The first thing that captured my attention even before I started to read this novel was its title “My year of Meats”. I couldn’t help to wonder why the author decided to give this book such a strange name. Personally, I think that this would be a great title for a cook book or show from a food channel but not a novel. Other than that I think that I am really going to enjoy reading this novel. It seems to be very funny and quite different from other books that we have read so far in this class. I also appreciate the way in which this piece is written. Oseki doesn’t keep any secrets from the readers. She is very straightforward and puts everything upfront. Since the beginning we get to know all of the characters, what they do and who they are. That makes this novel easy to read because we as readers don’t have to waste the time on wondering what is going on and instead we can just focus on the text and actually enjoy reading it.