good point about the niche books occupy. they can also be slipped in your purse or taken into bed with you, a step i personally haven't taken with online materials.

though i haven't read past the second story, i'm looking forward to reading more of kino no tabi.

I'm glad you're going to be review books more often. I have to admit that the frequency with which I read books has gone down lately and the frequency with which I read articles has gone up. Now that I have access to lots of databases here at GVC, I've been getting electronic versions of articles from some of my favorite scholarly sources and the good weekly liberal mags.

But I still read books too! I really need to get a good one to settle down with right now.

You'll have to tell me what you think about The Omnivore’s Dilemma.
What book did you give in the book exchange?

I was going to give Assassination Vacation, but we ended up leaving that in Bloomington, so I gave Jon Stewart's America, Teacher's Edition, which turned out well because my sister-in-law gave Assassination Vacation.

Hi, just a random passerby...

"tabe" I believe, is the word for eat.
"tabi" is a journey or trip, and the translation for Kino no Tabi for the animated series is Kino's Journey, so.... yeah.

I'm not Japanese, just a guy who watches too much anime, I guess. haha Anyway, I really enjoyed watching Kino no Tabi. I don't read very much... books in high school and elementary school never interested me. Well, Angels and Demons is an exception, but that's besides the point. I want to read the Kino no Tabi light novels, which are quite common in Japan. There are a few other light novel series I'd like to read, but that would require learning Japanese at this point. The only thing that irks me is that the translated versions are taking a while to be released here... I think there's only 2 books out here, and in Japan Shigusawa is approaching book 10.

Welp, that's all I got to say.

"Kino no Tabi" is usually translated into "Kino's Travels" or "Kino's Journey."

The translation for the book isn't very good, actually. I was a bit disappointed. But the books were adapted into a television series by avant-garde anime director Ryutaro Nakamura. You should check it out, if you have free time. It's one of my favorites.

Kino no Tabi is a really great series
both the light novels and the anime have things you can learn from^^
It's a wonderful philosophical anime that is a rare treat to see. I reccomend reading the original (Japanese) novels and watching the series and it's 2 movies.hahaha but that might be for "crazy" anime fans like me
I'm glad you took the time to pick up the book^^ More power to readers!

"Sekai wa utsukushiku nanka nai, soshite sore yueni utsukushii" ~Kino
("The world is not beautiful, therefore it is")

Classification of fantasy and reality is itself a fantasy that humans created.
Life... It begins when you first make a distinction between yourself and others.
From that moment on, the world becomes a stage for the story in which you are the main character.
All people live in a fantasy in which they are the main character.
But the world doesn't recognize you as the main character at all.

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