Ongoing challenges

Murakami Challenge

Challenge: Read all novels and short stories collections (translated to English) by Haruki Murakami. Term: Until I finish

• Hear the Wind Sing (1979) (read Mar 31, 2012)
• Pinball, 1973 (1980) (read Jun 02, 2012)
• A Wild Sheep Chase (1982) (read Jun 19, 2011)
• Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (1985)
• Norwegian Wood (1987) (read Mar 22, 2011)
• Dance Dance Dance (1988)
• South of the Border, West of the Sun (1992) (read Dec 31, 2011)
• The Elephant Vanishes (1993)
• The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1995)
• Sputnik Sweetheart (1999) (read May 26, 2012)
• after the quake (2000)
• Kafka on the Shore (2002) (read Feb 04, 2012
• After Dark (2004)
• Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2006)
• 1Q84 (2011) (read Sep 09, 2012) [review]

Bonus:

• トニー滝谷 (1990) (short story 'Tony Takitani') (read Nov 2010)
• ねむり ('Sleep' illustrated by Kat Menschik) (2010)
• ふしぎな図書館 (picture book 'The Strange Library' illustrated by Maki Sasaki) (2005)
• 羊男のクリスマス (picture book 'Sheep Man's Christmas' illustrated by Maki Sasaki) (1985) (read Dec 26, 2012)
• Een stoomfluit midden in de nacht (special Dutch publication 'A steam whistle in the middle of the night') (2005) (read Feb 10, 2012)
• De De Broodjesroofverhalen (published in Dutch in 2012) (read Jan 12, 2013)
• Kangaroecorrespondentie (published in Dutch in 2012)
• 村上ソングズ ('Murakami Songs')
• Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words (2002) (by Jay Rubin)

2013 challenges

Goodreads reading challenge

2013 Reading Challenge

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January in Japan

I read:

• Confessions of Love by Chiyo Uno (read Jan 4, 2013) [review]
• De broodjesroofverhalen by Haruki Murakami (read Jan 12, 2013) [review]
• Rashomon and Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (read Jan 16, 2013)
• The Briefcase by Hiromi Kawakami (read Jan 19, 2013) [review]

2012 challenges

The Literary Others (October 2012)

The Literary Others: An LGBT Reading Event is an event hosted by Roof Beam Reader in October 2012. October is LGBT history month in the US, and in light of that the goal is to read LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) themed books, or books by LGBT authors. Event links: Sign-ups Event master post Everyone's posts for this event My posts I read:

• Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (read Oct 5, 2012)
• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (read Oct 9, 2012)
• Huntress by Malinda Lo (read Oct 12, 2012)
• Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx (read Oct 14, 2012)
• Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (read Oct 20, 2012)