either - some themes I enjoy are time travel, coming of age, or just downright experimental/odd.

Don't get this!

Christian, romance, popular fiction, cookbooks

Other notes

My LT collections are up-to-date.

Secret Santa

laze's Secret Santa was elgatoazabache!

Purchasing Details

Store: Powell's (http://www.powells.com)

Gift Amount: $50 (USD)

Comments/suggestions

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laze: Thanks for the great picks and the wonderful suggestions here. As with every year, I make note of the other books that were suggested and look back when I'm looking for what to read next. (Dec 27, 2023, 12:07pm)
katemcangus: checked and ordered (Dec 11, 2023, 3:06pm)
elgatoazabache: Happy santathing Laze! I hope you enjoy your books!

To librarything, I struggled with finding a book for the remaining 8 dollars. If Mountains of Parnassus doesn't work (it is slightly over price) please substitute for either Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five (9780440180296) or Dan Simmons' Hyperion (9780553283686). (Dec 3, 2023, 5:46pm)
elgatoazabache: Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Dec 3, 2023, 5:22pm)
elgatoazabache: Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman (Dec 3, 2023, 4:33pm)
elgatoazabache: Potential volume of Issa's works: Spring Of My Life & Selected Haiku, Kobayashi Issa (Dec 3, 2023, 3:54pm)
EerierIdyllMeme: Memory Police (Nov 30, 2023, 1:11am)
dacejav: Doom 94 by Jānis Joņevs - I loved this coming-of-age story about 1990s alternative metal subculture in a provincial town Jelgava, Latvia.

(Nov 28, 2023, 3:48am)