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I've had this massive copy on my bookshelf for a few years now and I'm tired of letting it intimidate me. I read The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle last year and overall liked it. It was strange, dull at times then completely riveting, downright violent but beautifully written....it was a lot, haha.
I'm itching to feel that again and I think this one's going to be an even stranger experience.
I have just started this book after let it sit on my shelf for 2 years. I am slowly making progress currently at around 20% mark. The characters are interesting that is what keeping me engaged in this book. The pace is slow though
Hi Roop, thanks for joining :)I'm making my way slowly as well but I find our characters to be intriguing so I'm enjoying the story despite the slow pace so far.
Have you read this author before?
Hey everyone, I've planned slightly too many books for February 😅(also considering I've signed up for the reading marathon), so I haven't gotten to this one yet, but I will pick it up in the first days of March. Sorry! I've read several books of H. Murakami before and (mostly) liked them. I am not sure 100% but I think I have read this one before, but because I do not remember much, it will be good to re-read it again.
No worries at all LinaVer. Hope you had fun with the readathon!I've been in the slumpiest of slumps so I'm very slowly making my way through this one :)
Happy to have you join along!
M, would you find it ok if I asked SarahKat to extend this buddy read to March and possibly April? It is a lengthy book, I just saw it now, after I finally started reading it. And I find it to be also a bit of a slow read. So if you wouldn’t mind extending, I’d ask for that and maybe some people would like to join still?By the way, how far into the book are you? I’m a few chapters in, I find it really interesting so far.
Sorry Lina! Not sure how I missed your comment last week.I made it just over 600 pages and I'm giving this a hard eye roll and calling it a DNF.
I was on the fence to DNF a few hundred pages ago when they (view spoiler) but in Book 2, Chapter 14....(view spoiler)
I'm just so over every single damn chapter talking about a woman's body, her breasts, erections, sex (abuse, rape) I just cannot.
I'm also frustrated because I genuinely would like to know how the story ends but I'm not going to waste more time hate reading this any longer, haha.
Sorry to leave you reader friend. If you make it to the end, I hope your experience with it is a better one than mine :)
Hey M, no problem! I am not as far into the book as you are because I am reading it alongside other books. But I've read several books from this author before and was pissed about the same thing you mention here, so sadly I am not surprised about it... I will see how far I can get before it gets the better of me as well.Anyway, it was nice to have you as a reading buddy, hopefully we get to do this again in the future with another book! 🙂
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2026 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (other topics)1Q84 (other topics)
Pages: 944 pages
Length: 1 month (February)
Participants: M, LinaVer, Afrodita
Everyone reads at their own pace during a Buddy Read. Because participants can be at different parts of the book at different times, it is extremely important to mark spoilers so that the book is not ruined for someone who is not as far along as others!!!
Mark spoilers by placing {spoiler} before the text and {/spoiler} after the text but use the < and > instead of the { and }.
Here are some questions to help get the conversation started! Feel free to look up discussion questions specific to this book or come up with your own. Just make sure any questions that contain spoilers are under spoiler tags.
Discussion questions are not required but may be a fun way to talk about the book and get to know each other!
Prior to starting:
What prompted you to join this buddy read?
Have you read this author before? What do you think of their other books?
Mid-read:
What character or ideas do you relate to the most and why?
Do you have any favorite quotes or scenes?
After reading:
What was enjoyable or not-so-enjoyable about this book?
Did this book change your perception about anything, either within the book (character development) or in real life?