MobileRead November 2015 Book Club Vote - Page 3

WT Sharpe · 11-06-2015, 10:07 AM

17 chapters under my belt now, some Kindle, most Audible, and there's a lot less weirdness than I anticipated, especially from the opening chapters. Of course, there is the whole thing about the guy who talks to cats, but that was expected from the book's advertising blurb. Not that there isn't a lot of weird, just nothing unbelievable except for the cat thing. Of course, that may change.

WT Sharpe · 11-07-2015, 12:00 AM

I'm giving everyone fair warning: If you read the first seventeen chapters and walk away, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You read the eighteenth chapter and beyond, you stay in wonderland, and Murakami shows you how deep the rabbit hole goes.

Yes, it has now officially become very weird. And thoroughly enjoyable. Great selection this month.

HomeInMyShoes · 11-09-2015, 08:45 AM

^I was going to say something when you said "a lot less weirdness than I anticipated" comment because I was two chapters ahead. :P

BenG · 11-13-2015, 11:55 AM

Cats are in almost all of his books. If a cat does something strange, its often the least strange thing in the novel. They kind of ease your way into more strangeness.

din155 · 11-15-2015, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I'm giving everyone fair warning: If you read the first seventeen chapters and walk away, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You read the eighteenth chapter and beyond, you stay in wonderland, and Murakami shows you how deep the rabbit hole goes.

Yes, it has now officially become very weird. And thoroughly enjoyable. Great selection this month.

Damn!! I am on chapter 17 and can't wait for 18th chapter and i have office tomorrow

View Poll Results: Which Foreign book shall we read for November?
We, The Drowned by Carsten Jensen	3	20.00%
The Train by Georges Simenon	5	33.33%
Skylark by Deszö Kosztolányi	4	26.67%
How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Saša Stanišić	1	6.67%
Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seicho Matsumoto	6	40.00%
Memoirs of Hadrian by Margeurite Yourcenar	3	20.00%
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami	8	53.33%
Resurrection by Wolf Haas	3	20.00%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 15. You may not vote on this poll

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11-06-2015, 10:07 AM	#31
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	17 chapters under my belt now, some Kindle, most Audible, and there's a lot less weirdness than I anticipated, especially from the opening chapters. Of course, there is the whole thing about the guy who talks to cats, but that was expected from the book's advertising blurb. Not that there isn't a lot of weird, just nothing unbelievable except for the cat thing. Of course, that may change.

11-07-2015, 12:00 AM	#32
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	I'm giving everyone fair warning: If you read the first seventeen chapters and walk away, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You read the eighteenth chapter and beyond, you stay in wonderland, and Murakami shows you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Yes, it has now officially become very weird. And thoroughly enjoyable. Great selection this month.

11-09-2015, 08:45 AM	#33
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	^I was going to say something when you said "a lot less weirdness than I anticipated" comment because I was two chapters ahead. :P

11-13-2015, 11:55 AM	#34
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,729 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	Cats are in almost all of his books. If a cat does something strange, its often the least strange thing in the novel. They kind of ease your way into more strangeness.

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