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december

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  • In the Miso Soup, Ryu Murakami
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november

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  • Tod in Venedig, Thomas Mann +
    + at the start the style of writing was preventing me from getting into + the story fully, as i was reading i got used to it and by the end found + myself quite enjoying it. apart from the style i find nothing + particularly special about it. the conclusion is quite unexpected + though. i found the epilog by terence james reed contextualised the + writing of the book in thomas manns life really useful. +
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october

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  • The Burning Shore, Wilbur Smith +
    + while it kept me awake until 3am for 3 days i really disliked the + tonal shift between the second and third acts. how can he portray the + lifestyle of the san the way he does and then have centaine tear up + their sacred place of ancestor worship for diamonds. then the in-world + justification, that it will provide "good water" for her son. to me is + just blatant sugarcoating of an act that clearly violates the memory + and principles of the people she has her life to thank for. though she + had already all but forgotten them, when it was time for the story to + move on from including o'wa and h'ani. +
    + another gripe with the writing i've had is the way the female lead is + written. it is so obvious, that the author is a man of the last + century... centaine in both instances immediately falls for the male, + that is so clearly set up to be her love-interest. +
    + The book + is + from 1985, that might put some of this into perspective. +
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september

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  • The Passage, Justin Cronin +
    + i can't quite remember where i even found this book. specifically the + part after the timeskip pulled me in and i just needed to know what + happens next. the book sets up a series and i am quite curious what + else they are going to do with the characters - i am personally happy + with what they did and wouldn't + need + more. +
    + one small detail from the epilog i like is that apparently he co-wrote + the concept for the book together with his daughter. +
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august

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  • Abroad in Japan, Chris Broad +
    + after reading the first half, i would already recommend this + book. even without any context on the author or japan, this has + some really funny stories. i also like how i can almost hear + chris' voice in the writing. +
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  • The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury +
    + this one took a while. started reading pretty much right after + Native Tongue at the end of march. the book works well for piece + meal reading, since it's a collection of stories set in a + shared world. my favorites were the one where 'and the moon be + still as bright' and 'the million year picnic'. + overall i think i prefer this over fahrenheit if i had to + recommend one. this one executes the almost educational tone + better while telling actually great scifi stories, which often + left me thinking about them later. +
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march

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  • Native Tongue, Suzette Haden Elgin +
    + read most of this in two long sessions while we were in + turkey. after a bit of a slow start i liked the spin on + "dystopian future-not-future society"; the world building + is reminiscent of handmaid's tale, but i felt like there + was more exploration of the inner workings of + why + society is that way; the feminist context shines through + especially towards the end, when the plot only works because the + men are all arrogant assholes, which was satisfying but a + bit one-dimensional. +
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february

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+ started reading a weekly newspaper which had quite the + impact on my reading time. i have a test subscription for + 10 weeks, let's see if i can figure out how to balance my + reading out... +

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january

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  • Record of a Night too brief, Hiromi Kawakami +
    + the first half consists of surreal dreamlike short stories + that only refer to their protagonists as 'me' and 'the + girl'. second half is two longer stories. i enjoyed + interpreting what everything might mean, but wasn't + particularly drawn to the book because of the episodic + nature at the start. read the second half in one afternoon. +
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