“Kumakura’s use of the word sensei, reserved for professionals, including doctors and lawyers, but which Japanese doctors tried to reserve to themselves, was tacit acknowledgment that Kumakura knew the hierarchy had changed.” ActionFictionAdventureDramaExcitingExcitementIntrigueThrillingAsian Literature Book:Bottled Lightning Source: Bottled Lightning
“They usually didn’t know I was half-Japanese. But you know how it is. No matter where you go, you don’t quite fit in. But it is fun to be able to slip in and out of two such completely different cultures seamlessly like a shapeshifter.” ActionFictionAdventureDramaExcitingLiterary FictionAdultLegal ThrillerRomantic Literary Fiction Book:Bottled Lightning Source: Bottled Lightning
“To describe Mayumi’s demeanor towards Kiwako as frosty would be like describing an ice age as minor climate change.” ActionFictionAdventureDramaExcitingLiterary FictionAdultRomantic Literary Fiction Book:Bottled Lightning Source: Bottled Lightning
“He sped up. The right mirror was the first to go, then the left, followed by angry honking from the cars his mirrors hit as he threaded the needle between the narrow lanes.” ActionFictionAdventureDramaExcitingExcitementIntrigueThrillingFull On Book:Bottled Lightning Source: Bottled Lightning
“Too late. Torn’s rear tire hit the perennial wet spot from a leak in the tunnel ceiling. Rookie mistake. When the back wheel hydroplaned on the wet surface, he felt the sickening feelings of sliding and weightlessness as he started to separate from the bike.” ActionFictionAdventureDramaExcitingSuspenseLiterary FictionAdultRomantic Literary Fiction Book:Bottled Lightning Source: Bottled Lightning
“Cars slowed to a crawl as drivers rubber-necked to watch her ride by. She was a glamorous hazard to traffic safety.” ActionFictionAdventureDramaExcitingExcitementIntrigueThrillingAsian Literature Book:Bottled Lightning Source: Bottled Lightning