give me a b! give me an a! give me an n-a-n-a!

as i was on a brief shopping trip i noticed that chapters was having a fantastic sale on books right now. i always love when i happen upon huge book sales. anyways i went and picked up a few books for $11. i ended up going back to the mall and couldn't resist going in for more. i found another 3 books.

one of them is titled 'hardboiled & hard luck' by Banana Yoshimoto. yes, her name IS legally banana and she is an up and coming author from japan. i am a huge haruki murakami lover, in fact, i think he might just be my favourite! and so i am really into japanese literature lately.

banana yoshimoto has been compared to murakami for her ethereal style in writing, well thought out words and sense of characters. so far, im loving her name, and the cover is cute! i'll let you know what i think when i read it!