Our 25th Month & Haruki Murakami

So we've been together for 25 months! That translates to 2 years + 1 month (and actually more, since there was the dating period and all). Ok but honestly, I do find it silly when couples count their months beyond their one-year anniversary. I mean prior to the first anniversary, you pretty much have nothing to "count" and be excited about, so the months will have to do. But beyond the first year, don't you think it sounds stupid? Haha. Well... It sounds stupid, feels silly, but we all do it anyway, either outwardly via social media, or in our hearts, or in our personal diaries!   

Anyway, I did mention repeatedly to JS that I quite like love Haruki Murakami's writing style, and he got me this book titled "Norwegian Wood" as a 25th month gift. If I'm not wrong, this book made him famous. (I actually initially thought Haruki was a female Japanese name, well turns out he's a man! Haha!)

I previously got around to reading Murakami's book "1Q84" which is an amazing book: warped theory, being in a different universe, the two moons, a couple in love but so distant and not knowing about each other's existence. I think the way he portrayed love in the story was so, so complicated, so heartwarming and so unromantic (compared to a Hollywood kind of portrayal of love) that it was so attractive to me and really drew me into the story.

When I saw the cover, I laughed. If you notice, it says at the bottom "Vintage Murakami and easily the most erotic of his novels". Now, AWKWARD. Haha. I mean I love most bestsellers and books that are made into motion pictures. I mean they are bestsellers and were picked to be made into movies for a reason right? I also do have a general tendency to have to finish whatever book I start on, regardless what kind of retarded, warped, mad, overly romantic and unrealistic, boring storyline it has...

To JS's defence, he said the others were sequels of other books I haven't read, and this one's a bestseller, so he picked this. (Well it IS sort of erotica, to think about it. Obviously bestseller...)

Ah well. Challenge accepted, JS.

(Edit: I do know that Murakami's books are originally written in Japanese, and have been translated to English. Much praise to the translators who work on these Japanese books - they're Caucasians, non-Japanese-born!)