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Haruki Murakami
My first Murakami! and surely not going to be my last.
The first book I’ve ever read in one sitting not including books from the Sweet Valley era (remember those?).
Bizarre and highly addictive.
The novel wasn’t how I expected it to end— pertaining to a more vivid closure— but I, obviously, was still massively entertained. I probably have to let you know that I have a sick addiction to the feeling of being left adrift mid-air and having to face days and nights of delving back into obscure details and lurid imageries of things and character’s dispositions and just constantly roll around on them to absorb more and deeper meanings that was being stealthily and artfully conveyed.
The way the author summoned the reader to virtually join in the story with him was also very engaging, and a rather fresh idea (at least for me). I’ve never read anything with that kind of perspective. Based on some reviews I stumbled upon, this wasn’t the author’s best work. The writing style was said to have transitioned from earlier works. But since this is my first, I have no violent reactions.
Promising plot but lacked richness in its texts, thus failing to convey a vivid picture of the whole story.
I did like this one line from the book though:
“Losing that innocence is the first step on the road to real knowledge.”
“Once upon a time, there was a prostitute called Maria..”
..who had been my companion during one solitary afternoon at GZ last year.
The theme mainly being about love and sex, this novel is pretty provocative, but it has tendencies to get weighed down by a number of drab conversations during intervals. I enjoyed reading Maria’s diary at the end of every chapter, but overall I didn’t feel connected to the book.
A classic it is! This is one of those novels that would never end up in obscurity.
Jane Eyre saddens, terrifies, moves, delights, and drives bouts of anxiety to her readers.
Charlotte Bronte was able to touch different themes throughout the whole novel: family, morality, friends, love, and a personal favorite, independence (feminism). —without appearing cluttered
“Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.”
Not knowing that we already had a copy in the family, I bought one for myself only learning of the former a day after. I could and should have read it sooner!
and I shall again in the near future. Tomorrow, perhaps? ♥
(Oh, how I ache to chance upon the ardent fervor of a Mr. Rochester!)
“I guess getting naked is out of the question?”
My second Marian Keyes. Tedious at first but gets better. Psychologically enlightening. Light read about a serious matter. Comical and tearjerking at times.
“A scar means ‘I survived’. ” -Udo
Truly a page-turner. Captivating. Partly daunting. The story will stay with you for days.
“I feel like a rainbow” -Amanda K. Woods
After reading a bunch of heavy books, yesterday I felt like giving my mind a break, so I picked up this book I bought from more than a decade ago which I haven’t gotten around to— and I definitely should have had because it’s so awesome. Yes, this is intended for little girls but, what the hell, I won’t deny that I enjoyed it a lot.
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A previous reblog had led me to buy this amazing book.
This may sound a bit cliche, but if only we truly realize that there really might be “no tomorrow/s” what greatness of deeds would we attempt to do.
A different kind of travel book.
A glimpse on the world beyond the chirping birds, and scenic view.
I never really liked Jolie until this.
I’m so glad that I was bored tonight, for if I wasn’t I wouldn’t have decided to read this book that I bought 4 years ago, which I still haven’t finished ‘til now. (May I take the crown now as the Queen of Procrastinator?)
Anyway, I skipped to Chapter 11 “Real Motivation Comes From Within” as it seems to be very fitting to where I am right now. And may I just say that Hal Urban is one heck of a genius. I read some very insightful thoughts tonight.
To quote my favorite paragraph in the chapter:
“Motivation is a highly misunderstood concept. Many people when they hear the word, think of the legendary football coaches like Notre Dame’s Knute Rockne telling his team to ‘win one for the Gipper,’ or Vince Lombardi telling his Green Bay Packers that ‘the will to win is everything.’ But that isn’t motivation, it’s temporary stimulation. It’s great in sports and in other ventures that requires short bursts of energy, but it doesn’t work in everyday life. Unless, of course, you can find someone to walk around with you all day yelling, ‘Go, go, go! Win, win, win!’ “
Makes a lot of sense doesn’t it? For real motivation to take place, there should be that strong desire for something (strength of desire = possibility of success), believing that you can do it, and being able to make a mental picture out of it. In short, it has to come from yourself. :)
