Okay, so Murakami has written some of my favorite books, but I was halfway through this book when it hit me that I just did not care about it at all. I hate running, and this book is basically his musings on running. There are, naturally, a few excellent nuggets, but he spends most of the book describing his running habits, and how he prepares for marathons and triathlons. If you like running, maybe this is interesting, but I hate running, and I found it totally boring.