Greetings.
When my vacations started in mid-December, I took my to-read-book, which I had since August. At the University I'm forced to read other books, so the ones I am interested in -young adult novels mostly- are not an option while I am in class. It took me like 3 days to read it. Free time + interesting sh*t = fast reading to me. And I am a slow reader.
The book was Chain Mail: Addicted to You by Hiroshi Ishizaki. It was my first experience with japanese literature, and I loved it. I had read manga, it is not the same, but I can't help relating it a little bit with Serial Experiments Lain. Maybe because of the story that involves two different worlds and two different kind of characters: the real ones and the fictional ones. The story takes place in Tokyo, and readers interested in modern Japan will love the description of places, urban-cultures and other stuff about the country and its people. A plus is that it is short. I like how Ishizaki-san made a strong and very interesting story in only two-hundred pages.I would describe this book just like Amazon does. Chain Mail is a suspenseful teenage endeavor that makes hazy the limit between reality and fantasy.
After finishing the book I spent two whole days with One Piece, I feel like a loser because I didn't follow the story sooner. Now I have to suffer the consequences.
