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467 reviews
My Struggle, Book Five by Karl Ove Knausgård
5.0
This is one of the best books in the series - astoundingly engaging and unbearably full of Karl Ove doing just the most classic Karl Ove bullshit. Don’t miss it (or do!)
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
5.0
Read this after seeing Ghibli’s movie and I really feel that this book amplifies the movie in a powerful way - I also like some of the decisions the movie made more than the book. They complement each other well.
The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China: The Complete Fiction of Lu Xun by Lu Xun
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
The Penguin Classics translation is terrible. I’ll be ordering other editions of his writings with better translators.
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
5.0
One of the greatest books of all time. I feel privileged to have read it. Will be hyping this one up for all of eternity. Read, read, READ IT!
Maus I & II Paperback Box Set by Art Spiegelman
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
Couldn’t help but look at many of the images and details of the Holocaust presented here and think about the current genocide of the Palestinians. It’s too much to try to read this right now while history is repeating itself. I am seeing these images happen in real time. It’s disgraceful.
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
Could tell this wasn’t for me within three pages.
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
5.0
Gorgeous gorgeous book. I felt everything. At the end, I even felt like I couldn’t drink water.
The Journey to the West, Revised Edition, Volume 2 by Wu Ch'eng-En
5.0
Looking for my Pilgrim Sun and Eight Rules.
By the River, Volume 6: Seven Contemporary Chinese Novellas by
3.0
Got this from the library specifically to read Chi Zijian’s story. It was entertaining and ended like all short stories end - abruptly. Then I read the story by Xu Zechen because the start hooked me and damn that story is very sad and merciless.