Letter to a Writer I Don't Really Like

Dear Ms. Pessl,

I tried to read Special Topics in Calamity Physics and by the 80th page, I had to stop. Once I did though, I didn't read a single thing for an entire month. Reading your book made me hate reading. I told everyone I knew that your book was not worth the time. Your book did something that Twilight couldn't even do.

But that was me as an immature jackass. I like to think I moved past all that. I would like to give this book another chance, since your new one Night Film is coming out and it actually sounds really cool. It is unfair to hold such thoughts and then really fuming over the past.

Disliking on an entertainer for their product is a waste of time. I got better things to be mad at. I hope to change my thoughts about your writing by reading them in full. Even if I still don't like your work, then I wasn't your intended audience. Nothing wrong with that. No more hate, only respect.

Hope things go well for your second book. And may I finish Physics in full this time around.

Yours,
Lindsey, an ardent bibliophile

And so... it begins

Today, marking Haruki Murakami's 62nd birthday, I shall begin officially the Haruki Murakami Reading Challenge 2011.

To my fellow bloggers also on the challenge... best of luck! I aim for the Sumire level, since I own 10 of his novels, but I
May
Go
All
The
Way!!

Given that 1Q84's English translation comes out this year, along with me possibly getting the six books I'm missing from my collection.

I begin with the perennial favorite: Sputnik Sweetheart, followed by after the quake.

Aaaaannnndddd... go!

*falls over at the starting line*

I meant do that... *paces away*