“Isn't it odd how much fatter a book gets when you've read it several times?" Mo had said..."As if something were left between the pages every time you read it. Feelings, thoughts, sounds, smells...and then, when you look at the book again many years later, you find yourself there, too, a slightly younger self, slightly different, as if the book had preserved you like pressed flower...both strange and familiar.” ~ Cornelia Funke, Inkspell
Happy New Year! Welcome to our Literary Exploration Society to Expand Reading aka read 52 Books in 52 Weeks adventure. Traditionally I start the year in Asia reading Haruki Murakami and other Asian Authors. I realize it's been a while (2013, ahem) since I updated our Trek through Asia listing plus my tastes have changed, and figured it was time to update the list so that's in the works this month.
Haruki Murakami's books cover a wide range of genres from Bildungsroman to fantasy fiction to magical realism to psychological and suspense fiction as well as short fiction and memoirs. My introduction to Murakami years ago was his chunky fantasy novel 1Q84, filled with magical realism, music, cats, weird characters, choices, and the meaning of life. Which lead to reading most of his bibliography. I plan on starting the year reading one of his short story anthologies The Elephant Vanishes as well as revisit A Wild Sheep Chase.
I'm also revisiting The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki Shikibu for our Literary Legends monthly mini challenge which conveniently also satisfies the rereading category for our 2026 Bingo Quest.
If you are up for a spelling challenge, you can choose from the Author Bookology or mix it up with Literary Legends utilizing any of the monthly choices: author, book, or character names.
We are also starting another round of A to Z and Back Again and I've already started with A.G. Riddles thriller Antarctica Station.
And if you are new to L.E.S.T.E.R. aka 52 Books, check out the menu bar above to peruse our perpetual challenges such as Well Educated Mind, Mind Voyages, and Agatha Christie, or explore some of our past challenges.
Are you ready to get started. Great! Let's put on our hats and walking shoes, strap on our backpacks, grab our handy dandy walking sticks, and our literary maps and let's go.
Please Note: Week one is extra long and will run from January 1st through January 10th.
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