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 Posted: May 26, 2006 5:43 pm |
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金魚花火
Joined: 03 May 2006
Posts: 146
Location: Toronto, CA
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| I'm reading Memoirs of a Geisha right now. Its truly amazing if anyone hasn't read it yet. |
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| madgirlslovesong |
| Posted: May 27, 2006 8:44 am |
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ユメクイ
Joined: 23 Sep 2005
Posts: 1137
Location: USA
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I'm actually reading two books at the moment.
I've been reading Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, but I recently started reading Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. I bought that one for my mom for Christmas the year it came out, and have been waiting to read it ever since. I finally just stole it from her. 
Trying to read it all before I'm off to see the movie, but for once in my life, that might not happen. 
I usually hate to watch a movie before reading a book, but I think I'll make an exception.
Both books are really pretty good, and worth at least a click of the provided Amazon links.  |
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| j-kitty |
| Posted: May 30, 2006 11:37 pm |
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甘えんぼ
Joined: 04 Feb 2006
Posts: 55
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Right now, I'm reading The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood. Scary stuff.
I'm usually reading a bunch of books at one time, but not right now. I'm only reading one. I bought it because I'd run out of books to read. Everything else I have, I've already read at least once or twice. So, since there's nothing I feel like reading again, I'm just doing The Handmaid's Tale. |
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| Keahi |
| Posted: Jul 02, 2006 12:15 pm |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 13 Jan 2006
Posts: 2
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| I like read a lot old books from the past. Lots of wisdom in them relics. hehe. The one I'm reading now is An Iron Will. A little hard to understand sometimes, but then it gets you thinking and you have one of those AH HA moments. |
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| rainbow12 |
| Posted: Jul 02, 2006 12:50 pm |
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大好きだよ。
Joined: 10 Dec 2005
Posts: 261
Location: Mexico
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For the third time, I'm re-reading Memoirs of a Geisha. I can't get enough of that book  |
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| horizon180 |
| Posted: Jul 02, 2006 3:30 pm |
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SMILY
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
Posts: 495
Location: Manchester, UK
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春の雪 by 三島由紀夫
["Spring Snow" by Mishima Yukie]
I saw the film recently with Takeuchi Yuko and Tsumabuki Satoshi that won all those awards at the Japanese Academy Awards. So when I saw this novel in my university library, I took it out. But given my given Kanji level, it's taking me a little longer than I had thought it would take... ^_^;
Since I've seen the film, I know what the story is. And I CAN read about half the book so it's going well.
English translations of the book do exist, so if people want to try it, please do, it's a very nice novel set in the early part of the last century. The main character is a very complex character and that can also be saod to some extent about a lot of the other characters in the book.
A very nice story. Highly recommended.
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| zyzzyva |
| Posted: Jul 02, 2006 4:38 pm |
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クムリウタ
Joined: 07 Aug 2005
Posts: 608
Location: California
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I'm currently reading Kafka on the Shore by Murakami Haruki (a translation, tho...).
While I haven't really enjoyed his work in the past, this has truly drawn me in.
I love the talking cats aspect--but beware to cat lovers who are faint of heart,as there are some very graphic and brutal scenes concerning cats in the middle...  Hopefully no more of those later in the book--will update when I finish... |
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| horizon180 |
| Posted: Jul 02, 2006 6:25 pm |
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SMILY
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
Posts: 495
Location: Manchester, UK
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zyzzyva wrote: While I haven't really enjoyed his work in the past, this has truly drawn me in.
ah good book. murakami is a very good writer to start from when it comes to writers from japan. have you read "South of the Border, West of the Sun?" ... that's my favourite Murakami novel. So well written, I love it when novels have good flow, they draw you in...and you're left there reading it non-stop, helplessly drawn in...
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| zyzzyva |
| Posted: Jul 04, 2006 2:21 am |
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クムリウタ
Joined: 07 Aug 2005
Posts: 608
Location: California
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horizon180 wrote: have you read "South of the Border, West of the Sun?" ... that's my favourite Murakami novel.
No, this is the first one for me (that I intend to finish, that is...). 
I tried reading The Elephant Vanishes about ten years ago, or so, and really didn't like it. It is a collection of short stories, so momentum is often the problem... Kafka also has a different translator, so perhaps that makes the difference for me, seeing as the tone of a novel and how the ideas are strung together can hinge entirely on *how* it is written. A lot can be "lost in translation", you know...
That coupled with Murakami's distinct story structure to begin with... I admit it took a few chapters of Kafka to really get hooked. I think that is because he just launches into 'his world' with little warning, explanation, or the 'hand holding' so often employed by other writers... It takes a bit of getting used to, but once you're in, you are there to stay...  |
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| horizon180 |
| Posted: Jul 04, 2006 10:36 am |
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SMILY
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
Posts: 495
Location: Manchester, UK
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zyzzyva wrote: I think that is because he just launches into 'his world' with little warning, explanation, or the 'hand holding' so often employed by other writers... It takes a bit of getting used to, but once you're in, you are there to stay...
that's what i love about murakami too. the fact that he can just throw you into a world of his own and before you know it, you know the characters as well as the writer himself.
i highly recommend "South of the Border, West of the Sun" ... it's nothing special in terms of story or setting but at the same time, it's autobiographical style is just "glued-on" reading... once you start, you're glued on!
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| nish |
| Posted: Jul 05, 2006 10:21 am |
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Planetarium
Joined: 29 Jan 2006
Posts: 715
Location: India
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Books... Love 'em ^_^
I just finished reading Sidney Sheldon's Are you Afraid of the dark?
The book is really good... the plot is interesting and quite gripping... I couldn't keep the book down.. especially in the second half of it... and I love the last line in the Author's Afterlog!
I have just started reading.. today... Plato's Republic... concidentally.. its in my course this year.. haha I will ahead of my class ^_^ |
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| Celsius005 |
| Posted: Jul 05, 2006 3:13 pm |
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Planetarium
Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 685
Location: USA
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My favorite to read all the time would be The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. There are so many adaptations and translations of this story that I'm sure I don't need to explain anything about it. ^_^
It's a short little book so I can finish it in a day, but I love reading it when I have the chance because it helps me relax. There are too many transIations to count, but I have the English and Japanese versions of the story, and I have to say that the Japanese translation is written extremely well. I like the ideology and philosophy reflected in this book, and I love the part with the fox. |
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| nish |
| Posted: Jul 06, 2006 1:09 am |
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Planetarium
Joined: 29 Jan 2006
Posts: 715
Location: India
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Celsius005 wrote: My favorite to read all the time would be The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. There are so many adaptations and translations of this story that I'm sure I don't need to explain anything about it. ^_^
It's a short little book so I can finish it in a day, but I love reading it when I have the chance because it helps me relax. There are too many transIations to count, but I have the English and Japanese versions of the story, and I have to say that the Japanese translation is written extremely well. I like the ideology and philosophy reflected in this book, and I love the part with the fox.
I haven't read the book but my college has done a brilliant play on it... I loved the story... and the little prince's character is very amusing  |
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| horizon180 |
| Posted: Jul 06, 2006 3:16 am |
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SMILY
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
Posts: 495
Location: Manchester, UK
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oooh, i have the chance, but dare i start reading "Sekai no Chuushin de Ai wo Sakebu" in Japanese....
my internship surpervisor has the book in japanese and says that it's not the hardest book to read... i think i'm going to give it a go...ah if only i had one of those electronic kanji dictionary thingies...
*light bulb idea*
ahah... must write email at once, bye!
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| sakyh |
| Posted: Jul 13, 2006 8:40 pm |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 13 Jul 2006
Posts: 8
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| Right now I am reading War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy...and for manga, Chobits & NANA. All are very good! |
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