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(And Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami)

I love that book. It's my favorite Japanese book along with "Darkness and Light" by Mayumi Hattori (I don't know the right title, I'm mere translating it from my language) and "Ginga Tetsudo no Yoru" (Night on the Milky Way train) by Miyazawa Kenji.

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(And Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami)

I love that book. It's my favorite Japanese book along with "Darkness and Light" by Mayumi Hattori (I don't know the right title, I'm mere translating it from my language) and "Ginga Tetsudo no Yoru" (Night on the Milky Way train) by Miyazawa Kenji.

Meian or Light and Darkness is by Natsume Souseki.

I think you're thinking of This Darkness and Light. I think. That's just me being nitpicky though- feel free to ignore me.

Norwegian Wood has a film adaptation coming out next year, just FYI. Honestly, I liked Firefly (the short story the book was expanded into) more though.

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Meian or Light and Darkness is by Natsume Souseki.

I think you're thinking of This Darkness and Light. I think. That's just me being nitpicky though- feel free to ignore me.

Norwegian Wood has a film adaptation coming out next year, just FYI. Honestly, I liked Firefly (the short story the book was expanded into) more though.

Yes, it's that one. In Italian the title was translated without "this", so I was just translating back because I didn't know English title. While "Meian" is "Chiaroscuro", but I didn't read it, I only read "Kokoro" by Natsume Soseki (it's quite difficult to find this kind of books in my native language).

Didn't know about the movie. Glad to know. I only know "Firefly" because it was mentioned in the introduction of the book... is it quite different? (I suppose it's centered about the firefly Storm Trooper gave Tohru, or not?)

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Meian or Light and Darkness is by Natsume Souseki.

I think you're thinking of This Darkness and Light. I think. That's just me being nitpicky though- feel free to ignore me.

Norwegian Wood has a film adaptation coming out next year, just FYI. Honestly, I liked Firefly (the short story the book was expanded into) more though.

Yes, it's that one. In Italian the title was translated without "this", so I was just translating back because I didn't know English title. While "Meian" is "Chiaroscuro", but I didn't read it, I only read "Kokoro" by Natsume Soseki (it's quite difficult to find this kind of books in my native language).

Didn't know about the movie. Glad to know. I only know "Firefly" because it was mentioned in the introduction of the book... is it quite different? (I suppose it's centered about the firefly Storm Trooper gave Tohru, or not?)

Firefly doesn't have Midori's part of the story, but what really got me was that the ending, while less definitive, was actually a lot more impressive. The last image involves the firefly, hence the title.

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I really liked
Breathers by S.G Browne [url]http://www.sgbrowne.com/[/url]

It is a zom-rom-com, but it isn't completely romanced focused. It is about a guy, Andy, who dies and returns as a zombie. He becomes shunned by family and friends and to help with this joins a zombie support group. There is so much more to the story, and my descriptive skills do not do it justice. Read the authors website for a better description. I really recommend it!

I didn't see a single mention of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. It's top of the line.

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I didn't see a single mention of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. It's top of the line.

Yup 😀 I was just about to start screaming 'Discworld" when I saw this thread lol. 36 Books now I think? "Good Omens" too..Um, I also got finished reading 'The Naming" by Alison Croggon. "The Name of the Wind" wasn't bad either.

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Just finished reading "From Hell to Breakfast" by Joan Opyr & thoroughly enjoyed it; I also enjoyed her previous book "Idaho Code". 😀

Good story, great characters, set in my town, and my sons went to school with the author's daughter for a couple of years~~

The events are (mostly) fictional; the bit about the topless law is, sadly, true, while the bit about the explosions in the sewer system is, thankfully, not true (as far as I know...). The characters are considerably less fictional, though. 🤣

Knowing the town & the people that the book is based on adds to the fun, but it'd be a great read even for someone with a lot more distance, I think.

Oh yeah - warning - contains lesbians, gays, & drag queens but nothing really explicit.

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Honestly, I liked Firefly (the short story the book was expanded into) more though.

Do you remember what collection of short stories title it falls under?

So far (of what was translated into English), the only short stories I've read from him are " Seeing the 100% Perfect Woman One Beautiful April Morning" and "Tony Takitani", which are both favorites of mine. (Tony Takitani was also a pretty good film.)

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I only read "Kokoro" by Natsume Soseki (it's quite difficult to find this kind of books in my native language).

I only own one novel from Soseki and it's " Wagahai wa neko de aru." (I am a Cat) People have been hounding me to read it, but I don't know why I can't get past the first 2 pages. Could be that I just have the attention span of fish at times and that's all.

Might give it another shot after I wrap up The Fountainhead (for the millionth nth time in my life).

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Honestly, I liked Firefly (the short story the book was expanded into) more though.

Do you remember what collection of short stories title it falls under?

So far (of what was translated into English), the only short stories I've read from him are " Seeing the 100% Perfect Woman One Beautiful April Morning" and "Tony Takitani", which are both favorites of mine. (Tony Takitani was also a pretty good film.)

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I only read "Kokoro" by Natsume Soseki (it's quite difficult to find this kind of books in my native language).

I only own one novel from Soseki and it's " Wagahai wa neko de aru." (I am a Cat) People have been hounding me to read it, but I don't know why I can't get past the first 2 pages. Could be that I just have the attention span of fish at times and that's all.

Might give it another shot after I wrap up The Fountainhead (for the millionth nth time in my life).

Firefly is in Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, I think, but I don't have it in front of me so I suppose I could be wrong.

I am a Cat probably isn't for everyone. It's not the most accessible of Natsume's work, I think it's great, but you have to get into the right mindset to enjoy it, and a literal one really doesn't work. Trying Sanshiro or Kokoro is probably better to get a feel for Souseki's more acclaimed stylistic choices, though I think Yume Juya (Ten Nights' Dreams) is probably his best.

But given that I really don't care for Ayn Rand's writing style, perhaps we just have different literary tastes.

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So far (of what was translated into English), the only short stories I've read from him are " Seeing the 100% Perfect Woman One Beautiful April Morning" and "Tony Takitani", which are both favorites of mine. (Tony Takitani was also a pretty good film.)

It's in the collection "Blind Willow Sleeping Woman" together with "Tony Takitani". Unluckily for me it's unpublished in Italy. 🙁
"Seeing the 100% Perfect Woman One Beautiful April Morning" is in the collection "The Elephant Vanishes", I read it (it's been published last year here), but I prefer his novels.

Edit: Crenshinibon anticipated me. So I can just confirm. 😛

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You mentioned you like fantasy so id recommend The Wayfarer Redemption(theres 2 more books) its pretty good, not great but I enjoyed it.

I am currently reading As I Lay Dying by Faulkner and the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri 😀

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But given that I really don't care for Ayn Rand's writing style, perhaps we just have different literary tastes.

A lot of people don't. Not sure if my liking one novel from her accounts for my entire literary taste. (I swear it doesn't. )

I do feel that it was probably the wrong timing, and therefore, like you said, I might not have been in the right mindset for it. I picked it up around the time I got half way done with David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars. Cat is intended as a satire, right? There are times where I just don't want that.

After dousing myself in Koki Mitani films the other night, I think I'm prepared for another go.

And thanks reid1. Yeah, I honestly do prefer his novels over his short stories myself.

I actually own both " The Elephant Vanishes" and " Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman". But it's probably buried somewhere underneath my comics. Here's to hoping I'll find it some day. 😕

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I read a Tale of Two Cities for school. It started slow, but boy can Dickens do a finale.

I just read The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (The novel), and it was a good read, except for all the described fanservice. 😐

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i don't know if anyone has said it yet but i highly recommend the Writer Jim Butcher. He has two great series "The Dresden Files" and the "Codex Alera " If you pick one read the Dresden files it is one of my favorite books.