I have already registered one copy of this book before, it stays in my TBR shelf and perhaps in my PC later. This copy was bought for BC purposes as I know there are many friends of Murakami among bookcrossers :)

I found this on the wishlist of a BC-friend :) Enjoy!

Many Thanks once again, lukutuoli! What a nice surprise! I just added this on my wishlist, and now I got it! :D I didn't even know that You got this one.

Nostanpa tätä vähän tuossa lukupinossa ylemmäs... Kirja on varattu sitten seuraavaksi LiskoMiettiselle! :)

Being a big fan of short story collections and finding almost everything Haruki Murakami has written fascinating, I was very happy to have this opportunity to read this book. This collection, both written and edited by Murakami, was full of twists and turns, tensions and conflicts. I just felt pure joy while reading it!

There were quite many ears, all kind of "false" reflections in different mirrors, miserable love, death, alienation, loneliness,... with a surrealism. Once again, timeless and universal themes (not meaning those ears...).

"Birthday girl" was like a fairy tale, one of my favourites."Man-eating cats" was a horrible story indeed, but one of the most horrible things in it was being "trapped" on an island with no book to read. I suggest that every fashion / life style fanatic should read "Tony Takitani", that was nice. If I remember correctly, it was "Firefly" that was just like a miniature of Norwegian wood. Also "Crabs" reminded me of Norwegian wood with its not-a-hospital-like sanatorium, young characters, hand-written letters, miserability...

I can't thank you enough for being so generous once again, lukutuoli, but many thanks anyway!
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Kirja lähti jo aamusta Torniota kohti, vaikka laiskana nyt sain vasta journaloitua. Oikein hyviä lukuhetkiä "vaihtari-Murakamin" parissa, LiskoMiettinen ja kiitokset vielä lukutuolille!

I am so happy. Thanks! It will take some time to read. (I can see that there is small print and many words waiting for me.) Smiling. :)

Taas suosikki kirjailijan kirja hyllyssä/hyppysissä.

Happy dance. <3

I like this a lot. One story I have already read somewhere else but it doesn't matter I read it again. :)

I don't know what to say. Just want to read all books from Murakami. He is so fantastic writer.

This book will go next to Sannuli.

Lähti matkalle aamulla.

Thank you! Huge delay in journaling, apologies!

Didn’t finish. Just got bored.

Happy reading!