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Karen
Sep 25, 2007 rated it it was amazing
I had always resisted reading Murakami -- it always seemed like he was the number one favorite writer on myspace and friendster with all the hipsters.(along with Nabokov, which was spelled wrong more often than not, and a little surprising, more often than not.) But my friend Olivia LOVES him, so I took that as a good sign. In any case, we just moved and all my books are still packed, so I picked something from my boyfriend's shelves to read: "Norwegian Wood." From there I read, in about 3 weeks ...more
Lianne
Aug 28, 2018 marked it as did-not-finish
August 2018: I started this in the spring and then put it down about 1/3 of the way through. It sucked me in to the weird world as I was reading and I'd be totally engaged, and then I would keep putting it down and not picking it back up, so there is just something not working for me with it right now. Hoping to try this or another of Murakami's books at another time. ...more
Anna
Haven't picked this up in awhile. It's pretty slow, although otherwise beautifully written. ...more
Kate
Sep 05, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Mandy
Dec 21, 2007 rated it really liked it
Kristi
Apr 08, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: mystery, owned-books
Janine
Jun 25, 2008 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Sabrina Smallwood
Oct 29, 2008 marked it as to-read
Christian
Mar 15, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Lisa
Mar 24, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Jess
Apr 30, 2009 rated it did not like it
HannaH
Jun 08, 2009 rated it really liked it
Amy (folkpants)
Feb 01, 2011 marked it as to-read
Maggie Downs
Jul 13, 2011 marked it as to-read
April
Feb 13, 2012 marked it as to-read
Melanie
Feb 25, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: mystery, weird
CoCo
Aug 06, 2013 rated it liked it
Megan
Sep 28, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: summer-2016
Tiffany
Dec 25, 2016 rated it it was amazing
s_evan
Sep 23, 2014 marked it as to-read
Nicole
Jan 02, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Lia
Oct 08, 2016 marked it as probation  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: books-i-own
Jenny
Oct 25, 2017 marked it as to-read
Shelves: 2018-reads
Jocelyn
Jan 15, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: on-deck
Adjrun
Mar 01, 2018 marked it as to-read
April
Sep 27, 2025 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition