Comments on: A Book a Week: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

By: Alina Popescu

Alina Popescu — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:28:07 +0000

I agree, the writer’s own vision and understanding of facts has little or nothing to do with what each reader understands. But if I ever read an interview explaining how he sees things, I’d take it as a different perspective, not a better one or the right one.

By: forensic

forensic — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:06:10 +0000

i’m planing to make a collection actually.I can’t read his works on ebooks because i get so hooked up that i even take them to bed or to the bathroom with me!Hard boiled was the first i read and picked it randomly from the library.Stroke of luck.Because i was so young when i read it my philosophy and life perspective changed dramatically.Thank you too, angela hondru!I’m planing to learn japanese in the next 5 years to read it by his own words.The past years i’ve read greater books, hard boiled is not as perfect as one would suggest.And i’m even scared to read an interview about it.His writing style left some space to make a personal interpretation.I promise i will be back with discribing that too.His simple ideas can have many meanings so it would be hard to read his own version(paradox) in an interview that can annul mine.

By: Alina Popescu

Alina Popescu — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:57:12 +0000

Hi Karen! It’s indeed an amazing book and I plan to buy more of Murakami’s books in the future.

I hope so too It’s been 12 days, so the deadline to get them is close by.

By: Karen Swim

Karen Swim — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:31:44 +0000

Hi Alina, this book sounds really interesting! I have not been able to get much reading done these past few weeks, and will have to dig in and start. I appreciate the suggestion. Also, thanks Joanna for the FB and shelfari tips. I have done the Amazon reviews but have not used either of these.

I hope your glasses come soon. Thanks for sharing the book review!

By: Alina Popescu

Alina Popescu — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:04:08 +0000

Hi Joanna! Wow, you’ve got quite a lot of reading done Are you going to review them?

I don’t use shelfari, but I have a facebook app showing which books I’ve read and which I’m currently reading. Didn’t snoop around to see if I can also add reviews. I’ll have to think about it Thanks for the suggestion!

Nice to see you back to blogging and twittering btw!
Alina

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:40:40 +0000

Hi Alina, thanks for sharing your review. It does sound intriguing and I’m going to add it to my list. I’m so enjoying reading fiction again. Got through 4 books in my week away!

They were all short though. And all Scottish – I couldn’t decide where to start so decided to go with a theme.

The books were The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, Young Adam, Morvern Callar and the Cutting Room. The last three in particular were quite noirish… appealing to my dark side I guess

One of my Twitter pals mentioned sharing reviews on shelfari or the book review app on Facebook – do you use something like that? Might be worth a go?

Joanna