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"Book Post: What the hell are you reading?"


  

          

I went through a short Haruki Murakami phase with Norwegian Wood, After Dark and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle interested me the most. The war stories from Lt. Mamiya and Honda, those odd Kano sisters and especially May Kasahara. Hurakami has a knack for writing female character and giving them distinctive personalities, unlike most male authors I've read. I didn't feel all that concerned for Kumiko throughout the story, mainly cause she was a bitch to Taru. I lost some interested in the story during some of the interactions between the tw because of Kumiko's attitude toward Taru and I really wanted him to just leave.

I can go on forever about that book but ill stop here. Ill just say that Norwegian Wood is a fantastic book as well (and I really connected with Taru since my life eerily mirrors his) and After Dark was just alright. Now I'm checking "A Farewell To Arms" by Hemmingway which I'm really enjoy so far, then I'm returning to "2666" by Roberto Bolaņo so I can finally read it all, "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and "Lucinella" by Lore Segal (read first chapter in the bookstore and throughly enjoyed it so far.

so, what the hell are you reading?

  

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Book Post: What the hell are you reading? [View all] , dunk, Thu Jan-21-10 02:10 AM
 
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I'm actually reading "The Wind Up Bird Chronicle" right now!
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RE: I'm about 400 pages deep into James Ellroy's "Blood is a Rover"
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did you see this short discussion about Wis theW?
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Yes,
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ha ha that sounds like a lot of fun :-)
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que?
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RE: Book Post: What the hell are you reading?
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how is that? I just ordered it from Amazon
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      RE: how is that? I just ordered it from Amazon
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