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  <title><![CDATA[What I Talk About When I Talk About Running]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Haruki Murakami]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[writing runners; running writers; probably no one else, really]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 24 19:06:52 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 11 07:21:03 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm a bit baffled by how anyone who's not a distance runner could possibly be interested in this book, but I personally got a lot out of it. This is in spite of the fact that I'm not a Murakami girl, and honestly didn't enjoy the style of this book at all. I always feel when I'm reading him that I'v...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25363609">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26936947">
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    <name><![CDATA[Lee]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>8</votes>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 11 04:27:33 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 13 17:15:56 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[An ideal book for writer runners (or running writers), but also probably worth it for non-running/non-writing readers as there's enough straight talk and suggestion about serious themes: enduring pain, aging, the importance of routine, self-awareness/alertness. Quick, lean, honest, at times amazing,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26936947">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51997770">
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>7</votes>
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  <read_at>Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 08 17:27:22 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 26 11:43:05 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[3½ stars<br/><br/>Haruki Murakami is new to me, but evidently not to many: he has quite a number of fans on Goodreads. I decided that by way of introduction, I would begin with reading his Memoir because the title suggests it’s about running, and I like to think of myself as a runner. The book ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51997770">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24148411">
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  <votes>7</votes>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 10 09:41:48 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 09 16:23:06 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Spare and meditative.  I'm not a runner (more of an elliptical guy) but this book is as much about aging, creativity, acceptance, and finding your own peace with who you are (ok, that sounds way more new agey than I mean) as marathons.  Murakami fans will recognize the author's lean, simple prose an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24148411">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51435797">
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Apr 03 19:01:58 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 07 15:08:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was great!  But I was kind of hoping it would make me want to quit smoking and start being a runner.  It did not.  If anything, it solidified my already-pretty-solid hatred of the idea of running.  God damn stupid healthy Haruki.]]></body>
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    <review id="38433438">
    <user id="113980">
    <name><![CDATA[Trin]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Nov 23 00:41:58 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 23 12:22:42 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yet another way in which Haruki Murakami is more awesome than you: not only does he write amazing novels and nifty short stories, he’s also a long-distance runner who’s raced in marathons, triathalons, and even a day-long supermarathon in Hokkaido. This book, the first piece of nonfiction I’ve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38433438">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="29795836">
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Aug 10 17:34:27 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 10 17:43:41 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[As anyone who knows me is aware, I've read everything by Murakami thsat has been translated into English.  I don't love every book, some have frustrating flaws, but others (and this applies to several of his short stories) remind me of everything I love about reading: the clean language, the quirky ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29795836">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44577203">
    <user id="1684176">
    <name><![CDATA[Aeron]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jan 27 18:00:11 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 27 18:20:03 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Murakami fans rejoice: this is likely to be your best window into his soul. <br/><br/>I really enjoyed this book, although I have to admit I am a little disappointed. The Murakami in my head was much more interesting than the one that comes out in this memoir/essay collection. Ostensibly about lon...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44577203">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42545806">
    <user id="751680">
    <name><![CDATA[David]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sat Jan 10 02:15:09 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 10 02:23:32 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Enjoyed this tremendously.  A novelist's reflections on his 25-year distance running habit as he prepares for the New York marathon 2005. He's not a great runner, nor especially scientific in approach to training, so I can't say you'll learn too much you can use in that regard.  It's more that he ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42545806">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41314081">
    <user id="260221">
    <name><![CDATA[Tyson]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 30 12:48:32 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 30 13:12:10 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm a tremendously huge fan of Haruki Murakami and will read whatever he publishes.  This book is a series of essays , a memior, or running.  it's disconcerting to read pure nonfiction from one of my favorite fiction authors.  As a half-earted runner myself, I felt at times inspired.  At other times...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41314081">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39292369">
    <user id="125150">
    <name><![CDATA[Nikki]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Pittsburgh, PA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <read_at>Thu Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Dec 04 10:04:06 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 04 10:06:42 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an interesting book; I would say that it has some re-readability.   I became aware that it existed when I saw that the person who used a catalog computer before me searched for this ... and I thought, why not, I'll give it a read.  This book is not as cohesive as it could be, but the parts ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39292369">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43515420">
    <user id="354623">
    <name><![CDATA[Sharron]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[West Jordan, UT]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 18 17:51:49 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 01 13:22:36 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This short book is really a group of essays linked together by Murakami's activity of running.  I found it to be an interesting read and a way to learn more about one of my favorite authors.  And I found out we have a few things in common.  I started running at a later stage in my life and find it a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43515420">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41263115">
    <user id="1843426">
    <name><![CDATA[Danielle]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 30 00:37:10 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 30 00:51:42 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My first Murakami read, and I must say, I was very favorably impressed by it.<br/><br/>This memoir is an interesting introduction to Murakami's style.  After finishing it I went on to try (and enjoy) <em>Kafka on the Shore</em>, and I really felt like that experience was enhanced by the knowledge of Muraka...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41263115">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="31462356">
    <user id="193449">
    <name><![CDATA[Danika]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 28 15:04:21 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 19 20:44:12 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Y'know, I did not love this book. I certainly wouldn't recommend it to anyone who is not a runner. It's way too specific and longwinded for a non-runner to appreciate.  Here's my gripe: he's WAY too wrapped up in times and doesn't seem to enjoy long-distance running for the sake of it. For instance,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31462356">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41283075">
    <user id="1020915">
    <name><![CDATA[Lisa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Hong Kong]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 30 08:33:11 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 30 08:33:11 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[You really have to be interested in running, particularly long-distance running to enjoy this book. There isn't a lot of insight into the author's life as an author, but as I said, if you're into running...]]></body>
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    <review id="36914784">
    <user id="343612">
    <name><![CDATA[mgd]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Pittsburgh, PA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[runners, triathletes, people curious about how others live]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Nov 04 14:03:36 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Nov 04 14:12:39 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wanted a book called &quot;what I think about when I think about swimming&quot; but had to settle for running.  My patience was rewarded when later in his life he takes up triathlons and goes through a complete and gradual stroke revision.  The writing style is spare, honest and somehow very Japan...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36914784">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As both a serious runner and a writer, I felt like I got a lot out of this.  Like most Murakami books, however, the things I clung to from its narrative vanished almost as soon as I was done, like snow held too long in the hands.<br/><br/>Lacking the occasionally overwrought prose of his fiction wor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51019239">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The audience for this book--a memoir of the author's life as a writer and a marathon runner--is probably limited to distance runners who are Murakami fans. It’s not a bad book, but it doesn't begin to approach the power and mysteriousness of Murakami's fiction.<br/><br/>Part of the problem is th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48898281">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is kind of slight for Murakami I think. It just doesn't have a lot going on, but it manages to obsessively circle around the same sense observation with a pleasant kind of patience that after awhile I was won over by the book's simplicity. He was just writing about running, and the shoes h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47667148">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Though Don Lee, a writer I admire, admires Murakami, I've been retrograde.  This is the first Murakami I have read.  It is inspiring, especially as it connects long distance running with writing.  Both take heart; both take dedication, day by day; and both take discipline.  This plain speaking, prof...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42451876">more...</a>]]></body>
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