Melinda Joe Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Food, sake, wine journalist based in Tokyo. @japantimes, @CNTraveler, @NikkeiAsia. @WineChallenge sake panel chair. #Binders melinda.joe@gmail.com
Getting Lost
Annie ErnauxMelinda JoeI did it! Finished SPQR and started dipping into Of Sound Mind. But most likely will take Annie Ernaux’s Getting Lost with me on the plane.
Paperback, 2022
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World
Matt AltMelinda JoeIf you haven’t read @Matt_Alt’s excellent book “Pure Invention” yet, first of all, shame on you. But you’re in luck! It’s on sale today for the very sweet price of $1.99. https://t.co/jVN9FX5QXZ
Paperback, 2021
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally RooneyMelinda JoeReading Sally Rooney’s “Beautiful World, Where Are You?” And loving it so far.
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu KawaguchiMelinda JoeReading “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” by Toshikazu Kawaguchi and enjoying it. It’s a charming story and the kind of light reading I am craving right now.
Hardcover, 2020
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are
Bill SullivanMelinda JoeI was so engrossed in this interview about how microbes and epigenetics affect health and behavior with Bill Sullivan, author of Pleased to Meet Me. Another great episode of The @JordanHarbinger Show: https://t.co/d4lhVZWzFB
Hardcover, 2019
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Struggle: Book 6
Karl Ove KnausgaardMelinda JoeGreat interview with Karl Ove Knausgaard on how writing “My Struggle,” changed his life. Peppered with insights into the rise of populism and lots of recommended reading. My goal is to finish Book 6 before the end of the year. https://t.co/qJgpmBEIBF
Paperback, 2019
$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing
Elena FerranteMelinda JoePutting "In the Margins", a new collection of lectures by Elena Ferrante, on my wish list. https://t.co/40cVtF68SG
Hardcover, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cursed Bunny: Stories
Bora ChungMelinda JoeOn this trip, I finished Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung and hoo-boy was it disconcerting! Also really beautiful. The last two stories floored me.
Paperback, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Have You Eaten Yet: Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World
Cheuk KwanMelinda JoePutting "Have You Eaten Yet," a memoir-cum-travelogue about Chinese restaurants around the world by Cheuk Kwan, on my reading wish list of 2023: https://t.co/BuxsTO5jJ8
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Essence of Japan: A Coloring Journey
Joyce Yoshihara WillMelinda JoeMy latest in @japantimes #kanpaiculture: eight of Japan’s top ryokan bring regional flavors, local sake and traditional hospitality to Tokyo’s Palace Hotel. At each “Essence of Japan” dinner event, the inn’s okami, or female proprietor, leads guests through the menu. https://twitter.com/japantimes/status/1492426574003675138
Paperback, 2019
$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book