what are you reading wednesday?
Jan. 30th, 2019 01:46 pmI think I'mma start doing the 'what're you reading wednesday'. afaik, ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
zhelana started it, but another person picked it up. And I'd like to 1) keep better track of what im reading and 2) maybe retain it a little better lol. This doesn't take a ton of focus, unlike writing a weekly update. So, without further ado.
What have I finished Reading:
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami - I had read Kafka on the Shore by the same author and loved it and decided to give this a try. This book didn't have the same surreal elements though. It was sort of a coming of age book, but talks a lot about a friend's suicide affected the protagonist and a friend. it talks a lot about sexuality and stuff too. there's also a lot of awkward romance-notromance. Murakami doesn't write my favorite women, but I usually am forgiving of that, but this book was worse than Kafka. It was almost distracting. It was a good book, but not great.
What am I Reading:
Unwritten by Mike Carey - This is a graphic novel and I'm reading trades 2 through 11. I had read the first trade a year ago and wasn't really feeling it, but my husband enjoyed it and bought the whole series. It starts as basically a spoof of harry potter, only called Tommy Taylor, but it turns out the irl person Tommy is named after gains powers the more people believe in the myth. But there's a lot of convoluted rules and caveats. Its occasionally confusing, I'm assuming to keep me interested in reading, but idk, I'm just not feeling it. I'll finish it out, but I have better stuff on my to-read pile coming.
And thats it. I can only read 1 thing at a time.
zhelana started it, but another person picked it up. And I'd like to 1) keep better track of what im reading and 2) maybe retain it a little better lol. This doesn't take a ton of focus, unlike writing a weekly update. So, without further ado.What have I finished Reading:
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami - I had read Kafka on the Shore by the same author and loved it and decided to give this a try. This book didn't have the same surreal elements though. It was sort of a coming of age book, but talks a lot about a friend's suicide affected the protagonist and a friend. it talks a lot about sexuality and stuff too. there's also a lot of awkward romance-notromance. Murakami doesn't write my favorite women, but I usually am forgiving of that, but this book was worse than Kafka. It was almost distracting. It was a good book, but not great.
What am I Reading:
Unwritten by Mike Carey - This is a graphic novel and I'm reading trades 2 through 11. I had read the first trade a year ago and wasn't really feeling it, but my husband enjoyed it and bought the whole series. It starts as basically a spoof of harry potter, only called Tommy Taylor, but it turns out the irl person Tommy is named after gains powers the more people believe in the myth. But there's a lot of convoluted rules and caveats. Its occasionally confusing, I'm assuming to keep me interested in reading, but idk, I'm just not feeling it. I'll finish it out, but I have better stuff on my to-read pile coming.
And thats it. I can only read 1 thing at a time.
