I think the best 'review' for this one is in the movie 'dirty dancing' when the sleazy waitor offers Baby to read it but be careful cause he wrote a lot in the margins and wanted it back...
It is such a short novel, written in Murakami's signature way which is rather simple but still evoke a lot of emotion. The plot is young man on summer break sit in a bar, drink beer and talk to girls, play music, talk of books, have sex or think about it, think about wells, remembers dead ex girlfriend, finally leaves to go back to Tokyo. It is Murakamis first novel yet feels oddly familiar. 
Deliciously spooky and deeply intimate. Like a Gregory Crewdson photo (or an Edward Hopper painting if you prefer that) It is such a short novel so I read it like you suck on a piece of candy, slowly and enjoying every minute.
I feel like a heartless person but I didn't even get teared up reading this, not even at the end. Perhaps it was just such an overload of death, pain, meds, eulogies and crying. 
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Another memoir of grief, this time the sorrow of losing a best friend, but also about the great joy in finding her in the first place. Gail meets Caroline, 8 years younger then her, but also a writer and also a recovering addict and just as crazy as she is about dogs. They almost grow into one, they each get involved with every aspect of each others lives and share swimming, rowing, walking and training dogs.
I really need to give this one a second chance. I tried read it once but never finished it.
Thriller, read for the lit-exp-challenge. 
Not read every word of the whole book but this is more the kind of book you keep on your coffee table to savor now and then. On the downside, they added not just one but 2 Coelho books *gasp* that is 2 too many if you ask me. And none of them is the 'best' one: The Alchemist. Oh well...
The book is only partly about losing her daughter, it is just as much about losing your sense of yourself, the body you trusted, the sharp mind, the memories, the anchor in life. At 75 Joan Didion face a lot of health problems and the moment that really touched me was her trying to figure out who to put up as contact person in case of an emergency, her only 'persons' both being dead. 
a bit day-time drama but I quite liked it despite some horrible over-acting (I listened to this from BBC radio)
Stories such as 'Summer Schools', 'Flesh' and 'The Devastating Boys' confirm her status as one of the finest short story writers. This selection also features two previously unpublished stories and three uncollected ones, including the late, poignant tale, 'The Wrong Order'
I think the book is most likely a lot better then the abridged BBC version.
Have to say I am slightly underwhelmed. All this talk about her 'prime' sounds like she is in heat.
Maigret is not very likable is he? He is kinda whiny and tired the whole time and he doesn't really give a damn about Justice, he is quite happy to solve the puzzle and then just leave it all to play out and go home.
Listened to this while doing other stuff and it kept slipping into the background. Terribly boring for a story about incest. Still, not awful, so a weak 2 stars... I did get my dishes done so I can't complain too much.
