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Reading for research can be… mind boggling at times. Ninpo student Shiro ponders the pulp-fiction approach and finds several of note in his Library. Reviews herein indeed and more. Characters in brief… Slide-show bonus too. Photo Credit/Thanks:motifake
…OLDEN BOOKS AND KNOWLEDGE…SHIRO’s LIBRARY…
MORE TO SHIRO’s LIBRARY… THAN REFERENCE BOOKS… THOUGH ALL ARE A GOOD READ INDEED,.. IF YOU FEEL THE NEED… TO READ. CLICK PHOTO THUS INDEED..
Shiro can oft be found in a Library,
his own or others,
also perhaps a second-hand Book Shop at times. Chasing data, refs and Intel… can be like that.
Much to read… so lil’ time indeed.
… THE ABOVE is… NOT SHIRO’s LIBRARY…
though he insists it’s ” quite similar ”
.?.
!?!
…THE BELOW is… at times,..
MORE LIKE SHIRO’s LIBRARY looks btw.!.
Shiro says now too,.. when oft asked;
What’s in your Library Shiro.?.
… BOOKS… he sayeth emphatically, indeed and in fact too.
ok… so now that’s sorted straight Shiro style.
Back to the… INTEL INDEED.?.
A BRIEF REVIEW OF BOOKS SHIRO READS.
BOOKS OF… the non-INTEL, non-refs req.,
the so called light reading…
which tend to take your imagination so deep.
BOOKS CAN BE A PLACE TO UNLEASH ANY IMAGINATION,.. AND PROVOKE THE WONDER OF LIFE INDEED.
The genre of fiction with the o so eloquent sobriquet,
of
PULP FICTION.
A BRIEF REVIEW where two make one good read indeed.
A
DOUBLE–UP.
SHIRO STYLE.
Indeed it seems.
Of two Authors who co-write… their own series and
another,..
who writes alone, yet co-writes as guest of others indeed.
BOOKS CAN ENTERTAIN… AND SECRETE SECRETS… INTO… THY MIND + BRAIN.
ENTERTAINMENT may not be the word usually associated with Shiro and books. However,..
his LIBRARY… has an alcove btw.
Several.
THE ALCOVES OF SHIRO.
One,..
Tucked behind and tween where several book shelves meet in a corner along one wall.!.
(… in the other corner alcove… is a meditation shrine + ninpo dedication… all nestled under… a PYRAMID shaped area… but that is another tale to tell and read, indeed.)
INDEED. CLICK PHOTO TO SEE SHINOBI INDEED IT SEEMS. photocredit/thanks:pinterest
BLOW-PIPE and NINJA DOLLS.
The alcove of above design and mention;..
contains few books, some scattered icons and mementos…
and a CEREMONIAL BLOW-PIPE.
For all those pipe n blow ceremonies… of course…
or when you can’t find anything else of interest in this corner… obviously.
THE JAP. FUKIYA… 吹き矢 …THE BLOW-PIPE. photocredit/thanks:twitter
photocredit/thanks:youtube TIME FOR A PIPE n BLOW CEREMONY IT SEEMS. HOW TO EFFECT SURPRISE… SHINOBI BLOW THAT PIPE STYLE INDEED.
Oh… a few martial dolls Shiro’s MUM made too-
that quite look like this below…
indeed.
But still,.. are not the real mum mccoy ones
that are in the alcove of Shiro’s Library it seems.
TIME FOR TRAVEL TIME…
Travel Shiro style is mostly of two types.
TWO WHEELS… AND TRAIN WHEELS.
KAWASAKI KUNOICHI ZX-7…
and those choo-choo machina… too.
Training NINPO in JAPAN oft requires much travel on trains.
SOME SPARE TIME…
was to be shared and had,.. whilst seatedly watching the city,..
then country-side blur by.
A TYPICAL CITY TRAIN MOTION VIEW…
A TYPICAL COUNTRY TRAIN MOTION VIEW…
KOMA HOUSE…
AND A HOUSE OF BOOKS.
Location map of Komagome in Tokyo, Kanto, Japan.
Dojos could be quite a distance from KOMA HOUSE where lodged Shiro most times. Japan’s trains are modern, sleek, super quiet in and somewhat timely, super comfy too.
Long before the advent of personal computers and such devices…
there were BOOKS.
A house for books is… a LIBRARY…
Shiro has one btw.
HERE BE… BOOKS.
TRAIN STATIONS,
WHITE GLOVES,
PUSHY PEEPS… AND BOOKS.
This Shiro knew… about BOOKS;
however, i did not know,..
this below was a typical JAPANESE city train station queue.
TRAIN STATION WAITING POINT IT SEEMS.
…and…
there’s oft a pair of white-handed…(click)
white-gloved indeed,.. rather pushy peeps.
Ok… here tis…
below;
the pushy peeps white-gloved ones it seems.
THE WHITE-GLOVED ONES… AT WORK AND PLAY. Photo Credit/Thanks:youtube
All done officially and with good taste…
though in of course too,.. appropriate…
due haste.
Pushy peeps indeed here.
Push,.. pack n stack…
no room is left to waste.
You can see the white-gloved ones perform,..(click)
but sardine style is the only way to load…
the suburban peak trains of JAPANESE peeps,
home-ward bound it seems.
A TRAIN WITH A VIEW…
OF A WORLD,..
BLURRED THAT IS.
However…
out in the rather tranquil japanese country air and environs,..
there is and was… time to read.
Cos sometimes Shiro’s blurry view of JAPAN changed…
to like below,.. for example.
A VIEW OF THE CITY THEN COUNTRY… PUSHY WHITE GLOVES GETTING YOU INSIDE… AND WET N COLD WHITE SNOW FLAKY STUFF… OUTSIDE… BOOKS ARE MANDATORY IT SEEMS INDEED HEREIN.
Yes indeed, the TITLE is correct.
Shiro reads… pulp fiction.?.
THE ESSENCE OF PULP.
Look he sayeth…
there are times my MIND seeks and share solace,
equilibrium and posits towards grace perhaps.
ok.?.
…And then there’s the times shiro is awake.!.
…SHIRO TOO… sort of it seems. CLICK PHOTO TO HEAR AND SEE MORE OF A SLIDE-SHOW FROM THE SCIENCE GENIUS NIKOLA TESLA INDEED. photocredit/thanks:quotefancy
CREATIVE WRITING above… aside,..
whilst my passion and dedicatory writing is oft ALL MARTIAL and LEGENDS, Refs, Intel and so forth,.. as on much of this site- there is much to say for the pleasure of reading itself…
just to please… me.
Vis… the fiction side of book-town per se.
From my perspective…
all of that much of mind matter is PULP FICTION;
THE FACE AND HAND OF RESEARCH STRESS…
but that’s not meant at all negative.
CHOICES…
CHOICES, O SHIRO.
We all have our preferences: comical, fantasy, semi-biographical, romance and epic and so on.
When i need to read like this and that,
without study… and…
GET INTO A BOOK INDEED.
Just to read…
Shiro has a choice or maybe… TWO…
in that above corner tucked alcove,..
mentioned indeed.
FIRST-UP…
THE DESTROYER.
Destroyed indeed (click).
The reading of these that is (click).
photocredit/thanks:pinterest
DOUBLE-DOWN… THE NINJA…
AND…of course…
JASON BOURNE.
…of course… sayeth Shiro
the SHINOBI student, indeed (click) (click).
photocredit/thanks:amazon
…Shiro sayeth the below… an obvious choice…
and damn good read too.
photocredit/thanks:goodreads
The modern movie adaptation of the below are well known.
Less well known perhaps is that the LEGACY of ROBERT LUDLUM allows and encourages suitably experienced writers to continue
the adventures of thriller HERO JASON BOURNE (click).
The author of THE NINJA + co. above is one such fine writer,..
who now continues THE BOURNE LEGACY.
photocredit/thanks:goodreads
Each of the REVIEW above have many books in their respective series (click) (click).
Martial Arts, training + combat, vengeful villains, sprinkles of romance amidst turmoil, engrossing incidents and accidents across the globe, in each, as the series unfolds.
The characters become better known and understood,.. (click)
as does their own understanding of the scheme of things along the way.
photocredit/thanks:pinterest
The locations, back-drop scenery and such, oft encompass many famous real-world sites of LEGEND and MYSTERY which helps to bring the imagined characters more to life… and made more real.
The plots are too,.. oft as sinuous as the world of spies and martial masters tends to be, though real enough for the imagination to soar.
ANY TIME…
BOOK TIME.
Train travel, to and from training was and is a perfect time to catch up on such personal reading.
Or any time you are a passenger per se…
or when you… have the time. Anytime.
SHIRO SAYETH… YOU CAN SORTA READ ANYWHERE… BUT… READING THIS WAY… MAY CAUSE… THIS BOOK TO… REALLY MAKE A SPLASH… OR KUNOICHI DOES.!. A WET BOOK-END OR TWO INDEED.?.
Many of you may,..
as with Shiro… oft have a pile handy.
Take one and have a good read…
… BUT… first there’s this-
SHIRO’s SHARP AS STEEL,..
WORDPLAY WITH… WORD :
photocredit/thanks:newsdm
WORDS ARE WEAPONS…
here’s some striking samples indeed.
Tis said…
( btw: Shiro suspects a male with a message penned this,..)
that-
THE PEN,.. IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD.
… or did we mistranslate… and it should be.?.
THE PENIS,.. MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD…
not as steel sharp but,.. WORD-play indeed.!.
SHIRO SAYETH… IF THIS BE THE CASE… STOCK UP ONE OF EACH…LEARN TO USE TOO. PhotoCredit/Thanks:motifake
WORDS… WORD…S
S…WORD…
SWORD…Steel WORD.
SWORD…Sharp WORD.
A SWORD…
IS YOUR WORD… STEELED AND SHARPENED.
JUST DO IT INDEED IT SEEMS. photocredit/thanks:booksdirect
… with that in mind and heart;
BONUS SLIDE-SHOW:
A SHIRO STYLE…
SIX-PACK of SWORDS.
PLEASE START AT…
TO START.
Press PAUSE to view each in entirety.
NJOY SHIRO’s SLIDE-SHOW:
SIX-PACK of SWORDS.
HUNGRY FOR KNOWLEDGE.
TASTING THE FRUIT OF KNOWLEDGE… IS THE WAY LEGENDS OF YORE OFT REFER TO THE GAINING OF INFO AND INTEL. READING AND RESEARCH CAN OFT PUT THE WORLD INTO VIEW. HOPEFULLY BALANCED WITH IDEAS AND THOUGHTS FROM BOTH AND ALL SIDES.
THIS KID HAS A MIND… LIKE A STEEL… TRAP. KEEPS HIM OUT OF MISCHIEF TOO.
THIS KID OF STEEL… HAS A TOP VIEW INDEED. READ ON…
WRITTEN WORDS… ARE SOUNDS TURNED INTO SILENT SYMBOLS THAT COME ALIVE,.. WHEN READ WITH IMAGINATION. WORDS THUS REPRODUCE FOR THE SENSES… THE SOUNDS OF LIFE… CARRYING THOUGHTS, IDEAS, EMOTIONS AND MORE. OTHER WAYS OF VIEWING THE WORLD… EVEN OTHER WORLDS INDEED. LIKE MUSIC,.. OFT A FEAST FOR THE SOUL. BOOKS EDUCATE AND ENTERTAIN AND MAY INDEED, BRING THE WORLD A LIL CLOSER TO OUR HOME. THANKS FOR READING THIS FAR. TAKE CARE. MY NAME IS SHIRO… I READ… AND WRITE.
SHIRO SAYS… I DREAM OF NINJA… DO YOU HAVE A DREAM.?. photocredit/thanks:goodreads
Till next…
NJOY…
A GOOD READ INDEED IT SEEMS.
Our World Legends. 