Good Day Books (Issue #51, January 2010) Tel: 03-5421-0957    Email: goodday@gol.com     Website: www.gooddaybooks.com       Happy New Year 2010 Coming Attractions:  Stephen Mansfield    31 January 2010    Stephen Mansfield will talk about the aesthetics and design of stone gardens, as he gives his second BookNotes talk. To attend Stephen’s talk on  Sunday, 31 January, you must buy a copy of his new book Japanese Stone Gardens from our shop. BookClubs On Sunday, 24 January, our BookClub members will discuss The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. On Sunday, 14 February, members of our  Non-Native English Speakers’ BookClub will discuss Moon Palace by Paul Auster. Conan the Librarian says Month’s Strangest Questions Is the book Solitude about Solitude? On entering the store:  Do we have to take our shoes off? Month’s Strangest Thing Found in a book A beer coupon that expired in 1994 Month’s Strangest Request I am looking for a book. I don’t know the author or title, but there is a picture of a man on a tank on the cover. What is the name of the book? Conan the Librarian will no longer appear in the newsletter.  So long, and thanks for all the fish. Walking the Old Tokaido Road: Tokyo→Kyoto #13 Progress report: Our intrepid duo continued their Tokaido Road hike from Kanaya. to Kakegawa and then, a few days later, from Kakegawa to Mitsuke.  They passed Fukuroi station, number 27 of the 53 stations; the halfway mark of their journey to Kyoto.     Stone pathway in Kanaya. Kakegawa Castle.