So, my shipping address is my parents home address, and I live in a different city because I'm going to Uni. So I always have to wait a few extra days/week after my exchange gift arrive before I get to see it! Anyway, my R/books exchange arrived last tuesday, and I finally got my hands on it yesterday! SUPER STOKED!!!!! I got two books: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami (collection of 24 short stories) Urawaza: Do Everything Better. Secret everyday tips and tricks from Japan by Lisa Katayama, Illustration by Joel Holland.

I'm so excited to read these books! Short stories are awesome, being in Uni I'm hard pressed to find time to read a full length book, so I don't get to do a lot of fun reading during the school year, this will be awesome :) Also I'm a self-professed Anthropology nerd, so I'm excited to read stories by a Japanese author and see what I can learn about Japanese culture traits that might come through in the writing :)

Urawaza: OMG, this books is so cool! I love the idea of it in general, tips to do everything better, I love learning stuff like that. Secondly, I LOOOOOOOOOOVE the design of this book. So this book satiates my obsession with design books, even though its not specifically a book about design. either way, I'm super excited to read this as well!

Thank you so much R/books exchange person from Vancouver! You rock! I'm thrilled! :)