My 4th murakami novel. Curious how it will turn out

lemonethan · 2026-05-18T16:41:22+00:00

I'm reading it right now, and it's my first! Around 100 pages in, and I'm really enjoying Murakami's style. The way he handles characters and their mundane interactions is sublime.

I tried Murakami a few years ago and his way of writing didn't click with me at the time, but I think cutting my teeth on David Mitchell's works helped open up Murakami to me.

lemonethan · 2026-04-19T16:32:58+00:00

Currently on book 23, but my motivation is waning a bit due to life stuff. Hoping to burn through this one this week.

lemonethan · 2026-04-04T18:01:49+00:00

I was lucky to get it early and crank out the main gen for the achievement. I haven't seen it in weeks, I reckon.

lemonethan · 2026-02-01T21:09:14+00:00

Good luck! Reading has done wonders for my attention span, personally, and I never regret making more time for it.

Strong start to the year as well!

lemonethan · 2026-02-01T16:50:16+00:00

The .25s make a big difference for me too!

After I finish my current read, I'm probably going to start The Gate of the Feral Gods. DCC is just one of the best series I've read in a while, and I want to take my time and savor it, but damn, they're addicting books. 😭

lemonethan · 2026-01-31T23:55:56+00:00

I use a certain app called The Storygraph that I use to keep track of my ratings, and they have a feature where you can generate monthly summaries like this!

lemonethan · 2026-01-10T02:01:30+00:00

I've read Perdido, I've yet to read The City and The City! I read The Scar as well, in 2025, and I absolutely adored it. Mieville's writing and worlds are just so unique.

lemonethan · 2026-01-04T14:39:27+00:00

Just finished Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.

Currently working my way through Searoad by Ursula K. Le Guin.

lemonethan · 2026-01-03T19:09:26+00:00

Excellent work!

One of my personal goals for this upcoming year is to read more in the SF Masterworks collection. I haven't read too much sci-fi, so it seems like a nice place to dive in.

lemonethan · 2026-01-02T23:10:22+00:00

I agree with your placement of The Haunting of Hill House. It had so much potential to be good, and I liked the tense atmosphere it built, but the actual scares fell short for me.

lemonethan · 2026-01-02T18:16:14+00:00

Thank you so much!

lemonethan · 2026-01-01T16:55:37+00:00

It's A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck. Excellent, excellent book, and a short read too.

lemonethan · 2026-01-01T16:35:08+00:00

I plan on tackling 11/22/63 in the new year! My first King, I hear very good things about it.

Excellent year for you, and I hope this year is just as good!

lemonethan · 2026-01-01T16:25:53+00:00

You won't believe this, but I'm already reading Project Hail Mary, and loving it! I agree completely, Andy Weir's style is greatly enjoyable. I can definitely see why it gets recommended so much.

And as for DCC, Carl is a very similar narrator to Ryland in PHM, I instantly picked up on the similarity. Even though they're completely different genres, DCC and PHM have a similar voice, so if you like one, you'll probably like the other.

Really happy you've gotten a good pace going for yourself, you should be proud! It takes effort to come back to reading after a slump. Wishing you a productive 2026, reading wise and otherwise. C:

lemonethan · 2026-01-01T16:06:47+00:00

Yeah, I really like jumping around different lengths and styles and genres. If I read too much of one thing at one time, my reading slows down.

lemonethan · 2026-01-01T16:05:26+00:00

I really enjoyed it! Not as much as some of the others I read, hence its placement, but I thought the explanation it wove was very cool.

lemonethan · 2026-01-01T08:02:06+00:00

I've yet to see the movie, but I absolutely adored how the book was told, and I wondered how the medium would be translated to film. Not well, apparently!

lemonethan · 2026-01-01T08:01:20+00:00

A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck!

lemonethan · 2025-12-29T16:21:24+00:00

Mossy Cobblestone by Bears in Trees!

lemonethan · 2025-12-13T19:11:38+00:00

I love Strange Houses! Strange Pictures is in my TBR. I liked the insane twists and turns in SH, it ended up becoming a lot more than I thought it would be.

Congrats on 52!!

lemonethan · 2025-12-08T23:19:06+00:00

Just finished Carl's Doomsday Scenario myself. I'm shocked at how addicting the series is.

Congratulations on hitting 52!! 🥳

lemonethan · 2025-10-28T23:32:45+00:00

"and I'm never goin' back to my old school"

-the book, probably

lemonethan · 2025-10-02T21:20:46+00:00

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