by Rebecca Copeland | Feb 12, 2025 | Book Review
What would you do if, for absolutely no fault of your own, your spirit slipped away from you and ended up in someone else’s body? And not just any body, but a 10th-century woman from Japan? That is just what happens to Mina Cooper, a 20-year-old American college... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Aug 14, 2024 | Book Review
What do tarot cards, Taoist paper talismans, and ancient curved beads called magatama, have in common? They all serve as touchstones to the kind of spiritual enchantment that operates on the edges of mainstream religions. Dr. Laura Miller, Ei’ichi Shibusawa-Seigo Arai... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Jul 31, 2024 | Book Review
Amber Logan’s impressive debut novel The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn invites readers into a lushly landscaped world of beauty, loss, and surprising discoveries. The novel, written in an elegantly sparse style, follows American Marissa Lennox to her childhood home in... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Jul 17, 2024 | Book Review
DC Palter has done it again in Countdown to Decryption. Following close on the heels of his wildly successful debut novel, To Kill a Unicorn (Pandamoon Publishing, 2023), Countdown returns readers to San Jose and to the high-octane escapades of our favorite hacker... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Jul 3, 2024 | Book Review
Today’s post takes me far afield from my usual exploration of Japanese arts and culture. Reading a fascinating new book on exile and Jewish literature, and talking with one of its editors, gave me fresh insights into place, identity, and the meaning of belonging....
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