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Jonathan Lethem: Gun, with occasional music (1995, Hodder & Stoughton)
Gun, with Occasional Music is a 1994 novel by American writer Jonathan Lethem that blends science fiction and hardboiled detective …
In the astonishing finale to the His Dark Materials trilogy, Lyra and Will are in unspeakable danger. With help from …
In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year …
*This enchanting tale of a cursed mythical creature and the lonely fisherman who falls in love with her is “a …
In a rural Vermont college, a group of Classics students get carried away at a bacchanal, and an innocent man …
Ubik, written in 1966 and published in 1969, is one of Philip K. Dick's masterpieces …
I now have the theory that having a fever might be the best way of getting into PKD’s trippier works. It certainly did the job here, making this gem an unputdownable, utterly absorbing thriller in my mind.
Will have to revisit when not sick to test the theory, something I already look forward to.
Dandelion Wine is a 1957 novel by Ray Bradbury set in the summer of 1928 …
No idea how but Ray Bradbury just writes pure nostalgia. Made me miss a childhood I never had.
Also while mostly being a cozy read this book featured the scariest scene I have ever read.
Dear book, it's not you, it's me.
Well written and super thoroughly researched. Gave me a lot of interesting things to consider about Germany during the Nazi regime.
Still not a period in history I enjoy reading about though. So that's why I landed on 3.5 stars.
DNF in 2023, it just does not manage to grip me somehow.
At the same time it's just as depressing as Tara Westover's Educated. So I guess lovers of one will probably enjoy the other.
Wow, simply fantastic. It’ll be hard for another book to push it off the “Favorite of the Year” pedestal.
What a beautifully written, dark and honestly sickening fever dream. There have been times when I would have absolutely loved it but now it was a struggle to get through despite the stunning prose. Definitely a book that has a lot to reveal when taking a closer look, I just don’t think I have the stomach for it.
It’s yet another case of “It’s not you, it’s me” - I’m just bad at picking my reads this year
Neverwhere is the companion novelisation written by English author Neil Gaiman of the television serial Neverwhere, by Gaiman and Lenny …
Beloved is a 1987 novel by the American writer Toni Morrison. Set after the American …
So powerful, truly an important read. In a lot of ways the best book I’ve read about the atrocities of slavery in the US.
However, the writing style made it hard for me to get through or grow attached to the characters to feel the emotional impact I was expecting to feel.
But to be honest I’m not sure Beloved got a fair shot from me, as I probably wasn’t in the right headspace for it.
Definitely looking forward to checking out more Morrison!
