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Time for a new batch of mini covers to add to my journal!
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Doodling some soju bottles for my Korean food journal. As far as alcohol goes, I’ve encountered beer the most, then wine, and just one mention of soju so far.

I had to add the little Jinro mascot, because it’s too cute!
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I’m printing covers for my new Japanese book and the Korean film I saw yesterday: 화차 (Helpless), which is an adaptation from 火車 by Miyuki Miyabe. The film was so great, I read two books by this author, and I loved them, so I’m not surprised I loved this adaptation. And great actors too!

I want to watch more Korean movies this year, so I’m keeping this journal to record films. Last film I saw was 내일의 기억 (Recalled), I have mixed feelings for this one with things I found great and some I liked less.

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Reading update

I’m halfway through 異人山 by 高雲章, and I started the third short story in the collection 그날, 서울에서는 무슨 일이.

And I found a second mention of ramyeon in this short story! Good thing I left two pages for ramyeon! (all the others only have one page). I still don’t know how I should write the name of the dish on top of the page. I want it to look good, but I don’t trust myself to do a nice hangeul font

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Printing mini covers! The small ones are for the Hobonichi Weeks, the bigger ones for my reading journals.

And I decided to keep track of Korean movies as well. I saw 스트리밍/Streaming and loved it, and I decided to watch more Korean movies this year. So I’m also printing film posters, and I started another thin Midori notebook to keep track of films 🎦.

Maybe I’m keeping track of too many things this year , but I’m having fun with it
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I’ve also been printing mini covers to stick in my notebooks.
Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been loving all the books I started
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I started a third Nod-Krai notebook for the new region (I haven’t finished the second one just yet, but I still have exploration from the first islands left, so it’ll go in there).

And, I’m a bit sad to say it, but I’m going to switch pen. The Monami is great, but the body is a bit too thin for me, and I started finding it uncomfortable Instead I’m going to use the Zebra blen ballpoint pen.

But I stick to the “one notebook one pen” concept, so no pencil outline allowed, which is still a challenge to me. With the Monami, I could cheat by drawing very thin lines first, but it’s not possible with the Zebra, so I kind of messed up that Illuga sketch

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My Genshin journals are for Nod-Krai exploration only, so I started another one for recording notable things happening in the game, a bit like a gaming diary. No limits on stationery supplies for this one!

Even though I don’t like this Windtrace as much as the previous one, it’s still one of my favourite events, so it deserved a page of its own ⛄️
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I finally got around to doing the front page of my second notebook (I’m already several pages in, but better late than never!). I decided to go for a Hiisi Island theme, because it’s the region I have explored the most so far.

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I finished 斜め屋敷の犯罪 by Soji Shimada (島田荘司), from the Kiyoshi Mitarai series. It was a really great locked-room mystery in a mansion with a fascinating architecture.

I do prefer murder stories that rely on psychology and motive rather than puzzles and locked-room mysteries, but I enjoyed this one very much. Bonus point for the commentary by Yukito Ayatsuji!

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Next Japanese read: 斜め屋敷の犯罪 by Soji Shimada (島田荘司).
(Tr. Murder in the Crooked House by Louise Heal Kawai).

I just did the pencil outline for the drawing. I drew it leaning too much to one side at first, so I had to erase and do again. This took me too much time already and it’s far from being complete…

If I come to a point where drawing the cover takes me more time than reading the book, I might drop this project

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I started 白鳥とコウモリ… I love Keigo Higashino so much!! I should read his books more often!

I just finished the drawings for my journal entry. I decided to do one for each volume, because the book is so great! (At least the first 80 pages I read.)

I did a quick search, and I’m pretty sure that the bridge on the covers is the Kiyosu Bridge (清洲橋), a key location in the novel. It’s cool that it’s not just a random Tokyo pic, but something related to the story.

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New book, new entry page in my reading journal!

The book in question is 作家不在場的謀殺 by 望日 (HK), a collection of five short stories. I saw that the author is both a writer and a publisher, and I think that the stories will be related to the publishing world.

I’m sure I will love this one!!

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I’m continuing the “draw book cover” project for my reading journal. I must say I’m having a lot of fun doing that, I might just add other drawings related to the story to illustrate other pages.

I always have a notebook to take notes related to what I read, but it’s been a while since I took the time to decorate it.
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I still haven’t figured out how to set up my reading journal, but I thought it would be cool to add something related to the book cover art on each book entry. I like how some people print out small book covers, but I don’t have a printer. So I had the idea to just draw a part of the cover, starting with this one

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