LoT Book CLub - Book 2 - Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

Awesome, I was really hoping that we would choose this as our second book. Might I suggest though, having a new poll each month, instead of just going down the list from the first poll. We're all always reading new things and changing interests and thus will probably have new suggestions every month. Thoughts?

I think a poll every other month would be good. Read the top 2, then take a new poll.

[Not Afraid]

I'm completely fine with doing additional polls. I have a selection to add to the list that wasn't on the original.

[€uroMeinke]

Heh - I like the polls, even if we don't read them together I'm pulling up some cool books for my own pleasure. Just got a copy of Cloud Atlas, which I'll probably take on after Wind up Bird Chronicle.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I have a niggling question, for those who have already read this book:

Spoiler:

What did you think the significance was in having the young girl's letters go missing? Where do you suppose they went? The ether? The netherworld? Why did the author *not* want him to receive them? Of all the unresolved strands (and I didn't mind them being unresolved; i rather liked not knowing the fate of the sisters, etc.) But the disappeared letters left me curious.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

I have a niggling question, for those who have already read this book:

Spoiler:

What did you think the significance was in having the young girl's letters go missing? Where do you suppose they went? The ether? The netherworld? Why did the author *not* want him to receive them? Of all the unresolved strands (and I didn't mind them being unresolved; i rather liked not knowing the fate of the sisters, etc.) But the disappeared letters left me curious.

Well, honestly, I'll have to read this again in order to answer that properly, but:

Spoiler:

I know at the time I wondered if that were really true, that perhaps Turo did get them but denied it, or tossed them aside, or ignored them in some way perhaps denying his affection/attraction to May. Of course, there are also a number of characters who could have intercepted them. In a way it mirrors the dissappearance of his wife, The women in Toru's life seem to keep vanishing in one way or another.

Honestly though, I'm very sketchy on the details - so I'll reserve the right to revisit this response.

[Not Afraid]

I realize that I'm getting all of the Murakami stories I've read mixed up.

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I think a poll every other month would be good. Read the top 2, then take a new poll.

I'm good with this if others are. A poll every month is ok, but the voting and nominating takes a while, so every other month would eliminate a bit of the hassle.

I just read The Accidental, phenomenal writing style. Really liked it.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Well, honestly, I'll have to read this again in order to answer that properly, but:

Spoiler:

I know at the time I wondered if that were really true, that perhaps Turo did get them but denied it, or tossed them aside, or ignored them in some way perhaps denying his affection/attraction to May. Of course, there are also a number of characters who could have intercepted them. In a way it mirrors the dissappearance of his wife, The women in Toru's life seem to keep vanishing in one way or another.

Honestly though, I'm very sketchy on the details - so I'll reserve the right to revisit this response.

Spoiler:

I think a common theme of "dissappeared and misplaced items/people" is a good theory.

[wendybeth]

Okay, I was at the local Barnes and Noble, and maybe it was the Asian dinner we'd just eaten, but something reminded me to get this book. I couldn't remember the title and barely remembered the last name of the author, but we found it and I read the first chapter prior to leaving the store.

I liked it. I wanted to say I was bored, just to be ****ty, but I wasn't. I predict a late night reading session- my apologies to all whose hair I will be cutting in my sleep tomorrow.

[CoasterMatt]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

my apologies to all whose hair I will be cutting in my sleep tomorrow.

As long as all that gets cut is hair, you'll be fine