For his birthday, my Dad got The Bourne Identity, and I'm reading that right now. I think I'm halfway through.

I go away and suddenly the spammers are the mods. Okay, I can adjust to that, but... Gorath?! And what's up with Mam's not being the top poster?

210 days until I'm legal, Indy!

ZombieKing ihas been challenged! Now it's between him, Blissful_wulf and Mamsmilk. And maybe Dr. Love.

Currently reading "A Hundred Things Japanese" which, though written by non-Japanese in the 1970s, is still interesting & informative. Next on my list: "A Hundred More Things Japanese", an anthology of modern Japanese literature, and more Murakami if I can get to the library at the University here or the public library in the next town.

"[English] not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary."
-James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992

I'm sorry, but Murakami? The first thing I thought was Maki Murakami. Could you be more specific for those unknowing such as myself?

I go away and suddenly the spammers are the mods. Okay, I can adjust to that, but... Gorath?! And what's up with Mam's not being the top poster?

210 days until I'm legal, Indy!

ZombieKing ihas been challenged! Now it's between him, Blissful_wulf and Mamsmilk. And maybe Dr. Love.

Ah...sorry, I should have put the whole name. Murakami Haruki, he's a contemporary Japanese writer whose works are pretty mind bending & often bizarre, but verrry interesting. 😃

"[English] not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary."
-James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992

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Ah...sorry, I should have put the whole name. Murakami Haruki, he's a contemporary Japanese writer whose works are pretty mind bending & often bizarre, but verrry interesting. 😃

Ohhh, I read Kafka on the Shore and Sputnik Sweetheart. I agree...they're very bizaare. Magic realism, perhaps? And his endings are even more bizarre. ^^; Is there an underlying meaning? His books leave me confused.

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Ohhh, I read Kafka on the Shore and Sputnik Sweetheart. I agree...they're very bizaare. Magic realism, perhaps? And his endings are even more bizarre. ^^; Is there an underlying meaning? His books leave me confused.

I always end up feeling confused too! 🤣

I think there are probably a LOT of cultural & language cues/clues in Murakami's writing that simply cannot be translated from Japanese no matter how good the translator is. Maybe Japanese readers get more out of it and aren't left as baffled as those reading it in translation...? 😕

"[English] not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary."
-James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992

I read naruto the novel once and it dam scked

im reading a lot of books now like spiderwick,last apprentice series, harry potter stuff and currently reading the twilight series and stephen kings it.thats a big book.i also have fma the novel and the facts r either wrong or completely different from what i remember on the anime and in the manga.oh i cant4get the silver series(silver child,silver world and there was another 1 that i cant remember...im waiting 4 the 4th 1)

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Darren shan is the best ^^ i like murakami's works but i prefer novels where i can understand the main character by the end of the book >.>;;;

i recently read twilight, New mooon, Eclipse and they where great! it's been a while since i last read a good vampire romance...

i read alot of various genres 🙂

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Lolita.

Japan named an entire cultural movement (genre, subject matter and fashion) after that book; you guys ought to look into it.

Heart of Darkness.

Remember: Man is a sadistic bastard.

Eragon.

Read this one to learn how to write obscenely derivative fantasy novels so that you can, in the future, avoid writing them.

Anything by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Because he was a god, and now he's a fallen god--but as mighty as ever in his words.

Anything by Asimov.

Ditto.

I am the God of Freedom. I am not revered, I have no shrines; and you have never before heard of me nor will you ever hear of me again.

Lately I've gotten more into Adult Fiction and Classics.
I just finished the Sherlock Holmes Novels, and I'm currently reading..

Dracula and Dune. -Nods-

Anyhow, I read a ridiculous amount. Seriously, I do. I read AT LEAST 4 novels a week. Normally more. Although now that I've gotten into manga I read less then I used to. (I used to read 2 books a day, everyday. Yes, I have no life. )

Yeah. =D

Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?

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Don't know if I already posted here, so I'll post again. -Nods-

I used to mostly just read crappy teen fantasy books, but lately I've gotten more into Adult Fiction and Classics. Frankenstein was great, as was Jane Eyrie and the Sherlock Novels. Currently, I'm reading Dracula. =D

Anyhow, I read a ridiculous amount. Seriously, I do. I read AT LEAST 4 novels a week. Normally more. Although now that I've gotten into manga I read less then I used to. (I used to read 2 books a day, everyday. Yes, I have no life. )

Yeah. =D

Jane Eyre was fantastic,
I swallowed it right up.

I normally read ten novels per week
when undisturbed (meaning no class).

I read about everything,
but mainly stick to the female genre.
I do enjoy the Twilight series and
the Great and Terrible Beauty trilogy.

At the moment I'm getting started
on the Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath,
and I have a Tale of Two Cities
as well.

Wasn't it? I loved it. I read it first when I was 8, and I loved it even then.

Nice. -Nods- I should read that amount still, but I don't anymore. -Shakes Head sadly- Sadly, I've memorized all my books on my shelf by heart(seriously..), and now they've gotten kinda boring. I still love them, but I just can't read them every single day like I used to. Now I need new books to read. Although I still love the ones on my shelves and read them sometimes.

Yeah. Actually, most books in the teen section are for females. Probably because teen boys don't read. XD

Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?

I don't read much, but when I do read, I read something that is deep and insightful that questions your very existence, morals, and understanding of life...

...

...

And Harry Potter

[color=#ff0000]"“That's the difference between me and the rest of the world!
Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!” "[/color]

For my gender studies course I have to read :

• Simone de Beauvoir: The Second Sex
• Eve Ensler: The Vagina Monologues
• Doris Lessing: The Golden Notebook (I'm pretty sure our professor wouldn't have picked it if she didnt't get the Nobel prize last year)

Well can't complain too much about it, there would have been worse choices for literature concerning feminism (Judith Butler... 🤢 ) , and except The Vagina Monologues the books are not bad.

But for my own interest I'm currently reading Faktotum by Charles Bukowski,I have to admit that it's my first Bukowski, shame on me.