tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322995747669796194.post359221393872152172..comments2024-02-09T16:00:40.486+01:00Comments on Edith's Miscellany: Book Review: The Restaurant of Love Regained by Ogawa ItoEdith LaGrazianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07885017198423641770noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322995747669796194.post-91845990986416095132016-07-26T14:11:15.781+02:002016-07-26T14:11:15.781+02:00Well, it fitted in well because I needed a contemp...Well, it fitted in well because I needed a contemporary novel written by a woman whose last name starts with "O". ;-). My next entry for the JLC 10 will only be in September - a male "I".<br /><br />That's interesting that you can relate to the story for having come home to an empty house yourself in the past. It must indeed be a devastating experience...<br /><br />Slaughtered pigs in books make me think of <i>Animal Farm</i> by George Orwell and <i>The Lord of the Flies</i> by William Golding (although I never got beyond page 2 of the latter). I don't know <i>Charlotte's Web</i> - I never heard of it in this corner of the world until now.Edith LaGrazianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07885017198423641770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322995747669796194.post-20144989103662419932016-07-26T14:01:50.584+02:002016-07-26T14:01:50.584+02:00Oh, it's perfectly normal that your comment wa...Oh, it's perfectly normal that your comment wasn't displayed right away! I don't allow them to because in the beginning I was swamped with spam comments (I no longer seem to be). And I only go online to check on my blog (including comments) once a day.Edith LaGrazianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07885017198423641770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322995747669796194.post-86026697670249260422016-07-26T00:33:11.915+02:002016-07-26T00:33:11.915+02:00Now it's happening to me! I left a comment her...Now it's happening to me! I left a comment here this morning, and I do not see it now. Shall I repeat it, or do you have it in your queue? xoBellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322995747669796194.post-59211482518230344162016-07-25T16:51:44.583+02:002016-07-25T16:51:44.583+02:00I was gifted this book a few years ago, and althou...I was gifted this book a few years ago, and although I haven't yet read it, I think I will make it the first for the JLC10 on my part. (You are way ahead of me with two read already!) I am intrigued on several levels, not because of chick lit or even the fact that it's Japanese as much as I love books about relationship. I, too, have had the devastating experience of coming home to an empty house. Thankfully, I had a career to rely on. At any rate, how interesting that she returns to her mother, that she sets up a one table restaurant. I love that! Thanks for another great review.<br /><br />p.s. Every time I hear of a pig being slaughtered I think of poor Wilber of Charlotte's Web. Talk about books making an indelible inprssion!Bellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322995747669796194.post-66112606453268487232016-07-24T17:10:31.546+02:002016-07-24T17:10:31.546+02:00Thanks for the compliment, Judy! The true challeng...Thanks for the compliment, Judy! The true challenge of reading the alphabet up and down as I do, isn't so much to find an author for every letter than to find it in the right order since I always alternate female-male and 2 classics-2 contemporary. So far I did quite well, I dare say.<br /><br />I've read only two novels by Murakami Haruki and one may have been a poor German translation because just a few years later a new one was released. However, I don't see much of a similarity apart from the cultural background and the Japanese scene. At any rate I like Japanese literature - would be strange if I didn't!Edith LaGrazianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07885017198423641770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322995747669796194.post-82713273614460461892016-07-24T16:47:40.391+02:002016-07-24T16:47:40.391+02:00First of all, I like your alphabetical reading cha...First of all, I like your alphabetical reading challenge. It is a great way to discover books you might not have read otherwise. I have to say that Japanese chick lit sounds intriguing to me. The opening scene when she finds her boyfriend gone and her apartment empty made me think of Murakami. Finally, when I am in the mood, I love cooking! Judy Kruegerhttp://keepthewisdom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com