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Adam Hartzell Apr 2

#NowReading2025 ON IMMUNITY: AN INOCULATION by Eula Biss via @graywolfpress imbibed at Matsuzaki Coffee #Negishi
@bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon

Adam Hartzell Apr 6

#NowReading2025 CELEBRITY by Chris Rojek via Reaktion Books imbibed at Chooze Coffee #Nihonbashi #日本橋
@bookstodon #Bookstodon #BookMastodon #Coffeestodon #CoffeeMastodon

Adam Hartzell Apr 6

#NowReading2025 LEBRON by Jeff Benedict via Simon & Schuster imbibed at Kaede Life Coffee #KitaSenju #北千住
@bookstodon #Bookstodon #Coffeestodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookMastodon

Adam Hartzell Apr 8

#NowReading2025 SHO-TIME: THE INSIDE STORY OF SHOHEI OHTANI & THE GREATEST BASEBALL SEASON EVER PLAYED by Jeff Fletcher via @diversionbooks imbibed at Plus1 Coffee #Hongo
@bookstodon #Bookstodon #BookMastodon

Adam Hartzell Apr 12

#NowReading2025 BECKHAM by Ellis Cashmore @politybooks imbibed with Costa Coffee care of Falafel Brothers #Otemachi #大手町
@bookstodon #Bookstodon #BookMastodon

Adam Hartzell Apr 14

#NowReading2025 RECKONING REAGAN: AMERICA & ITS PRESIDENT IN THE 1980s by Michael Schaller via Oxford University Press imbibed at Mogura Coffee #Nezu #根津
@bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon

Adam Hartzell May 12

There's been a significant gap in this list of #NowReading2025 due to being unable to toot anything on my phone. Still can't, not sure why, so I've moved to tooting on my tablet from now on.

Adam Hartzell May 12

#NowReading2025 GLOBAL SPORT SPONSORSHIP Edited by John Amis & T BETTINA CORNWELL via Berg imbibed at #JazzKissa Jazz Altec #Nishiari #西新井 @bookstodon #BookMastodon #BookStodon #CoffeeMastodon #CoffeeStodon #JazzMastodon #JazzStodon

Adam Hartzell May 13

@bookstodon #BookMastodon #BookStodon #CoffeeMastodon #CoffeeStodon
#NowReading2025 TIME IS A MOTHER by Ocean Vuong via
Penguin Books
imbibed at Akino Coffee #HigashiNippori #東日暮里

Adam Hartzell May 16

#NowReading2025 WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE by Kurt Vonnegut Jr via Dell Publishing imbibed at Ueshima Coffee #Otemachi #大手町 #BookStodon #BookMastodon #Coffee #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #Books @bookstodon

Adam Hartzell May 18

#NowReading2025 NINE NASTY WORDS - ENGLISH IN THE GUTTER: THEN, NOW, & FOREVER by John McWhorter via Avery imbibed at Horiguchi Coffee #Otemachi #大手町
@bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon

Adam Hartzell May 19

#NowReading2025 DANGEROUS JOKES: HOW RACISM & SEXISM WEAPONIZE HUMOR by Claire Horisk via Oxford University Press imbibed at Yusual #Shibuya #渋谷
@bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #LingStodon #Linguistics

Adam Hartzell May 21

#NowReading2025 WHOSE LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH? by Jieun Kiaer via Yale Books imbibed at Beans & Leaves #Nippori #日暮里
@bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #LingStodon #LingMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #Coffee #Linguistics #Books

Adam Hartzell May 24

#NowReading2025 SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE by Ijeoma Oluo
via Seal Press imbibed at Coffee Stand Ossaion #Nakano #中野
@bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #Books #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #Coffee

Adam Hartzell May 24

#NowReading2025 ONE HUNDRED DAYS by Alice Pung via Black Inc Press imbibed at Mills Coffee #Senju #千住
@bookstodon #Books #Coffee #AustralianLiterature #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon

Adam Hartzell May 25

#NowReading2025 HOW TO STAND UP TO A DICTATOR by Marisa Ressa via Penguin Books imbibed at Uni Donuts #AzabuJuban #麻布十番
@bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #Books #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #Coffee

Adam Hartzell May 26

#NowReading2025 LANGUAGE, NATION, RACE: LINGUISTIC REFORM IN MEIJI JAPAN 1868-1912 by Atsuko UEDA via University of California Press
brewed with Papa Noel
@bookstodon #Books #BookStodon #BookMastodon #Linguistics #LingStodon #LangStodon

Adam Hartzell Jun 1

#NowReading2025 POWER & IDEOLOGY IN AMERICAN SPORT: A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE by George H Sage via Human Kinetics Books imbibed at Horiguchi Coffee #Otemachi #大手町
@bookstodon #Books #BookStodon #Coffee #CoffeeStodon

Adam Hartzell Jun 2

#NowReading2025 WEIRD OHIO by James A Willis, Andrew Henderson, Loren Coleman via Sterling Publishers imbibed at Jazz Altec #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books #Coffee #Sports
@bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #SportsStudies

Adam Hartzell Jun 2

#NowReading2025 HOSTS & CHAMPIONS: SOCCER CULTURES, NATIONAL IDENTITIES & THE USA WORLD CUP edited by John Sugden & Alan Tomlinson via Ashgate Publishing (1994) imbibed at Make Sweets House #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books #Sports #Soccer #SportsStudies #Coffee #CoffeeStodon #BooksStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeMastodon
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jun 3

#NowReading2025 BOTANICAL IMAGINATION: RETHINKING PLANTS IN MODERN JAPAN by Jon L Pitt via
@cornellpress brewed with Blue Tokai Coffee
@bookstodon #Books #Plants #BookStodon

Adam Hartzell Jun 6

#NowReading2025 THE CLOTHING OF BOOKS by Jhumpa Lahiri via
@vintagebooks imbibed at 5 Crossties Coffee #Marunouchi #丸の内@bookstodon@a.gup.pe #Books #Coffee #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon

Adam Hartzell Jun 8

#NowReading2025 THE WORLD'S GAME: A HISTORY OF SOCCER by Bill Murray via
@illinoispress imbibed at Costa Coffee #Otemachi #大手町
@bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #Books #Coffee #CoffeeMastodon #CoffeeStodon

Adam Hartzell Jun 10

#NowReading2025 LAND OF SPORT & GLORY: SPORT & BRITISH SOCIETY 1887-1910 by Derek Birley via @ManchesterUP imbibed at Granarys Coffee
@bookstodon #Books #BookStodon #BookMastodon #Sports #SportsMastodon #SportsStudies #Coffee #CoffeeMastodon #CoffeeStodon

Adam Hartzell Jun 11

#NowReading2025 SCIENCE OF STRETCHING by Dr Leada Malek, PT, DPT via Dorling Kindserly Limited thanks to Adachi Public Library imbibed at Tully's Coffee #Nippori #日暮里 #Books #Coffee #CoffeeMastodon #BookMastodon @bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jun 16

#NowReReading2025 MOTHER'S TAXI: SPORT & WOMEN'S LABOR by Shona M Thompson via @sunypress imbibed at VW Cafe Dove Blue #Otemachi #大手町 #Books #Coffee
@bookstodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeMastodon

Adam Hartzell Jun 17

#NowReading2025 ONE-EYED: A VIEW OF AUSTRALIAN SPORT by Douglas Booth & Colin Tatz via Allen & Unwin imbibed at Chii Coffee #Machiya #町屋 #Books #Coffee #SportsStudies #Australia #AustralianSports #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jun 22

#NowReading2025 AUSTRALIAN BEACH CULTURES: THE HISTORY OF SUN, SAND & SURF by Douglas Booth via Frank Cass imbibed at Irodori Cafe #Imado #Books #Coffee #CoffeeMastodon #CoffeeStodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #Australia
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jun 25

#NowReading2025 POWER GAMES: A CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT Edited by John Sugden & Alan Tomlinson via Routledge imbibed at Sarutahiko Coffee #Ochanomizu #御茶ノ水 #Coffee #Books #Sports #SportsStudies #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jun 27

#NowReading2025 SOME LIKE IT HOT: THE BEACH AS A CULTURAL DIMENSION Edited by James Skinner, Keith Gilbert, & Allan Edwards via Meyer & Meyer Sport imbibed at Saza Coffee #Marunouchi #丸の内 #Books #Australia #Coffee #AustraluaStudies #SportStudies #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
bookstodon@a.gup.pe

Adam Hartzell Jun 29

#NowReading2025 TO THE EXTREME: ALTERNATIVE SPORTS, INSIDE & OUT edited by Robert E Rinehart & Synthia Sydnor via @sunypress imbibed at Vault Coffee #Akihabara #秋葉原 #Books #Coffee #SportStudies @bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon

Adam Hartzell Jun 30

#NowReading2025 THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2005 Edited by
@Susanorlean imbibed at Patisserie Woo Roo Goo #Ogu #尾久 #Books #ShavedIce @bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 1

#NowReading2025 SWIM: WHY WE LOVE THE WATER by Lynn Scherr via Public Affairs imbibed at Bees Coffee beescoffee.com #Sengoku #千石 #Books #Coffee #BookStodon #BookMastodon #ShavedIce
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 6

#NowReading2025 NIHONGO PERA PERA! by Susan Millington via Tuttle Language Library imbibed at ひとやすみ (pause it) #Motohasunuma #本蓮沼 #Books #Coffee #LanguageLearning
@bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #LangStodon #Language

Adam Hartzell Jul 6

#NowReading2025 THE THOROUGHLY UNHELPFUL HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN SPORT by Titus O'Reily via
@penguinbooks imbibed at Yanaka Coffee #Akabane #赤羽 #Books #Coffee #Australia #Sports
@bookstodon #BookStodon #CoffeeStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeMastodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 6

#NowRead2025 THE STRANGE LIBRARY by Haruki Murakami via Alfred A Knopf care of Arakawa Public Library brewed with Mikado Coffee #Books #Coffee #CoffeeSky #BookSky @bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 7

#NowReading2025 200 ESSENTIAL FOUR-CHARACTER KANJI IDIOMS via IBC Publishing care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at LAWSON #Language #LanguageLearning #Books #Coffee #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #LangStodon
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 11

#NowReading2025 THE SECRET LIFE OF GROCERIES: THE DARK MIRACLE OF THE AMERICAN SUPERMARKET by Benjamin Lorr via Avery Books care of Arakawa Public Library brewed with Mikado Coffee #Books #Coffee
@bookstodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 11

#NowRead2025 SEVEN KINDS OF PEOPLE YOU FIND IN BOOKSHOPS by Shaun Bythell via
@profilebooks imbibed at CHE #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books
@bookstodon #Bookstodon #BookMastodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 12

#NowReading2025 NOT A RIVER by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott, via
@charcopress imbibed at Ueshima Coffee #Otemachi #大手町 #Books #Coffee
@bookstodon #Bookstodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon

#NowReading2025 THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK by Mark Manson via
@harperbooks care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Sarutahiko Coffee #Hongo #本郷 #Books #Coffee @bookstodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 16

#NowReading2025 LOVE GAME: A HISTORY OF TENNIS, FROM VICTORIAN PASTIME TO GLOBAL PHENOMENON by Elizabeth Wilson via Serpent's Tail imbibed at Hongo Cafe #Hongo #本郷 #Books #Coffee
@bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #Tennis #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 20

#NowReading2025 I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF by Bill Bryson via Broadway Books imbibed at Murakami Coffee #Komagome #駒込 #Books #Coffee #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 21

#NowReading2025 VIRTUAL JAPANESE: ENIGMA OF ROLE LANGUAGE by Iwanami Shoten translated by Satoshi Kinsui via Osaka University Press via Nippori Library imbibed at Key Coffee #Senjuohashi #千住大 #BookStodon #BookMastodon #LangStodon #Language #Japanese #JapaneseBooks #LingSky #Linguistics
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 21

#NowReading2025 THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO MODERN JAPANESE CULTURE Edited by Yoshio Sugimoto via
@universitypress.cambridge.org
imbibed at Cafe Colorado #Kanegafuchi #鐘ヶ淵 #Books #Coffee #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #Japan
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 22

#NowReading2025 THE WHITE BOOK by Han Kang translated by Deborah Smith via
@grantabooks thanks to the Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Catea #Oshiage #押上 #Books #KoreanLiterature #Coffee
@bookstodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BooksStodon #BooksMastodon #Korean

Adam Hartzell Jul 25

#NowReading2025 CULINARY LINGUISTICS: THE CHEF'S SPECIAL Edited by Cornelia Gerhardt, Maximiliane Frobenius, & Susanne Ley via John Benjamin's Publishing Company brewed with Bee's Coffee #Books #Linguistics #LingStodon #LangStodon #FoodStodon #FoodMastodon
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 28

#NowReading2025 LITERATURE & THE NEW CULTURE WARS by Deborah Appleman via
@wwnorton imbibed at from afar #Mukojima #向島 #Books #Coffee #BookSky #CoffeeSky
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Aug 1

#NowReReading2025 LUNCH: A HISTORY by Megan Elias via Rowman & Littlefield imbibed at Coffee Stain #Nezu #根津 #Books #Coffee #FoodStudies
@bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #FoodStodon #FoodMastodon

Adam Hartzell Aug 4

#NowReading2025 THE ULTIMATE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GAELIC FOOTBALL & HURLING by Martin Breheny & Donal Keenan via Carlton Books imbibed at PÂTISSERIE LA VIE UN RÊVE #Umejima #梅島 #Books #Coffee #GaelicFootball #Hurling #Sports #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Aug 9

#NowReading2025 MY EDUCATION by Susan Choi via
@vikingbooks imbibed at Papa Noel #Minowa #三ノ輪 #Books #Novels #Coffee
@bookstodon #BookStodon #CoffeeStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeMastodon

Adam Hartzell Aug 11

#NowReading2025 PIECES FOR THE LEFT HAND by J Robert Lennon via
@grantabooks imbibed at Glass Coffee #Shinjuku #新宿 #Books #Coffee #CoffeeStodon #BookStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookMastodon
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Aug 16

#NowReading2025 TRUST EXERCISE by Susan Choi via Serpent's Tail imbibed at Shyaberiban Kissaten (Talking Coffee Shop) #KitaSenju #北千住 #Books #Kissa #Coffee #Toast #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon @bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Aug 17

#NowReading2025 THE NEW EQUALITY by Nat Hentoff via The Viking Press (1965) imbibed at Che #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Aug 18

#NowReading2025 THE NEW JIM CROW: MASS INCARCERATION IN THE AGE OF COLOURBLINDNESS by Michelle Alexander via
@penguinbooks imbibed at Brooklyn Roasting Company #Yurakucho #有楽町 #Books #Coffee
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Aug 19

#NowReading2025 JUSTICE: WHAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO? by Michael J Sandel via
@fsgbooks imbibed at Kimamakafue Coffee #Nishiarai #西新井 #Coffee #Books
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Aug 28

#NowReading2025 LIMITARIANISM: THE CASE AGAINST EXTREME WEALTH by Ingrid Robeyns via
@penguinbooks imbibed at Nito Coffee #Sendagi #千駄木 #Books #Coffee #Kissa #Kissaten #Tokyo #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #TokyoStodon #TokyoMastodon
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Aug 28

#NowReading2025 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD by Helene Hanff via Sphere imbibed with Sarutahiko Coffee #Lawson #Kohaku #江北 #Books #BookStodon #BookMastodon @bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Aug 31

#NowRead2025 MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER by Oyinkan Braithwaite via
@atlanticbooks imbibed
@McDonaldsUSA #Senjuohashi #千住大橋 #Book #Nigeria
@bookstodon #BookMastodon #BookStodon

Adam Hartzell Aug 31

#NowReading2025 BLESS ME, ULTIMA by Rudolfo Anaya via Warner Books imbibed at Maya Coffee Roaster #HigashiJujo #東十条 #Books #Coffee
@bookstodon #BookMastodon #BookStodon #CoffeeMastodon #CoffeeStodon

Adam Hartzell Sep 2

#NowReading2025 A CHICANO IN CHINA by Rudolfo Anaya via University of New Mexico Press imbibed at Cindi Roast Brew #KitaSenju #北千住 #Books #Coffee #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
@bookstodon

Nantucket Lit Aug 28

@ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon Did you mean Limitarianism?

Adam Hartzell Aug 31

@nantucketlit @bookstodon
Thanks. Yeah, I made a mistake typing out too quickly, but have since edited the post

timberwraith Aug 28

@ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon I think you have a typo in your post:

The book title says "limitarianism" rather than "libertarianism."

Adam Hartzell Aug 31

@timberwraith @bookstodon Thanks. Yeah, I made a mistake typing out too quickly, but have since edited the post

@ModernDayBartleby
Ooh! Soup and a sandwich! 😋

Adam Hartzell Aug 4

@YLee Grilled cheese and tomato soup, a combo that never fails

@ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon
Can I assume that's some soggy toast?

Adam Hartzell Jul 22

@YLee It wasn't soggy since I ate it quick enough before the whipped butter had much time to seep in ;)

@ModernDayBartleby
One thing I discovered on our short trip there last year was their love of soggy toast.

Adam Hartzell Jul 22

@YLee Texas Toast thick toast is a staple of kissaten culture

@ModernDayBartleby
So I've heard. We went to a very nice coffee shop in Machida and, when my wife's son later showed the pictures to his co-workers, they were more impressed with the toast than with the coffee.

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Adam Hartzell Jun 22

#NowReading2025 AUSTRALIAN BEACH CULTURES: THE HISTORY OF SUN, SAND & SURF by Douglas Booth via Frank Cass imbibed at Irodori Cafe #Imado #Books #Coffee #CoffeeMastodon #CoffeeStodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #Australia
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jun 25

#NowReading2025 POWER GAMES: A CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT Edited by John Sugden & Alan Tomlinson via Routledge imbibed at Sarutahiko Coffee #Ochanomizu #御茶ノ水 #Coffee #Books #Sports #SportsStudies #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jun 27

#NowReading2025 SOME LIKE IT HOT: THE BEACH AS A CULTURAL DIMENSION Edited by James Skinner, Keith Gilbert, & Allan Edwards via Meyer & Meyer Sport imbibed at Saza Coffee #Marunouchi #丸の内 #Books #Australia #Coffee #AustraluaStudies #SportStudies #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
bookstodon@a.gup.pe

Adam Hartzell Jun 29

#NowReading2025 TO THE EXTREME: ALTERNATIVE SPORTS, INSIDE & OUT edited by Robert E Rinehart & Synthia Sydnor via @sunypress imbibed at Vault Coffee #Akihabara #秋葉原 #Books #Coffee #SportStudies @bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon

Adam Hartzell Jun 30

#NowReading2025 THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2005 Edited by
@Susanorlean imbibed at Patisserie Woo Roo Goo #Ogu #尾久 #Books #ShavedIce @bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 1

#NowReading2025 SWIM: WHY WE LOVE THE WATER by Lynn Scherr via Public Affairs imbibed at Bees Coffee beescoffee.com #Sengoku #千石 #Books #Coffee #BookStodon #BookMastodon #ShavedIce
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 6

#NowReading2025 NIHONGO PERA PERA! by Susan Millington via Tuttle Language Library imbibed at ひとやすみ (pause it) #Motohasunuma #本蓮沼 #Books #Coffee #LanguageLearning
@bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #LangStodon #Language

Adam Hartzell Jul 6

#NowReading2025 THE THOROUGHLY UNHELPFUL HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN SPORT by Titus O'Reily via
@penguinbooks imbibed at Yanaka Coffee #Akabane #赤羽 #Books #Coffee #Australia #Sports
@bookstodon #BookStodon #CoffeeStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeMastodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 6

#NowRead2025 THE STRANGE LIBRARY by Haruki Murakami via Alfred A Knopf care of Arakawa Public Library brewed with Mikado Coffee #Books #Coffee #CoffeeSky #BookSky @bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 7

#NowReading2025 200 ESSENTIAL FOUR-CHARACTER KANJI IDIOMS via IBC Publishing care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at LAWSON #Language #LanguageLearning #Books #Coffee #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #LangStodon
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 11

#NowReading2025 THE SECRET LIFE OF GROCERIES: THE DARK MIRACLE OF THE AMERICAN SUPERMARKET by Benjamin Lorr via Avery Books care of Arakawa Public Library brewed with Mikado Coffee #Books #Coffee
@bookstodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 11

#NowRead2025 SEVEN KINDS OF PEOPLE YOU FIND IN BOOKSHOPS by Shaun Bythell via
@profilebooks imbibed at CHE #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books
@bookstodon #Bookstodon #BookMastodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 12

#NowReading2025 NOT A RIVER by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott, via
@charcopress imbibed at Ueshima Coffee #Otemachi #大手町 #Books #Coffee
@bookstodon #Bookstodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 13

#NowReading2025 THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK by Mark Manson via
@harperbooks care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Sarutahiko Coffee #Hongo #本郷 #Books #Coffee @bookstodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 16

#NowReading2025 LOVE GAME: A HISTORY OF TENNIS, FROM VICTORIAN PASTIME TO GLOBAL PHENOMENON by Elizabeth Wilson via Serpent's Tail imbibed at Hongo Cafe #Hongo #本郷 #Books #Coffee
@bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #Tennis #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 20

#NowReading2025 I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF by Bill Bryson via Broadway Books imbibed at Murakami Coffee #Komagome #駒込 #Books #Coffee #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 21

#NowReading2025 VIRTUAL JAPANESE: ENIGMA OF ROLE LANGUAGE by Iwanami Shoten translated by Satoshi Kinsui via Osaka University Press via Nippori Library imbibed at Key Coffee #Senjuohashi #千住大 #BookStodon #BookMastodon #LangStodon #Language #Japanese #JapaneseBooks #LingSky #Linguistics
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 21

#NowReading2025 THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO MODERN JAPANESE CULTURE Edited by Yoshio Sugimoto via
@universitypress.cambridge.org
imbibed at Cafe Colorado #Kanegafuchi #鐘ヶ淵 #Books #Coffee #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #Japan
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 22

#NowReading2025 THE WHITE BOOK by Han Kang translated by Deborah Smith via
@grantabooks thanks to the Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Catea #Oshiage #押上 #Books #KoreanLiterature #Coffee
@bookstodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BooksStodon #BooksMastodon #Korean

Adam Hartzell Jul 25

#NowReading2025 CULINARY LINGUISTICS: THE CHEF'S SPECIAL Edited by Cornelia Gerhardt, Maximiliane Frobenius, & Susanne Ley via John Benjamin's Publishing Company brewed with Bee's Coffee #Books #Linguistics #LingStodon #LangStodon #FoodStodon #FoodMastodon
@bookstodon

Adam Hartzell Jul 28

#NowReading2025 LITERATURE & THE NEW CULTURE WARS by Deborah Appleman via
@wwnorton imbibed at from afar #Mukojima #向島 #Books #Coffee #BookSky #CoffeeSky
@bookstodon

@ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon
Can I assume that's some soggy toast?

Adam Hartzell Jul 22

@YLee It wasn't soggy since I ate it quick enough before the whipped butter had much time to seep in ;)

@ModernDayBartleby
One thing I discovered on our short trip there last year was their love of soggy toast.

eMarginalia Jul 11

@ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon
I read this last year. Extremely interesting...much more modern stuff you will wish you did not know. An excellent read.

Adam Hartzell Jul 11

@demerara Yeah, I'm finding it fascinating and, yes, a bit disconcerting

Riley S. Faelan Jul 7

@ModernDayBartleby Er, aren't four-letter idioms more a Chinese thing?

Adam Hartzell Jul 7

@riley @bookstodon Not sure. Not an expert in this area, but those who know more about Japanese put this book together, so I guess not. (But quite a few of these are referred to as coming from Buddhism.)

earthling Jul 7

@riley @ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon

Here's a couple of examples:

#Japanese
#yojijukugo

earthling Jul 7

@riley @ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon

Another popular yojijukugo:

Junin-toiro (十人十色)

Meaning: Different people like different things, everyone has their own ideas and tastes, different strokes for different folks, several men means several minds.

https://www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_culture/japanese-culture/weekly-japanese-idiom-junin-toiro-different-strokes-for-different-folks/

#Japanese
#idioms
#yojijukugo

@riley @ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon They're also fairly common in Japanese. Here's a list: https://jisho.org/search/%23words%20%23yoji (Mind you, if you limit this to only common ones by adding #common to the search query, you get 67 back).

#words #yoji - Jisho.org

Japanese dictionary search results for #words #yoji.

earthling Jul 7

@eribosot @riley

This is just a list of some four character words, not necessarily idiomatic #yojijukugo.

"Yojijukugo in the broad sense refers to Japanese compound words consisting of four kanji characters, which may contain an idiomatic meaning or simply be a compound noun. However, in the narrow or strict sense, the term refers only to four-kanji compounds that have a particular (idiomatic) meaning, which cannot be inferred from the meanings of the components that make them up."

earthling Jul 7

@riley @ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon

They're definitely a Japanese 'thing'.

Ulrich Plate Jul 6

@ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon I'll see your 擬態語 and raise you an オノマトペ建築: https://kkaa.co.jp/en/project/kengo-kuma-onomatopoeia-architecture-at-athens/

Kengo Kuma : Onomatopoeia Architecture at Athens

I often think about the dialog between the human and the material. Architecture should be placed in this special dialog. But in fact, today’s architecture destroys richness, and the human is left isolated from the earth as the bountiful place where the various materials gather. In this exhibition at the Old State Tobacco Factory in Athens, I would like to show how I create a dialog with materials. I am drawn to the dialog with soft materials: softness always heals me as it reminds me of my mot

Kengo Kuma and Associates

Adam Hartzell Jul 7

@oya3un @bookstodon
Nice! This makes me think of what skateboarders & traceurs have to teach us about architecture, such as what's discussed by Iain Borden in his classic book - https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/skateboarding-and-the-city-9781472583451/

Ulrich Plate Jul 7

@ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon The only skate-like experience I've got is downhill skiing - that's generally not making much use of urban landscapes, let alone "the city as hardware"... Impressive outline, I shall check it out. Thanks!