just finished 1q84, was a good read but did go on a bit.
Agreed. You read book 3?
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first person ive ever ever heard to come out with such rubbish
I like most of his other stuff, yet Norwegian Wood feels stale and tedious in comparison.
I dont like Norwegian Wood either, in fact i couldnt even finish it. I do like 'Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World', 'After Dark' and 'South of the Border, West of the Sun' though
15 Sep 2012 00:25
yeah read the 3 of them, was nice to read a few shorter books afterwards on holiday
ready player one - need to be a bit geeky/into 80's pop culture but really enjoyed it.
the devotion of suspect x - nice twists and turns, awesome crime thriller with a really clever ending.
Gonna really quickly read The Farseer Trilogy 1 - The Assassin's Apprentice now as a mate who knows I like game of thrones (and subsequent) keeps badgering me to read it.
Then gonna delve into another murakami, undecided between Norweigan Wood/Kafka on the Shore…
ready player one - need to be a bit geeky/into 80's pop culture but really enjoyed it.
the devotion of suspect x - nice twists and turns, awesome crime thriller with a really clever ending.
Gonna really quickly read The Farseer Trilogy 1 - The Assassin's Apprentice now as a mate who knows I like game of thrones (and subsequent) keeps badgering me to read it.
Then gonna delve into another murakami, undecided between Norweigan Wood/Kafka on the Shore…
Just finished Clockers by Richard Price, one of the writers from The Wire. Admittedly haven't read too many works of fiction recently but love the guy's writing style, so easy to just get absorbed into the book for hours at a time. Has all the same great things about The Wire: gripping storylines, balanced characters to empathise with and the dialogue is brilliant. Definitely recommend, 100x better than the Spike Lee film.
thought it was cool when in Mostar this year to see some of the remnants of the war then seen a video whilst in the city of how the bridge was destroyed and some accounts which were pretty shocking, so I rooted out some books to read.
just finished a great read about the residents of one street in Sarajevo during the war.
http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/qs_product_tbp?storeId=10001&catalogId;=10051&langId;=100&productId;=280220
hoping to find a great picture book that I had a look at and regret not buying whilst in Mostar but also this one too which looks even better. check out the video on the link.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1093199707/the-bosnia-book-project-bosnia-1992-95
defo going back in 2013. I've heard Sarajevo is a fantastic city to visit.
https://vimeo.com/help/faq/embedding –> Bosnia 1992-1995 from Midhat Mujkic on Vimeo.
just finished a great read about the residents of one street in Sarajevo during the war.
http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/qs_product_tbp?storeId=10001&catalogId;=10051&langId;=100&productId;=280220
hoping to find a great picture book that I had a look at and regret not buying whilst in Mostar but also this one too which looks even better. check out the video on the link.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1093199707/the-bosnia-book-project-bosnia-1992-95
defo going back in 2013. I've heard Sarajevo is a fantastic city to visit.
https://vimeo.com/help/faq/embedding –> Bosnia 1992-1995 from Midhat Mujkic on Vimeo.
Norwegian Wood is shit. If it was by any other author, no-one would recommend it.
first person ive ever ever heard to come out with such rubbish
I like most of his other stuff, yet Norwegian Wood feels stale and tedious in comparison.
I dont like Norwegian Wood either, in fact i couldnt even finish it. I do like 'Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World', 'After Dark' and 'South of the Border, West of the Sun' though
been reading a lot of paul celan lately. i've been trying to get into ursula le guin because i've heard her books are great but the sci-fi element (even if it's just a pretext for some existential analysis of what it means to 'be' etc) bugs me. just finished fante's ask the dust which is one of the best books i've read in a while. lots of streams of consciousness and self loathing. short and sweet. recommended.
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