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Very different from most of Murakami‘s stuff, but still enjoyable. I was really bothered by his obsession with one girl‘s weight, but otherwise good stuff.

This was my favorite book read in April.
It‘s not my favorite Murakami though.

📷 This photo was taken in the Mojave National Preserve.

#12BooksOf2021
@Andrew65

"You still don't understand, do you?" says my shadow, wearily resting it's head. "If I run away and leave you behind, your life here would be sheer misery... Shadows that don't die here can only leave behind incomplete deaths. You'd live out all eternity in the embrace of what's left of your mind. In the Woods. Those with undead shadows are driven out of Town to wander through the woods forever and ever, possessed by their thoughts..."

#QuotsyJul21 Day 5: #Exhaustion

This story was different from the other Murakami that I‘ve read. Yes, they‘re all different. This one was more alternate dimension while the others I‘ve read by him are more surrealism/magical realism. Still, I liked this unique story about “the end of the world.”
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☠️ Photo taken at an abandoned mine on the Mojave National Preserve, improved upon by an environmental protest. It was our first post-vaccination spring break trip.

If only I had the time I would read:
👹 Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman for the Possesion theme on LT
🔫 Rage by Richard Bachman for a buddy read on IG
🐥 Yellow Bird by Sierra Crane Murdoch for book club
🦄 finish the tagged book for the Key Word Reading Challenge
👩🏾‍🦽 Song of Susannah by Stephen King for a buddy read on IG
✊🏾 Chapter 2 of Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire for my anti-racist teacher group
🍀 Wish me time and luck!

Hellooooo, it‘s me!

Sunday reads.

For some reason I really like to read Murakami during the holidays - I think because his books are always such a great escape and so entertaining. And, I love the way he talks about food.

#QuotsyOct20 Day 1: #Skull

#ifyoulikethis #inception @Klou

This particular mix of absurdity, confusion, and general weirdness was not for me. Gave me a headache. It was hard work to read and that negates the potential for enjoyment. Bizarre and all over the place, Hard Boiled is one I‘m not willing to plod through hundreds of pages in hopes of its improvement. And what is with the sexual obsession with the chubby young woman, ugh
#authoramonth2020
@Soubhiville

"Whiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. You gaze first, then it‘s time to drink.”

Sometimes you just gotta do it...

Why do I keep reading murakami I hear you ask? Not much choice of audiobooks from my library and I normally at least partly enjoy it round the sexism.

And this was the same! Fascinating thought provoking magic realism, with a good dose of Dont Say That About Seventeen Year Old Girls and some extra fatphobia I didn‘t need. If I could have skipped that and kept the world of trapped shadows and the end of the world, it‘d have been great

"I closed my eyes and felt the warmth on my eyelids. Sunlight traveled a long distance to reach this planet; an infinitesimal portion of that energy was enough to warm my eyelids. I was moved. That something as insignificant as an eyelid had its place in the workings of the universe, that the cosmic order did not overlook this momentary fact."

Hard-Boiled Wonderland - A nameless man who can encrypt data with his specially wired brain is drawn into the orbit a mad scientist, his granddaughter, & turtle monsters dwelling under Tokyo.

The End of the World - A nameless man arrives in a walled city where he is separated from his shadow & given the job of reading dreams with no escape.

These 2 stories meld to form a fascinating whole held together by lovely prose and so many unicorn skulls.

"Fairness is a concept that holds only in limited situations. Yet we want the concept to extend to everything, in and out of phase. From snails to hardware stores to married life. Maybe no one finds it, or even misses it, but fairness is like love. What is given has nothing to do with what we seek."

#Riotgrams #BooksAndPastries I stopped by the local bookstore and got a coffee and danish for my wife on the way home (some mishap in my tastebuds/neurons makes coffee taste like poison to me).

“Life‘s no piece of cake, mind you, but the recipe‘s my own to fool with.”

#CurrentRead

#Starting this gift from a friend. It‘s only my second Murakami (after Wild Sheep Chase) but I know enough to be excited.

Woohooo second-hand bookstore finds! 😍 This is a Murakami I've been wanting to read for ages.

It took me two months to finish this book. I usually really like Murakami, but I guess you can't like them all, and that's fine. Still want to try his new book.

Borrowed a book from the #library for tonight's trip to Tokyo.

Well, that was fun. Yes, the weirdness for the sake of weirdness grows tiresome at times, but for the most part, I enjoy being in Murakami's crazy, music-filled, world. This one also has a lot to say about perception and reality and what makes a life worth living.

#NoFemmeber Subterranean leeches are not the sorts of #wildcreatures that I'd want to be anywhere near. Murakami doesn't allow you to catch your breath in either of two very different stories woven together in this strange tale. Eels seem to be pursuing Neko Case on this album cover, and creatures reign in many of her songs--sparrows, tigers, foxes, and ferrets to name just a few. With a voice like hers, she must attract them, Snow White style 🐦

I thought this was a powerful line. It made me sad, but was said in such a matter-of-fact way.

So... I‘m not sure if this one is really my thing. I‘ve read about a third of it so far, so I hate to give up now, but I‘m not really feeling it. For those who have read it, is it worth continuing?

#Rescued from #storage ! Looking forward to the tagged book. And also to re-reading Ishmael and starting The Story of B. #solittletime

#QuotsyOct18 Day 12: This #Recipe I wouldn‘t mind.!

This is my 4th Haruki Murakami book. None of them have made sense. All of them have stuck with me for a long time after reading and left me with a desire to reread in the future. The feelings these books give you linger like a weird dream that you'd like to figure out but probably can't. I love his writing style and his unique perspective. I highly recommend literally anything by this guy.

"How was it possible for a life of misery to be happy overall? But then I understood, that misery could be limited to the future."

This book is getting weirder and weirder. I expect and embrace the weirdness of Murakami's novels. I just can't get enough!

I woke up early and came to the couch to read and have some coffee. Simon continues to sleep while helping me hold my book up.

Got sick of the misogyny, the Male Gaze™️ that describes every single woman in an oversexualized way while also talking down about them. Made it about halfway. Bummer because the plot interested me.

So many unnecessary comments like these. Of course, Murakami‘s characters find fat women repulsive, but also want to have sex with them even if they‘re 17.

So far this is a really interesting book that is compromised by frequent misogynistic comments! Why, Murakami, why?

"You oughtta move someplace with classier doors." -the guy who just broke down his door

I have been disappointed by some of Murakami‘s books in the past but I keep coming back because of intriguing plot summaries. 🤷‍♀️

A little bit of reading time with my pup before meeting my dad for lunch... Our relationship is very strained, and all he wants to talk about is his political beliefs (he's desperately seeking acceptance from me, his socialist daughter, of his pro-Trump beliefs... Not gonna happen...) So I want to have a dad, but he's making it difficult. I'd much rather agree to disagree and talk about literature or philosophy or food or work like we used to.

Good morning! No work for me today. Just coffee and my favorite author and puppy snuggles.

😂 I love it. Already really enjoying this one. Just a few pages in and I'm hooked. He writes such unique characters 😍

"For only through assiduous repetition is it possible to redistribute skewed tendencies."

I bought this book used, as with most of my other books. I don't mind when people highlight or write notes, it kinda gives me a sense of sharing with a mystery person.

I'm gonna abandon that 2nd-in-a-row autobiography I've been reading, in favor of some fiction by my (probably) favorite author, so that I'll actually want to pick up a book again.

I want to find my niche in non fiction books. I love learning, but autobiographies are not appealing to me. I think, in general, the kind of person who is inclined to write an autobiography is just a little too self absorbed for me to enjoy their writing.

To sum it up- mind-bending sci-fi saga with monsters and unicorn, Murakami style. I had no idea what I was getting into. Really enjoyed the ride.

Honestly still processing this book. I felt like it was weird for the sake of being weird and that it left a lot of strings dangling. But I also wonder if there was some point I missed.

#7favesin7days @Kalalalatja @lauren.lerner @ephemeralwaltz #day1

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Finally nice enough to enjoy morning coffee on the deck

Asks questions of being human and the conscious mind. Has two parallel stories; one a cyber punk noir story of an information war and the other a fairy tale town with beasts. Only towards the end you find out how they are related. 8/10

Just found this at the local used bookstore. Growing my Murakami collection!

This is a must read if you like weird books! It's so brilliantly written and you cannot help but think what a genius Murakami is! Through the story, Murakami tells us so much about life and living, about what is happiness, about the choices we make in life etc. Although Kafka on The Shore is still his best according to me, this is almost equally amazing! There are parts which can be confusing but you will figure it all out as the story progresses.