Two things:
A very cool review that I somehow missed, which appeared in The Pacifican, the newspaper for The University of the Pacific, out in Stockton, CA. Yo, Stockton!
An excerpt:
With lovely descriptions of Japan’s countryside and cities, this novel is rife with astute observations about people and the relationships they have with nature and each other. Not all the characters find closure in their decisions, but they become more enlightened about life, as readers of this magnificent and emotional book will.
You can read the whole thing by following the link below.
book review the love we share without knowing
And secondly, I should never have put “no girls g-ne w-ld” as part of the title of a post a couple of entries back. Legions of people looking for…umm…photos of a particular sort have been, by accident, stumbling upon this blog in their internet searches, and discovering that it’s the complete antithesis of what they really want.
Christopher Barzak 
Legions of people looking for…umm…photos of a particular sort have been, by accident, stumbling upon this blog in their internet searches, and discovering that it’s the complete antithesis of what they really want.
But is it the antithesis of what they really need?
Ha! I’m sure they’d argue with that, but perhaps! 🙂