tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892805587805566669.post3819055728370716803..comments2023-07-17T08:35:44.337-04:00Comments on Your Brain's Black Box: CookbookUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892805587805566669.post-92033480187996724152010-06-29T10:28:15.370-04:002010-06-29T10:28:15.370-04:00Something like that happened to me while reading &...Something like that happened to me while reading "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World." I read most of it fairly quickly, but lost interest with only about 60 pages left. It took me like 6 months to finish those last pages. <br /><br />I'm glad you said this is something that a Murakami character might do. Who knows? Maybe something interesting will happen.Ben Spiveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05905363365738266322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892805587805566669.post-1395088624148202582010-06-28T12:40:18.369-04:002010-06-28T12:40:18.369-04:00A fantastic idea. And it sounds kind of like some...A fantastic idea. And it sounds kind of like something a Murakami character might do. (Maybe your cooking will somehow suck you into strange encounters with strange people, an entire underworld of them?)<br /><br />A weird thing happened to me with this book: I started reading it maybe three years ago and was digging it, was rapt-- the stuff about the well, that really hit me in the guts-- but when I got a little more than halfway through it, when things started to get even more wonderfully bizarre, I put it down and, for some reason, was never able to pick it back up again.<br /><br />It's not because I didn't like it. It's not because I wasn't interested. I just suddenly felt like I didn't need to, for some reason. That's all I've got.<br /><br />What's weird is that I've talked to a few other people who've had the exact same reaction at the nearly the same point in the book.<br /><br />Has that happened to you with some of Murakami's other novels?JScaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06669515368934333505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892805587805566669.post-26281865871078092292010-06-28T11:45:03.089-04:002010-06-28T11:45:03.089-04:00So far Wind-Up is my favorite Murakami. He describ...So far Wind-Up is my favorite Murakami. He describes food like no other. I need to start taking pictures of the meals as I make them.<br /><br />If you're interested in reading more by him I would recommend "Kafka on the Shore."Ben Spiveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05905363365738266322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892805587805566669.post-75369904312398864602010-06-26T15:13:14.984-04:002010-06-26T15:13:14.984-04:00this is awesome. i read this book last summer and ...this is awesome. i read this book last summer and there are some really cool ideas in there. a LOT of food. it's the only murakami i've read but i have heard that he writes about food like no other. i'm interested in how the rest of the book works out for you.Andreas Willhoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18287975714708416467noreply@blogger.com