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The Bone People by Keri Hulme - it's turned into a really fantastic read. I'm loving the nontraditional narrative style and descriptions of the New Zealand settings.

Next up is Devil in the White City.

I started reading Baudalino by Name of the Rose author Umberto Eco but I took a break to read a more portable book while in Boston. Of course, I choose another Murakami. This time it was South of the Border, West of the Sun. Different than his other books (but with some of the same alligories and references). I found it very bittersweet but wonderful.

I've now returned to Baudalino.

I own a Murakami.

Back during spring break I read the first two chapters.

I haven't read anything since. I figure if I'm going to read, it ought to be papers that I should be grading.

I shall get back to it in a few weeks.

Which Murakami did you decide on?

And, reading Murakami is much more interesting than grading papers - and I bet the writing is better too. ;)

Obviously, but reading Murakami doesn't get the papers off my desk.

I got Kafka on the Shore, which was the one recommended to me.

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. I'm now in love with Kazuo.

I just started Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, but I'm still coming off a Murakami high after reading his Dance Dance Dance which still has me thinking, pondering, and imagining - so I think I need to take Neverwhere a bit slowly at first so I can devote myself to it more fully in a day or so...

I'm reading On Beauty by Zadie Smith. Great characters, lovely writing.

I finally finished both Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell and Son of a Witch (the Wicked sequel.) The first was odd. It seems like it was written to mimic the style of the period, not just describe it. It unfolded very slowly, more so than more contemporary popular fiction - at least the ones that I read. The second was better that I expected. Not as good as Wicked, of course, which was absolutely amazing, but better than some of his others.