Lika’s Log

I just finished reading PERFUMED SLEEVE by Laura Joh Rowland. I’ve read most of her books, I just started GENERAL KING’S PALACE. Her stories are 16th or 17th century Japan Shogun times, samurai CSI. They are all murder mysteries and da head dude is Sano Ichiro. Sano-san gotta find out who wen kill who and ha’come. His wife is his assistant and back in da day it was unheard of for da samurai’s wife to be involved in her husband’s work.

In the mean time there’s all this rivalry and Japanee customs and fuedal Japan stuff. Its very interesting. Oh & get sex too! Not a lot and its very tactfully written not flat out wambam kine. Ok some is but its tactfully written wambaming. *L*

The thing that thru me off about her books and I don’t know if its true or she just made it dat way. But da Shogan mahu-ish. Alot of those samurai’s liked “manly love”. Eeewl. Da Shogun like young boys. And his mother was BI, hello; where did he get it from. Its just strange cause I always thought of samurais as macho macho dudes you know. In this book its not necessarily true. Lotta male hanky panky with in that male bonding group. hhhhmmmmm

To me her stories go fast so I no can wait for pau’em. I read when I should be doing more productive things like cleaning house. I always think I’m Queen Kapulu anden on TV I see da kine programs on HGTV; Clean Sweep and Mission Organization and I’m like “dang I ain’t dat bad.”

When I first started reading her books I didn’t think it would have that much “sex”. Muchless “manly love” as its referred to in da book. Who knew these guys was “La Dat”? I was wondering did the author make it la dat or was it for real dey was la dat. I’m thinking a little bit of both, yeah dey was La Dat! eeewwwwll LOL

I’m sure the author has done a lot of research cause get plenny details and she is Chinese/Korean. Its fast paced reading, I think.

Other books she’s written are: CONCUBINES TATTOO, BUNDORI, BLACK LOTUS, WAY OF THE TRAITOR, SHINJU, SAMURAI’S WIFE & PILLOW BOOK OF LADY WISTERIA.

I’m such a nerd, I’ve read all the above. Hey but I heard Nerdiness is in, so I’m “hip to be square.” *L*

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