tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post3087691330699821041..comments2023-04-23T13:10:44.188+09:00Comments on this is how she fight start: 1Q84 Readalongkamohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-67123355909227506092013-06-12T17:51:04.156+09:002013-06-12T17:51:04.156+09:00Overwritten? That's interesting, because for m...Overwritten? That's interesting, because for me thus far the defining feeling has been one of this essential blankness at the core of it all. I don't know how to express it any better as yet. And I guess it's not mutually exclusive from 'overwritten' but I've not got that from it.<br /><br />Blaming twitter is usually a safe option. That or video games. Or rock music. Or, or, or...kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-68783937983934827882013-06-09T23:39:13.746+09:002013-06-09T23:39:13.746+09:00I couldn't get past page 17 or so. It felt ove...I couldn't get past page 17 or so. It felt overwritten, full of dull exposition. But I got it out from the library, so maybe if I had invested the cash in it, I might have invested the time. Or my attention span is shot to hell. Blame twitter. I can't stand it when it takes three tweets to get a point across. Or something. Anyway, good luck with it. Our Man in Abikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915661033105808209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-66856288845582752402013-06-09T00:02:51.063+09:002013-06-09T00:02:51.063+09:00Every conversation with Ayumi is gold. I also enjo...Every conversation with Ayumi is gold. I also enjoy Komatsu a great deal.<br /><br />I'm going to try to get something about Book One out in the next couple of days, kids etc. allowing. In other news, it seems we have a third member, though he doesn't seem to have posted a comment here yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-42450504261352227752013-06-08T16:49:47.074+09:002013-06-08T16:49:47.074+09:00As you like. I'm obviously further on now than...As you like. I'm obviously further on now than when I wrote this, so hurrah for the swinging bum-sex and all that. A final point would be nice but again, I'm trying to keep my expectations in check on that score. We'll see.<br /><br />I'll put some Book One thoughts up next Monday (17th), unless you've got any better suggestions. Flexibility is very much the watchword here, I think :)kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-66967219270358756252013-06-08T16:45:44.783+09:002013-06-08T16:45:44.783+09:00Not got to the moons bit yet.
By this point I'...Not got to the moons bit yet.<br /><br />By this point I'm as certain as I can be that Murakami knows exactly what he's doing with mood and subtexts. I'm just not always certain that I know what he knows he's doing, is all...kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-6396753945062237782013-06-08T16:43:56.748+09:002013-06-08T16:43:56.748+09:00I think he's a wonderful writer, but as per th...I think he's a wonderful writer, but as per the 'blue balls' line above I certainly get that he's not without frustrations.<br /><br />Feel free to heckle from the sidelines. It appears the allusions to Orwell feature quite heavily (the clue's in the title, I guess) and I know you're all about George ;)kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-80567849635827047502013-06-08T01:54:25.514+09:002013-06-08T01:54:25.514+09:00I'm debating the best way to respond to this. ...I'm debating the best way to respond to this. Maybe I'll write up something similar over the weekend, though I'm a little bit ahead of you now. (I take the thing on my commute, which is either bad for my back or good at building triceps.) <br /><br />As far as sleazy stuff, it gets both better and worse, in ways both hilarious and uncomfortable. Murakami has to know exactly what he's doing here, though I'm uncertain what the final point of it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-85295720092009520542013-06-07T16:48:26.410+09:002013-06-07T16:48:26.410+09:00So did you go outside and double check there wasn&...So did you go outside and double check there wasn't two moons?<br /><br />And yeah, the Fuka-Eri stuff, it's creepy. And then he's going on about how he doesn't see her sexually but that's balls. I'm not sure if that's meant to be like he's deluding himself or if it's just a Japanese thing - ie. not being able to look at schoolgirl without seeing her as sexed up.Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08699328937978331608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-10261536269374235612013-06-07T08:37:06.964+09:002013-06-07T08:37:06.964+09:00Fine idea, and enjoy, but I'm Murakamied out f...Fine idea, and enjoy, but I'm Murakamied out for this incarnation.Ἀντισθένηςhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199983680204710885noreply@blogger.com