Well I'd been disconnected from new music for a week, while on vacation. I had "Kafka on the Shore" with me though. It wasn't the first book I had read by Murakami, but it's my new favorite. I'm not going to get into the plot, i'm just going to say it's a surreal sort of mystery story, takes place in Japan, and kept me hooked every line of every page. Check it out if you haven't already.