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	Erotic Grotesque Nonsense (2) The Mass Culture of Japanese Modern Times (Asia Pacific Modern) By Miriam Silverberg Reading since Apr 10, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
	Artemis Fowl (58) (Artemis Fowl, Book 1) By Eoin Colfer Finished on Apr 4, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
tries a bit too hard to be clever. boooring Is this helpful? ― Posted on Apr 5, 2009 \| Add your feedback
	The Sound of the Mountain (3) By Yasunari Kawabata Finished on Feb 23, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
	Naomi (4) A Novel (Vintage International) By Jun'ichiro Tanizaki Finished on Mar 16, 2008 Finished (re-read) on Feb 18, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
	Death in Midsummer (2) And Other Stories By Yukio Mishima Finished on Jan 24, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
Mishima's a creepo but he sure can write. I love how the endings are always kind of jarring. Is this helpful? ― Posted on Jan 15, 2009 \| Add your feedback
	The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (2) (Vintage International) By Yukio Mishima Finished on Jan 22, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
I really enjoy Mishima's short stories much more than his novels. He is very talented, but it's just very frustrating to read. The ideas and psychology and personalities he comes up with of course are incredible, but personally, the story itself just doesn't do anything for me. Honestly it mak ... (continue) I really enjoy Mishima's short stories much more than his novels. He is very talented, but it's just very frustrating to read. The ideas and psychology and personalities he comes up with of course are incredible, but personally, the story itself just doesn't do anything for me. Honestly it makes me very uncomfortable. I am fine with crazy characters and unrealistic events, but if the story doesn't move, it's just not worth it. I kept waiting for the climax, and when it finally came, it was just over so quickly... and of course, the characteristic open ending. Excellent if you like what Mishima does with novels, definitely not if you prefer novels that swallow you whole. Is this helpful? ― Posted on Jan 24, 2009 \| Add your feedback
	Pikachu's Global Adventure (1) The Rise and Fall of "Pokemon" Finished on Dec 15, 2008 Add... My Shelf Wish List
misleading title - it's about the very height of pokemon and the subsequent fall from crazed fad to very popular. pretty shoddily written, altho there are some interesting things of note... but in general the writers are too uninformed about pokemon itself to draw good conclusions. i don't und ... (continue) misleading title - it's about the very height of pokemon and the subsequent fall from crazed fad to very popular. pretty shoddily written, altho there are some interesting things of note... but in general the writers are too uninformed about pokemon itself to draw good conclusions. i don't understand how tripe like this gets published, really. and like all academic books, typos and grammatical errors abound... Is this helpful? ― Posted on Dec 16, 2008 \| Add your feedback
	The Phantom Tollbooth (36) By Norton Juster Finished Finished (re-read) on Dec 7, 2008 Add... My Shelf Wish List
	Reading Comics (1) Language, Culture, and the Concept of the Superhero in Comic Books (Garland Studies in American Popu… By Mila Bongco Finished on Dec 3, 2008 Add... My Shelf Wish List
	Wider Than the Sky (1) The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness By Gerald Edelman Finished on Nov 20, 2008 Add... My Shelf Wish List
	A Wrinkle in Time (92) (Time Quartet) By Madeleine L'Engle Finished Finished (re-read) on Nov 17, 2008 Add... My Shelf Wish List
	Anime Explosion! The What? Why? & Wow! of Japanese Animation (2) By Patrick Drazen Finished on Nov 15, 2008 Add... My Shelf Wish List