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There were a few moments in What I talk about when I talk about running where I could really connect with what he was saying. That common connection is something that makes me dive into running books. When I can tell that an author is as deeply (or more) in love with running as I ... 40. Haruki Murakami - What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (audio book)
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I read Blind willow, sleeping woman and greatly enjoyed it last year -- then gave his what i talk about when i talk about running a chance, which I also liked. After blind willow I decided to try the novels in the order he wrote them - on some advice I skipped the first two (thx medellia), and I ... Just got my copy of What I Talk About When I Talk About Running and wondering if anyone else has read it / has thoughts on it?
Recent purchases:
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
The Boat by Nam Le
The Impostor by Damon Galgut
In The Dark by Mark Billingham
The Year of Living Biblically by A. J. Jacobs
A Perfectly Good Family by Lionel Shriver
Last Evenings on Earth by Rob ... #17: The nonfiction book of his that I read, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is pretty straightforward. Kafka on the Shore on the other hand, is definitely not. I have seen mixed reviews of Kafka here on LT and other places, but all in all, I liked it. The other book of his that ... Book #26 - What I Talk About When I Talk About Running - Haruki Murakami - Finished March 20, 2009
Categories: non-fiction, library
The books is a bit hard to describe. It is part memoir, part essay, part meditation on life. Murakami is an author and a long-distance runner. In this ... I first read What i Talk About When i Talk About Running, Murakami,s autobiography of his passion for running. I'm not a runner but found this book so absorbing that I had to start on his novels. So far Norwegian Wood is my first and it is a beautiful love story. He writes with an interesting ... ...
of darkness, the world going by, and my breath, and the road.
as fond as i am of Murakami - this is a lot better than what i talk about when i talk about running which i actually liked. Until my tendon in my right foot disintegrated, i ran very regularly for ~ 25 yrs. Thanks to all who posted about Murakami. I have What I Talk About When I Talk About Running on my book list to purchase. But I think I'll add and start with Norweigan Wood. re Murakami
I started with After Dark in January lat year and later read What I Talk about When I Talk About Running which is sort of a memoir. I loved After Dark and enjoyed the memoir to find out a little more about him.
I think I will try to get Norwegian Wood because it sounds ... #103 Piyush: I actually started off reading Murakami's nonfiction book, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running before I read any of his fiction. I have read since then Kafka on the Shore and After Dark and will have to stop for a bit because that is the extent of my library's Murakami ... What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
This is definitely minor Murakami, and it is, as many critics have noted, loosely written, but still, it was fun to read. Those interested in Murakami will enjoy it for the glimpse it gives of this very private writer's ... ... Fell Out of the Sky right now, but I will read the Kafka next. The only other Murakami that I have read thus far as been What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, so it will be interesting to see the difference in style.
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I'd like to know what you think of Kafka on the Shore when you read it. I've read both What I Talk About Running and After Dark by Murakami and would like to try another one. I enjoyed both of those but I understan that neither of them are typical of him.
... #373 FlossieT: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is worth the read IMHO. I had never read anything by Murakami before, and still have yet to read any of his fiction (although Kafka on the Shore is going to be read this next week or so), and even though I am not a runner, I found it ... ... about your last two months' worth of reading....
So this is a question about a book you read way back in early Oct: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. I have my eye on this for my mother-in-law for Christmas, as she is (a) a big Murakami fan (b) a fitness freak (although she's ... ... in my Ohio hometown and it was terribly discouraging. All summer I was diligent and recently read Haruki Murakami's What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, which gave me even more inspiration to run.
But I went out the other evening (with no hat or gloves) and turned back after a ... ... a while ago. I'll reread it again in the not too distant future, and will write more about it then.
I'll have a look at What I Talk About, though the reviews have been decidedly mixed. ... and if so, what did you think? I have it home from the library but have not had a chance to read it yet. I did read his What I Talk About When I Talk About Running which I enjoyed very much. I am in awe of how much you can read in a week! If I get 10 books a month read I consider it an accomplishment.
I loved What I Talk About When I Talk About Running even better than the one fiction book of his I've read--After Dark. ...
344. China Road by Rob Gifford - nonfiction; enjoyed it a lot
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346. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami - nonfiction; part memoir, part philosophy, all enjoyable
347. Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends ... ...
25: Homo Faber by Max Frisch
26: Last Evenings on Earth by Roberto Bolano
27: The Lemon Table by Julian Barnes
28: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
29: Wilderness Tips by Margaret Atwood
30: The Egg and other stories by Sherwood Anderson
31: Anna of ... "Other runners kept passing me, but I limped on, grimacing in pain."
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami ... Where Three Roads Meet by Salley Vickers
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46. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
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# 25 Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
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# 27 What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
# 28 Skunk Works by Ben R. Rich
There are a few more days left in the month, but I suppose if I ... ... classics--along with the many great ones from nearly every region of the world.
Last night I finished What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir by Haruki Murakami. I really enjoyed it. In addition to his talking about his running in marathons and triathlons he ... ... Thursday afternoon and Friday are great reading days for me and I will be ready to move on!
I'm almost finished with What I Talk About by Haruki Murakami and will finish it today. I have enjoyed this one--a different kind of memoir. I'm anxious to review it.
When I finish the Murakami ... ... agree with you on Poisonwood Bible--I put it aside for a couple of days this week and have been reading Murakami's memoir What I Talk About When I talk About Running. Really enjoying it--it's especially relevant to those who are fiftyish or older.
(edited for grammar and spellingwhere is Sp ... ... a lot going on at home this week and my teaching has been busy, also. I picked up one of my impulse buys last weekend: What Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami. It is a memoir and I'm loving it--absolutely no whining! ;-)
I hope to start Kristin Lavransdatter ... ... but last night I was looking at all the purchases I've made in the last couple of days and pick up one of my impulse buys, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running a memoir by Haruki Murakami and since I am now on page 48, I guess that's what I'm reading next!
I will get back to The Pois ... ... I’ll bet he doesn’t whine!
From B&N—I went there to buy one book with a coupon-HA! HA!
Murakami, Haruki: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running -- This was really an impulse—it was mis-shelved in the poetry section at Borders ( I think someone read “Haruki” as “Hai ... ...
Red Bird by Mary Oliver--my current poetry book which I will probably finish today. I haven't picked my next one yet.
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running a memoir by Haruki Murakami. This was an impulse buy this weekend. I had some money that had to spend at Borders (gift card) ... Karen-- Good to see you back. I read an article by Murakami in recent New Yorker magazine titled What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. I didn't realize it was a book--I guess I read an excerpt (?). One day I'll get around to reading some of his novels. Hope you had a great summer! ... the 1950s and revisits the era from the perspective of war, sexual repression and the social confines of that time.
61. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
This Japanese writer moves way from his superlative fiction to write a short memoir incorporating his ... 15. What I talk about when I talk about running by Haruki Murakami
This arrived in the post yesterday and I have steamed through it. Its not a novel so I still see myself reading his novels chronologically. I really enjoyed it - its about him and its about running and its about writing (all ... #90 "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running" by Haruki Murakami
Being both a runner (21 completed marathons) and a Murakami fan, I looked forward to this book and finished quickly once it arrived. I was vaguely disappointed as were other runners I know. To quote one of them (who is far ... ... by Matthew Reilly
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What I talk about when I talk about running by Haruki Murakami Sorry about the ratings; at some point I just forgot to keep up with them.
I have a feeling that What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is the only time Murakami is ever going to write about himself, so to that end I'm sure any fan will find it valuable. As memoir it's fairy impersonal ... ... in London and Scotland fantasy. Long, but short chapters, and LOL quite often. Also Murakami's edited running diary What i talk about when i talk about running which is likely only of interest to runners who are Murakami fans..but i liked it. ... is basically becoming your reading list. Oh! And you need to get back to the star ratings, please! What did you think of What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, for example? I've heard both good and bad.
... 8/04/08
The Things They Carried ****
by Tim O'Brien
08/05/08
Survivor (#180) *½
by Chuck Palahiuk
08/06/08
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running ***½
by Haruki Murakami
08/06/08
†Of Mice and Men ****
by John Steinbeck
08/07/08 OC: Oliver Twist, Three Lives, The Things They Carried, Survivor, Of Mice and Men EX: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running good steampunk novel The Court of the Air (at least so far); Murakami, What i talk about when i talk about running - which is NOT "breaking clays"..it's exactly what the title says it is....Murakami's meditations on his running..and as he's a well known author he's asked to speak a lot..and ... ... Joan Didion *****
3. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris ***½
4. Supercrunchers by Ian Ayres ***½
5. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami ***½
6. The Gulag Archipelago: Vol. 2 by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn ****½
7. The Black Hole War by Leon ...
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