Loan it to Jorge?

I'm still working on the wind-up bird and his chronicle, as well, it's just been slow going for me -- too many distractions.

Mine's still in the Barnes & Noble bag.

Hey there's no rule against having a round two of Wind Up Bird... is there? How about a late-comers book club? :D I still have to finish about 5 chapters of a friend's novel before picking up Bird...I could start after the weekend!

What say you others who have yet to really get going on Bird?

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I may end up bailing in a couple weeks when things get busier, but I'll do my best.

Threads can always be bumped. Another round of swankers may already be discussing the next book, and some might skip a book or two - it's all good. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. :)

And here I thought you were Jewish,

Cheers Mr. Crowley :evil:
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Ok, since the vote seems to be the annoying top five ranking thing, I shall rank. Actually, I only really know anything about my books and Kite Runner, and my books don't have votes so far, so I shall just rank one book.

1. The Kite Runner.

I really really recommend that everyone read The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint at some point. It's hilarious, and heartbreaking, and lots of other adjectives. One of my favorite books ever. Which is saying something considering I just read Murakami.

Jewish yes, though I've taken a few detours as well, one of which was Ayn Rand's Objectivism. I know she stole a thing or two out of Crowley's book...

*tips hat to Crowley and his admirers* :cheers:

Eh, I'd rather not rank. Seems like a lot of work to me and my time online is short. You guys pick, I'll read the book or I won't. :evil: ;)

If I can pick one book I pick my own recommendation, Time Traveler's Wife. If that doesn't work within the top 5 system then don't worry about it.

I just started Wind-Up Bird, too - so I guess we can have a tiny latecomers thread somewhere...

As for the next book - here's a left-field suggestion based entirely on my own selfish I-just-bought-it-today-at-Borders-and-I-want-someone-else-to-read-it-too reason: "The Queen of the South" by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. Due to some odd case of synchronicity where both my bookshop-owner pal recommended his books and Alex praising him in another thread (I think specifically "The Club Dumas" in the Movie Musings thread), I went and bought this one. I'm gonna read it, dammit, and if anyone wants to talk about it with me, well...