Things to write about
1) Getting kicked out of the gym
2) Going to Osaka and having a fabulous time in a forest
3) Some thoughts on books and films and music
4) Err, other stuff - like crazy people on the train, how much I hate old ladies, and why old men love me.
I went to Yurindo (that's the name of a bookshop in Yokohama) yesterday and checked out the English book selection. I could have spent about 10000yen in there. Joy of joys, I found a copy of the collected works of Charles Fort, which I've been trying to track down for about 4 years. There was also some Neruda, Freud, Dickens and loads of other stuff I want to get. However, I shall restrain myself and go to the second hand shop in Takodanababa first to swap up what I can.
I've just finished Howards End. I'm going to try and compare it to Zadie Smith's On Beauty in an increasingly rare book report. I'll have to dig out my notes on that before I do it. It occured to me a while ago to start reading books in pairs - like Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea, Howards End and On Beauty. Then I became completely stumped for books which are openly inspired by other books. Any suggestions??
2) Going to Osaka and having a fabulous time in a forest
3) Some thoughts on books and films and music
4) Err, other stuff - like crazy people on the train, how much I hate old ladies, and why old men love me.
I went to Yurindo (that's the name of a bookshop in Yokohama) yesterday and checked out the English book selection. I could have spent about 10000yen in there. Joy of joys, I found a copy of the collected works of Charles Fort, which I've been trying to track down for about 4 years. There was also some Neruda, Freud, Dickens and loads of other stuff I want to get. However, I shall restrain myself and go to the second hand shop in Takodanababa first to swap up what I can.
I've just finished Howards End. I'm going to try and compare it to Zadie Smith's On Beauty in an increasingly rare book report. I'll have to dig out my notes on that before I do it. It occured to me a while ago to start reading books in pairs - like Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea, Howards End and On Beauty. Then I became completely stumped for books which are openly inspired by other books. Any suggestions??