just started kafka on the shore by murakami and looooooovin it

only like 60 pages in but just his style of writing and the whole just kinda serene slice of life stuff so far is so perfect its like it was written just for me.

my first murakami tho so im hyped

It depends on the book. If it’s a really engrossing, fast moving plot I usually don’t want to slow down but if it’s a more dense or contemplative book I usually will. The extent of my “notes” are usually just underlines but I’ll jot notes down here and there.

My Pynchon books are marked up left and right but my King aren’t touched at all. I love them both equally, just different styles and mindsets.

I’ve been reading Shakespeare here and there, along with Harold Bloom’s The Invention of the Human.

If you haven’t seen it, Laurence Olivier’s version of Hamlet is incredible.

Just started Go Tell It On The Mountain. Baldwin cementing himself as my fav with this one.

I’ve seen Murakami’s name come up a lot here recently.... gotta check him out

thoughts on Evaristo's books?

thinking of getting that Girl, Woman, Other

Whitman
Vonnegut
Twain
D***inson
Poe
Kafka
Pynchon
Morrison
D***ens
Joyce
Baldwin

I'm reading The Conspiracy Against The Human Race right now and it's heavy.

Here's an excerpt re: human consciousness

"...A breach in the very unity of life, a biological paradox, and abomination, an absurdity, an exaggeration of disastrous nature. Life had overshot its target, blowing itself apart. A species had been armed too heavily—by spirit made almighty without, but equally a menace to its own well-being. Its weapon was like a sword without hilt or plate, a two-edged blade cleaving everything; but he who is to wield it must grasp the blade and turn one edge toward himself.

Despite his new eyes, man was still rooted in matter, his soul spin into it and subordinated to its blind laws. And yet he could see matter as a stranger, compare himself to all phenomena, see through and locate his vital processes. He comes to nature as an unbidden guest, in vain extending his arms to beg conciliation with his maker: Nature answers to more; it performed a miracle with man but later did not know him. He has lost his right of residence in the universe, has eaten from the Tree of Knowledge and been expelled from Paradise. He is might in the near world, but curses his might as purchased with his harmony of soul, his innocence, his inner peace in life's embrace."

It's a rather philosophical tome on the merits (or lack) of life. Strong antinatalist tones, pessimism abounds. Hard to pick apart the logic of it tho. And there's some beautifully somber prose sprinkled throughout.

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book recs for nutrition and health?

Uniqlo is dropping a Haruki Murakami collection of tee shirts in 2 weeks

uniqlo.com/us/en/ut-graphic-tees/haruki-murakami

know there's a lot of fans on here. I'll definitely be copping at least the cat one

ooooh nice. might get the cat one and that green norwegian wood one

what a great color

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reading dont hit the same unless i read it out loud thats why i cant do this in public lol

i mainly read to broaden my vocabulary and incorporate more words into my everyday life so i read out loud in hopes that it will make it more likely for new words to seep in

plus it makes me a bit more invested in the substance and urges me to try comprehend the content more because i try to enunciate reasonably as well. sometimes when i read quietly ill read like a whole page while my mind was somewhere completely different lol

and on top of that i am an a****** who likes the sound of their own voice

ktt2.com/books-to-become-a-better-conversationalist-be-better-with-people-in-119774

Would really appreciate some suggestions!

If you've never read Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, please give her a try. She's incredible.

Been sitting on Purple Hibiscus too long

That's a good one
Check out Half a Yellow sun tho. That's the one

No doubt

any recommendations for new thriller/mystery books? (last 5 or so years)

Really loved Dark Places and Sadie, so something similar would be dope