“If you can’t understand it without an explanation, you can’t understand it with an explanation." - 1Q84 What most surprised me about 1Q84 is that I actually liked reading it! I have read enough Murakami that as I was reading the book I knew that he was not going to explain an . . . Read more

"Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest. If you’re going to while away the years, it’s far better to live them with clear goals and fully alive than in a fog, and I believe running helps you do that. Exerting yourself to the fullest w . . . Read more

“What happens when people open their hearts?" “They get better.” - Norwegian Wood Norwegian Wood is a teenage love story/coming of age story set mainly in Tokyo and the mountains of Kyoto. The name derives from the eponymous song by the Beatles. I have very mixed feelings about the . . . Read more