Sometimes I find that if the book has shorter chapters I finish it faster. Like I would rather read five 5 page chapters than just one 15 page chapter. Or audiobooks— why is this chapter 40+ minutes long. Yeah I’m listening at 2-3x speed but still ):

I haven't read any of his works yet, I tried but couldn't get into. But I often heard that his descriptions of women are very sexualised and one-dimensional. Do you think it is true ? Does it get better or worse with time ? Which are his books where it is less or not the case ?

For the Murakami readers out there, what's your opinion on him and his work? I know there's controversy around him, and as a long time fan of his books I'm starting to see the pattern in the plot of them. I'm curious about your thoughts on it!

I read mostly in English but I sometimes read in my native language French. Are they still linked ? If for example the English edition is in one challenge and I read the French edition, is that still going to count ?

After i joined pagebound i can't stop using forums, I use it for every books. But when I check other's comments i couldn't really figure out what they are commenting about bc for each edition of the book the percentage seems to be changing so it quite confusing! So it would be really helpful if we could add chapters along with pages/percentage as a default option.

How can a book be so good in such few pages?

If you've read Babel or speak multiple languages you'll know what I mean, but how do folks feel about translation gaps? I think a good example of what I'm talking about is; when most East Asian languages, especially Japanese, are translated into English the sentences feel oddly clipped or a little too short. I think its just a feature of the two languages and its not a net negative, but I ALWAYS notice it. Im curious if people notice it also? If you do, how does it affect your reading experience? And if you read books in a Non-English language, does English have any similar quirks of translation that you think are interesting? (if you cant tell im a linguistics major)