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Sweetsee · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Posts: 2302 Location: ) is everything

Finished: "An Evil Cradling" by Brian Keenan

Started: "Lady Chatterly's Lover" by D.H. Lawrence

PAULH · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 4672 Location: Western Japan

jesszilla · Joined: 25 Jan 2005 Posts: 35

just finished:
All I Need to Know I Learned In Kindergarten - Robert Fulghum
Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis

Both were pretty good. It helps to read them simultaneously - LTZ was pretty horrifying in some spots, but "Kindergarten" helped me stay positive.

Now reading:
The End of the Affair - Graham Greene

seamonkey · Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 29

I just read Great Apes by Will Self, its a great book , very funny

cornishmuppet · Joined: 27 Mar 2004 Posts: 642 Location: Nagano, Japan

Reading Catch 22 on the way to and from work at the moment. Really funny, though nothing much seems to happen.

lalalateda · Joined: 05 Nov 2005 Posts: 72 Location: JAPAN

I just read 'Jane Eyre.' My mom had been suggesting in for many years and so I assumed I wouldn't like it. But it was great.

TokyoLiz · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1548 Location: Tokyo, Japan

Just finished The Neverending Story, Michael Ende. I read it when I was in my early teens. But I found the first few chapters a slog, but quickly got back into it. I figure it'll appeal to my returnee students.

Now, Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto. It's a novel about sisters, loss. Bittersweet and vivid.

Also, Sex, Ecology and Spirituality, Ken Wilber, a big brick of a book.

The first two, you can get at Maruzen in Tokyo. The third one, I bought on a trip home.

Billy Chaka · Joined: 20 Oct 2003 Posts: 77

I recently finished Slick by Daniel Price:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812972368/ref=ed_oe_p/102-8057092-2789767?%5Fencoding=UTF8

It was the best novel I read in a long time - couldn't put it down. It will appeal to those who think that most of what they see/hear in the mass media is bogus.

Sonja23 · Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 15

I recently read a book by Niall Murtagh called 'Blue Eyed Salaryman'... something that may be relevant for those unfamiliar with what life for a 'foreigner' is like in Japan. Not only that, but it is an interesting insight into the 'salaryman' work ethos and how different it is from what Westerners may be used to. As someone planning to head off to Japan next year, this was a really enjoyable and informative read.

Henry_Cowell · Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 3352 Location: Berkeley

nawlinsgurl · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:33 am Post subject:

Finished "Flyboys" by James Bradley, good but gruesome, now onto "House of Sand and Fog"...movie was great so book should be even better. Very Happy

Sweetsee · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Posts: 2302 Location: ) is everything

Are you really digging it Kanagawa?

Sweetsee · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Posts: 2302 Location: ) is everything

Are you really digging it Kanagawa?

nawlinsgurl · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:59 am Post subject:

Sweetsee, hey---yes I love my city but I can get pretty fed up with the stupid Navy guys...still my current job rocks and we are moving into a new place. I'm still trying to move to Okinawa if my husband can get a transfer! Smile

Sweetsee · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Posts: 2302 Location: ) is everything

That's sweet, sounds like you are digging it.
What kind of job is that?