Tomes in Tokyo

The bookish musings of an American-born Tokyoite.

Across the Nightingale Floor



“How was it possible for the world to be so beautiful and so cruel at the same time?” 



Title: Across the Nightingale Floor
Author: Lian Hearn 
Published On: January 1st 2002 
Published By: Riverhead Books
Pages: 305
Rating: 4


A Thousand Nights

If you listen long enough to the whispers, you will hear the truth. Until, I will tell you this: the world is made safe by a woman.



Title: A Thousand Nights
Author: E.K. Johnston
Published On: October 6th, 2015
Published By: Disney Hyperion
Genre: YAFantasyRetelling
Pages: 328 
Rating: 3.5