Comments on: “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” by Haruki Murakami http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5488 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 19:51:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: carolyn http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5488&cpage=1#comment-40268 carolyn Mon, 27 Jan 2014 22:19:02 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5488#comment-40268 p.s. don't stop blogging. p.s. don’t stop blogging.

]]> By: carolyn http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5488&cpage=1#comment-40267 carolyn Mon, 27 Jan 2014 22:18:40 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5488#comment-40267 I really didn't like it and I have SO many friends who adore that book. But they all said "Oh we didn't think you'd like that, try Norwegian Bird instead." Maybe someday... I really didn’t like it and I have SO many friends who adore that book. But they all said “Oh we didn’t think you’d like that, try Norwegian Bird instead.”

Maybe someday…

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5488&cpage=1#comment-40258 girldetective Sun, 26 Jan 2014 16:47:27 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5488#comment-40258 Amy, it was worth it if only to be able to enter the discussion prepared. It was a pretty fast read. I"ll do a separate post on the ToB comments thread about which Murakami to read, which is hilariously contradictory, but I came away with: start with Norwegian Wood, then a short story collection, then Wind Up Bird. Amy, it was worth it if only to be able to enter the discussion prepared. It was a pretty fast read. I”ll do a separate post on the ToB comments thread about which Murakami to read, which is hilariously contradictory, but I came away with: start with Norwegian Wood, then a short story collection, then Wind Up Bird.

]]> By: Amy http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5488&cpage=1#comment-40257 Amy Sat, 25 Jan 2014 22:09:36 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5488#comment-40257 I'm on the fence about reading this. It's so long, and the first 60 pages didn't grab me. I’m on the fence about reading this. It’s so long, and the first 60 pages didn’t grab me.

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