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Just this second got done with Murakami's "Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World". One of those books that gives you an "Ohhhhh, so *that's* what's going on" moment about two thirds of the way in. Good stuff, as usual. Not sure what I'll be moving onto next.

Lisa Jewell - Vince & Joy - out in August sometime, from what I can gather.

I've only recently learned about this story and don't really know the ins and outs of it, so I haven't really formulated an opinion on this one way or the other, plus it's a horribly difficult thing to have to think about. A quote from that CNN article, Motokid: Ouch. Doesn't seem...

Is it addictive? Hell yes. I've smoked for years, since I was in my early/mid teens (awful, I know). I quit for 3 months last year and it was damned hard work. Took it up again after a moment of stupidity and have been "serial quitting" ever since. Quitting, relapsing, quitting, relapsing...

Started Jose Saramango - The Stone Raft last night, but it was pretty late by the time I got going on it, so not too far in yet. Liking it so far. Still undecided on what non-fic to read alongside it, since that's my usual way of doing things.

I'm too scared to add it up. In all likelihood not too much, since I buy alot of my stuff from ebay and/or car boot sales. I probably spend just as much on furniture/shelving to house them all. I've never heard of Booksale either, but if you're trying not to break the bank, give Green...

"Raise The Titanic". Truly toe-curlingly dreadful, but it's totally worth owning the video* for the moment when they sail back into NY standing on the deck, miraculously still in one piece after 80-something years in the drink. Pricelessly funny. *and yes, I do. Sadly though, I no longer...

Jbug - I've done the "do i want to get back into this book?" thing too, several times. I'm not sure if that's due to the books not being much cop, or my occasionally gnat-like attention span. Possibly both. But usually: 50ish if it's pretty bad, by which point I usually know I'm not going to...

Highly recommend you give her a whirl, Marlasinger. She's great. "Reasons To Live" and "The Dog Of The Marriage", you should be able to order from Amazon with no problems. "Tumble Home", ebay or an amazon marketplace seller, not expensive. "At The Gates of the Animal Kingdom" - you'll be...

The Dog of the Marriage - Amy Hempel Can't think of the words to express just how good it was/is.

Again - ****spoilers**** I always saw it the other way around: Reiko was Toru's last connection to Naoko. Toru could never be with Naoko properly while she was alive. Then she died and there was no chance of closure - and this was pretty obviously the big thing that was holding him back...

Glad to hear it :) Let us know what you think when you're done with it...

No, it's not off-putting, not in the least, and no spoilers necessary, nothing given away. It's an ordinary first chapter. Nothing wrong with it. The rest of the book, however, is *extra*-ordinary, and I just like to get this across to people. Apparently, some folks (not me, I like to give...

Any book that's sold as many copies as TDVC *despite* beginning with the line (paraphrasing, probably badly) "A telephone rang in the darkness, a tinny, unfamiliar ring", is well deserving of its place at the top of the "Overrated" list, surely... :D Since I expect this TDVC will feature...

The very first page, in fact (she says, being horribly pedantic...) Absolutely. Maya, I'd encourage you to read this too, at your earliest opportunity. And don't judge it on the first chapter, which I'd hope you wouldn't do anyway, but this is something I always say when recommending this...

I would find it really hard to pick just one to recommend considering how many different types of fiction I like to read. So: Novelist: Haruki Murakami Light read: Lisa Jewell Short story: Amy Hempel

Sadly, it's true! I also get to look at a sculpture of a great big aeroplane in the town square, but I'm really not sure what that's all about... Nothing like a bit of delusion from your local civic leaders, is there? Piss artists, maybe :D

I'm not aware of too many stories set in Woking, except for the obvious - The War Of The Worlds (haven't read). Horsell Common is about a ten minute walk from my house, and very nice it is too. Woking Borough Council appears to be pretty proud of the link, but I think they took it a bit...

Hear The Wind Sing It comes up on eBay from time to time. There's a copy up at the moment: Look here If you miss this one, there's a seller in Japan that ships English copies periodically, (don't be put off, the shipping was only $5) - that's where mine came from. I started...

I adore Norwegian Wood (those that know me are no doubt sick of me going on about how great it is) - it was the first book of his that I read, and the one that really turned me on to his writing. Not only that, it also changed my opinion on the kind of stuff I liked to read and opened my mind up...