baronessekat | 2019 reading challenge: A reread of a favorite book

Shogun by James Clavell

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I have been a fan of this book ever since reading shortly after watching the TV miniseries. (Which I did on VHS as I was too young to see it when it aired in 1980 - so probably around 1984-ish). I instantly went out and borrowed the book from the library, much to the surprise of the librarian to see an 11 or 12 year old checking out an 800+ book on medieval Japan.

I fell in love with this book then and have reread it every other year or so since. I have actually had to replace my physical copy several times due to wear and tear.

This time around I decided I wanted to try the audio version and was not disappointed. Ralph Lister's narration was awonder performance and I never noticed that this book took over 53 hours to present. I fully intend to check out what other things he has done.

If you have not read this book, why haven't you? Seriously.

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