So, as you can probably tell from the image at the top, I'm going to write about my latest personal shopping consultation book, 'Convenience Store Woman' by Sayaka Murata, translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori. On the surface this book reminded me very much of Strange Weather in Tokyo, and it actually has a recommendation from that author on the cover; however, despite the similarities in tone and style, I think this book is an entirely different kettle of fish.
Well, the summer went quite quickly for a finish, albeit with a final, defiant flourish of sunshine and loveliness for a few days in September, and autumn is now upon us. There's a chill in the morning air, the nights 'are drawing in' (please note: this is the opposite to 'a grand stretch in the evenings', which applies to spring only), and the leaves on the trees are starting to display their beautiful colours. After several years of west of Ireland living following our relocation from the more benign climes of East Anglia, I have re-assessed my previous antipathy towards summer and now crave all things sunshine - it's certainly a strange state of affairs. I find the Irish winters long and dreary, particularly post-Christmas, and the unremitting grey and gloom make me long for spring and green and blue and yellow. Consequently, I no longer unreservedly rejoice in the coming of autumn and it's taken me a couple of weeks to make my peace with its arrival; saying that, in the last day or two the changing colours of the trees have been unobliterated by sheets of torrential rain (notwithstanding the overnight onslaught of Storm Lorenzo, which appears to have abated this morning after a dramatic 12 hours of wind and squally showers) and I've really enjoyed strolling through the little park beside our house, with early piles of yellow and red leaves crunching underfoot - I think my main issue is with the rain and the grey rather than the change in season per se. Anyways! Here we all are, and it's going to be great!
So, as you can probably tell from the image at the top, I'm going to write about my latest personal shopping consultation book, 'Convenience Store Woman' by Sayaka Murata, translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori. On the surface this book reminded me very much of Strange Weather in Tokyo, and it actually has a recommendation from that author on the cover; however, despite the similarities in tone and style, I think this book is an entirely different kettle of fish.
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