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Mari and Her Books

Mari and Her Books

My name is Mari and my favorite things are:

japanese electronica, mornings, breakfast, design magazines, seeing friends, being alone or in the company of very few, making beautiful things, writing, natural sunlight, reading, my moleskin notebooks, pastry baking, avant-garde, capturing life with photographs, minimalism, modern... more »
  • McAllen, TX, USA
  • member since December 23 2007

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  • Kaijin

    Kaijin says

    Hi. Thanks for the invite!! I've seen you around, I think on Haley's page and then just recently on Fathom's. I always thought about asking you, cos we have a fair degree of cross interests, not the least of which is the oriental concerns.
    Thanks again. Be talking to you .
    Hope you see something on my listings that might interest you.

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Mary H

    Mary H says

    Honestly, it was a little difficult for me to stick with it. It wasn't exactly what I expected, I really wanted to enjoy it. I might re-read it later and have a different opinion, though!

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Hanna

    Hanna says

    I didn't really like "Eeeee Eee Eeee". I thought I would enjoy it because it is supposed to have talking animals connecting with the main character, but it was just a little too out there and random for me. The events of the book seemed like all random tidbits put together to make a novel, making no real story line. This is just my opinion though, I would recommend maybe picking it up a book store or library and reading a couple pages of it first.

    I see you rated "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" highly, which makes me want to read it now. I picked it up from a thrift store a couple months ago and every time I pick a new book to read I always look at it, but haven't read it yet.

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Evelyn L

    Evelyn L says

    hello! i found you on blogger actually.
    loved ur blog but also noticed you stopped posting "/
    hope you come back to blogger soon [3

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • elisabeth

    elisabeth says

    hey,
    i know you from the livejournal community and would like to be friends if you want?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Jimmy T

    Jimmy T says

    Thanks for the add. Pretty sure I could copy and paste your info into mine and it would hold true.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • elle n'est pas parfaite

    elle n'est pas parfaite says

    Thank you for adding me :-)
    I see you're about to read the Bell Jar! One of my top three favourite books of all time! I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • timea

    timea says

    You must be a fascinating person.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Miranda H.

    Miranda H. says

    Hello! Thanks for the add!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • joe c

    joe c says

    thanks for adding me as a friend. i've seen your profile after i've noticed that you read "the implacable order of things". i was really afected by that book. what an amazing novel.

    take care.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Yu Jie W

    Yu Jie W says

    Hi there!
    Was looking through the Murakami group when I stumbled upon your profile :)

    Nice to meet another Murakami fan

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • ms. rose

    ms. rose says

    oh cool, five stars^^. was it that good, 'a wild haruki chase'? can't wait to read it now...

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • katrina

    katrina says

    hi :)
    i think we used to be friends ages ago on livejournal.
    i hope you are well!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • ms. rose

    ms. rose says

    nope, don't mind at all. i've got some ideas off your shelf in the past as well^^. i've been going through a bit of an epic drama phase lately though (nothing like edo japan tales to beat the blues!), but i'm itching to get back to some proper contemporary j-lit...

    'a rabbit's eyes'...not one of my favourites. for starters, the man is probably a great educator, but he's not a writer. i realised very quickly i'd have to take off my literary cap to read and enjoy this book. the story had its moments, i thought. the premise was interesting and he does get his point across about kids and how to interact with them. but, overall, the book just didn't do it for me. maybe one should look at it not as a piece of fiction, but an educational resource book...? what did you think?

    btw, are there any groups here you're enjoying at the moment? i find most of them i sign up to are either dead or not that interesting. as you probably noticed, i deleted the j-lit group as well. talk about dead^^. pity though, cos we did have quite a few members...

    see you around, マリちゃん！＾＾

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • ms. rose

    ms. rose says

    girl, we're starting to have so many books in common, it's positively bizarre...drop me a note sometime, if you ever feel like discussing one of them.

    happy reading! ^^

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Brooke

    Brooke says

    Hey I found you through a Murakami group and your icon stuck out because I totally love dwell! I was wondering if you'd suggest which of murakami's books I should read first? I haven't read any yet but I've wanted to for so long! Also, I see you've read a bunch of Banana Yoshimoto and I've just started Hard Boiled and Hard Luck and I am really liking it so far.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Lo

    Lo says

    I really really love that profile picture. I hope you're going to school for photography or something similar, Mari.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Tara

    Tara says

    Thank you! I have a couple books by Banana Yoshimoto in my "to read" pile, but I don't think I have Amrita. I'm thinking I'll start with either a Samantha Hunt novel or Lucy's Home for Girls .. I've been wanting to read that for awhile. I also saw at work yesterday that Paulo Coehlo has a new book out - Brida - that sounds wonderful! So it's between those three at the moment :)

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Tara

    Tara says

    what's been your favorite book as of late? i don't know where to start on my list after "Dance Dance Dance" :( everytime i finish something by Murakami, nothing else seems as wonderful - any suggestions?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Tara

    Tara says

    nice to meet you too. you were on my homepage of "other people with books i have". i've found that most everyone else on that list had over 2,000 books on their shelf, so of course we had books in common, but you had less and i viewed your profile & saw that you were interested in japanese electro, design, magical realism etc which is wonderful!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
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