The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya
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GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 9/15/2012
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 9/15/2012 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
I found this fair-condition softcover among the charity-sale books at a local Hannaford's. It's one of a series of light novels that's spawned anime and manga adaptations.
Later: Very amusing tale, narrated by high school boy Kyon, about the antics of his classmate Haruhi. She craves the unusual, and has formed a club specifically to entice any ghosts, ESPers, aliens, or time travelers to join. In an unusual twist, the members of her club do in fact include an ESPer, an alien, and a time traveler... and, as if that weren't enough, it seems that Haruhi herself has the ability to warp reality to be as she wishes, though she doesn't know that she has this power. [The whole story seems to be something of a mind-screw; are the unusual club-members here because Haruhi wanted them to be, and if so, would they exist at all if she didn't want it so badly? Or were they drawn here because her power is too dangerous to be left unmoderated?]
Much of the story consists of the bossy and oblivious Haruhi pushing the others around, whether into wearing costumes or filming a movie or strong-arming the computer-club president into "donating" a computer, while Kyon and the others try to do damage control as best they can. This volume also shows how Kyon learned of the others' backgrounds, and of Haruhi's own interesting situation; as narrator he usually sounds more annoyed by it all than anything else, but he can't seem to walk away...
In among the normal-world hilarity of the attempt at film-making, etc., there are some more extreme incidents, and a rather shocking crisis, as well as some rather delightful meta-humor (and a throwaway reference to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead that pleased me very much).
[There's a TV Tropes page for the series with lots of entertaining info.]
Later: Very amusing tale, narrated by high school boy Kyon, about the antics of his classmate Haruhi. She craves the unusual, and has formed a club specifically to entice any ghosts, ESPers, aliens, or time travelers to join. In an unusual twist, the members of her club do in fact include an ESPer, an alien, and a time traveler... and, as if that weren't enough, it seems that Haruhi herself has the ability to warp reality to be as she wishes, though she doesn't know that she has this power. [The whole story seems to be something of a mind-screw; are the unusual club-members here because Haruhi wanted them to be, and if so, would they exist at all if she didn't want it so badly? Or were they drawn here because her power is too dangerous to be left unmoderated?]
Much of the story consists of the bossy and oblivious Haruhi pushing the others around, whether into wearing costumes or filming a movie or strong-arming the computer-club president into "donating" a computer, while Kyon and the others try to do damage control as best they can. This volume also shows how Kyon learned of the others' backgrounds, and of Haruhi's own interesting situation; as narrator he usually sounds more annoyed by it all than anything else, but he can't seem to walk away...
In among the normal-world hilarity of the attempt at film-making, etc., there are some more extreme incidents, and a rather shocking crisis, as well as some rather delightful meta-humor (and a throwaway reference to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead that pleased me very much).
[There's a TV Tropes page for the series with lots of entertaining info.]
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Main St. in Portland, Connecticut USA on Monday, December 2, 2013
GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Main St. in Portland, Connecticut USA on Monday, December 2, 2013
Released 10 yrs ago (12/1/2013 UTC) at Little Free Library, Main St. in Portland, Connecticut USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book in the Little Free Library at around 3 or so; hope the finder enjoys it!*** Released as part of the What's in a Name release challenge. ***
I was so excited to find a Bookcrossing book in my Little Free Library! It's great to know that others participate in this fun activity as well. I've been meaning to put some of my own Bookcrossing books in the library but have yet to get around to it.Thanks for stopping by the Portland LFL. I will release this book back in the wild for others to find.
I placed one of my Bookcrossing post-it notes on it.
