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David’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at David’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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David Joiner
Goodreads Author
Born
in Cincinnati, The United States
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Yasunari Kawabata, Natsume Soseki, Junichiro Tanizaki, Yukio Mishima,
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February 2012
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Kanazawa
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Lotusland
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The Heron Catchers
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Stray Cat City
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* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.
The Heron Catchers has won the 2024 Rubery Book Award for Fiction
I'm very happy to announce that The Heron Catchers was just named the winner in the fiction category of The Rubery Book Award! It was up against some truly excellent novels, so this is quite a surprise to me – but a wonderful one, and a huge honor as well.
This is what the Rubery Book Award judges wrote about my The Heron Catchers:
"A lovely novel about relationships and duty told from the perspecti Read more of this blog post »
This is what the Rubery Book Award judges wrote about my The Heron Catchers:
"A lovely novel about relationships and duty told from the perspecti Read more of this blog post »
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"Short stories are not my favorite fiction genre because I am usually frustrated with the lack of character development. But I decided to read Takeout Sushi because my Goodreads friend DJ gave it a stellar rating. Additionally, most of it is Japan rel"
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"The adjective used on the back cover is magisterial. I can think of no word more apropos for the text of what must have been magnificent seminars. Yes, the enthusiasm, the passion come through. And equally the tantalizing erudition. His is a remarkab"
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