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A thought-provoking story about the power of an individual's spirit to enact change outside of the physical body. There's so much more to this story than just that, though. It captivated me in a way I can't quite explain.

I'm working on reading the books used for this year's #nonfiction2024 prompts.

Present read. Autumn feels like melancholy, felt like going to Japan 🗾, so picked up Murakami. VINTAGE edition. So far so good. Happy Autumn🍂🍁 Happy Reading 📚📖

What an unexpected surprise! This story was so deep and magical! Another book that I didn‘t think I‘d like based on the cover. Silly me. I won this on Goodreads, and am so glad that I did! I loved so many of the characters! I‘d like to try another book by this author. There were some very strange parts that I didn‘t quite understand, I‘d like to hear others thoughts on what this story really meant. I feel that some of up is up to interpretation.

#MayMontage Day 6: #SunSunglassesOnCover - didn‘t know about this book cover version. Interesting.

This is the second book by this author I've read this year and I have to say I enjoyed this one more than Strange Library. There is just something about the way he writes really distorts the line between reality and a dreamlike world. Very easy to get caught up in the world he's crafted. #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

#memory #inquotes @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#InQuotes Day 25: #Memories

📚 tagged
✍️ Marian Keyes
🎥 The Karate Kid
🧑‍🎤 K D Lang
🎵 Killing Me Softly
#manicmonday #letterK @CBee
A bit late but …

Kafka on the Shore
Stephen KING
Kindergarten Cop
Kurt Vile
Katie Mae - Grateful Dead

#manicmonday #LetterK @CBee

I haven‘t particularly enjoyed previous novels by Murakami, so I didn‘t start with high expectations. It has the uncomfortable sex scenes I‘ve come to expect in his writing, but other than that I was completely caught up in the story. It‘s strange with the line between reality and dream often blurred, and I enjoyed following every unique character‘s story.

#audiobook #1001books #translated #FoodAndLit #Japan #ReadTheWorld #ReadingTheWorld

Man alive, Murakami talks about c**k a lot! I‘m no stranger to his work so I know he can get explicit, but seriously…
All joking aside, Kafka On the Shore is pure Murakami—either you‘re along for the ride or you might as well not get on the train. I‘m always excited about a Murakami novel and there is some great stuff here—talking cats. A fairly satisfying end— But if this is your first date with Murakami, you might wait a bit to meet Kafka.

Finally! My wife and I bought this almost six months ago and it‘s taken her that long to get through it. (Don‘t judge; her schedule is fuller than mine). But now, the wait is over; my turn has come!

@Hazel2019 @TheBookHippie @Pogue
Here are my suggestions for our #LMPBC group. Anything look interesting?

@suvata

This is one of the best i have readed. Great story line, interesting and thrilling i just loved it

This is easily a five star book. It‘s not exactly fantasy or science fiction but has elements of both. It‘s basically about being a human being. There‘s a certain amount of cat in the story as well. So if you‘re a cat you will enjoy it also.

1. Tagged. I love books featuring road trips mixed with magical realism.

2. That was a tough one. I think either Walter Hartright from Wilkie Collins's
'The woman in white' (one of my few fictional crushes) or Sakura from the tagged book.

3. Through time! And mostly backwards to past time periods please! Ancient Egypt? Ancient Rome? The 1960s? The 1980s? Hell yeah!!!

Wanna play, @RaeLovesToRead and @MySharonaK ?
#sundayfunday

#QuotsyJun21 Day 19: #Surf

Io

This book has been loved immensely, but it did not go too well with me. It is in my list of 'to be re-reading' and then let's see what happens of my opinion.
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Tell me about the books that you've read thrice or more.

This was the most intense, absorbing, mesmerising, and strange book I've read in a very long time! Perhaps ever. I loved that it was strange but you could still follow the story, if that makes any sense. It had an odd emotional effect on me and I spent a large part of today (reading the last 30% or so) in a bit of a daze that I had to tear myself away from to look after my children, attend to life. Definitely memorable. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is my first Murakami! I've always been intimidated for some reason. So far, I'm really enjoying this one.

This book is weird because Murakami‘s style always has some level of weird. It‘s tender and soft and sexually uncomfortable. It‘s blurry and lovely and surreal. It dips and weaves and stares you straight in the eye. I have a nostalgic spot for this book that I can‘t explain

There was nothing wrong with the book, it just isn‘t my style. I didn‘t find it compelling to read or particularly easy to follow. A lot of the symbols and metaphors went over my head.

Yes, the majority of reviews will wax rhapsodic about how poetic and breathtakingly consciousness expanding this book is, and it truly is a page-turner with some beautiful passages. But it is also willfully obscure, maddeningly oblique, and at times terribly off-putting.

My package arrived! 💃💃💃

Thank you @Cupcake12 and @nanuska_153 for the tag and @BayouGirl85 for the question.

This is one of my favorite quotes from the tagged book: “Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.”

#thoughtprovokingthursday

"We soon forget about things that are not necessary."

WONDERFUL! Murakami creates a unique universe (again), captivating characters and a very touching storyline. "The odyssey of these characters, as mysterious to them as to us, will be punctuated by trials and discoveries in one of the most surprising works of literature in recent years." (Back cover)
#books # Sha2020

No one else could have done it as well as you did, Murakami. Only you could make the reality and metaphor become a part of each other. Only you could let your readers have this stellar journey. Only you could turn a "not so bright" character into "the dearest".Only you could articulate feelings so well!, to give things like, "Memories warm you up from the inside. But, they also tear you apart".

This is where you'll fall for this book! 🌈

I just love Murakami so much 🐱 🎶 👂 ❤️

I loved this book, within it I felt almost trapped, it's captivating and very fulfilling. Both characters are lovable and interesting, which makes the experience of reading their stories so much better. Murakami has a way with words and connections, this book is an amazing read.

#oblivion #beautifulwords

I finished all of my books for Spring for #Booked2020 earlier this week!

1. Makes you LOL: The Impossible Fortress
2. Parent & child memoir: The Glass Castle
3. Tartan Noir: The Blackhouse
4. About genocide: The Rape of Nanking
5. Pan Asian author: Kafka on the Shore
6. Animal on the cover: Shiver

So wonderful. So wonderful. It‘s whole hearted, the world is so magical. I loved it.

Thanks to @Buechersuechtling for the tag - sorry it‘s a late post!

•Greece! No plans due to COVID and grad school
• almost done my assignments before reading week
• @ephemeralwaltz @Rachel.Rencher want to play?

#thankfulthursday @Cosmos_Moon

3/5

#ThankfulThursday @Cosmos_Moon
@Powered_By_Plants thank you ❤
1. I've added Chile to my long list of countries to visit since the time I read #motorcyclediaries

2. This week it has to be Litsy! So glad to have found this community and @Powered_By_Plants - You are awesome ❤

3. Tagging @RedJhon @Mishu94 @NeedsMoreBooks @Eggs @limada @MySharonaK

#ManicMonday

📖 Kafka on the Shore by Murakami

🖊 Steven King (by sheer volume of books I loved) but Barbara Kingsolver is a sentimental favorite

📺 Key and Peele

🎤 The Killers ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

🎶 Karma Police by Radiohead

- Kafka on the Shore
- Stephen KING
- Kindergarten Cop
- Kurt Vile
- Kiss - Prince

@JoScho #ManicMonday #LetterK

Reading now

It's my 3rd time to read this💘✨#harukist #haruki #murakami

My order came in, yes!!!!😊📚

#7days7books Day 3. Books that changed me or left a lasting impact on me.

Thanks for the tag, @EadieB 😃

1. Tagged (although I‘m still reading in April!)

2. “Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That‘s part of what it means to be alive.”

#Two4Tuesday

I couldn‘t possibly do this book justice with a review; suffice it to say, I am not at all sure what happened, but I absolutely loved everything about this reading experience.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#7tage7buecher
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#murakami #lesen #leseliebe #lesenswert #buch #buchempfehlung