Books - What are you reading?

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marksparkylane

^ I would recommend Murakami's unofficial 'rat triology' (Pinball, Hear The Wind Sing, Wild Sheep Chase) as an emotional journey which will take you a while to get over. I've re-read them all 2-3 times and at the end I'm still in bits. Mega.

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prevailrob in reply to @marksparkylane

I started on Hear The Wind Sing yesterday, got Pinball lined up for after. I read Wild Sheep Chase a few months ago. I was my first Murakami after trying 1Q84 and not getting past a few chapters - found it wasn't going anywhere and I gave up. I wasn't quite sure what to make of Sheep Chase either but when I finished it I couldn't stop thinking about it.

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marksparkylane in reply to @prevailrob

Yeah, the later Muru isn't as good as the early. Although I've heard the new one, currently on my shelf, is a return to form.

Good thing about the early Rat books which you're reading is they really flesh out that friendship. Makes the Sheepchase ending very powerful.

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