Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro Published: August 31st 2010 by Vintage (first published March 2005) Genre: Fiction, dystopian, science fiction, speculative fiction Pages: 304 “Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.” As with … Continue reading Review – Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Nocturnes: Five stories of music and nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro Published: 2010 by Faber & Faber (first published 2009) Genre: Short stories, music, fiction, contemporary Pages: 231 Music binds together five short stories in this little suite of a book, set in this world of ours that sometimes feels so vast and then suddenly so small. … Continue reading Review – Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro
A pale view of hills by Kazuo Ishiguro Published: September 5th 2012 by Vintage (first published 1982) Genre: Fiction, historical fiction Pages: 196 “As with a wound on one's own body, it is possible to develop an intimacy with the most disturbing of things” First published in 1982, this is the first novel by Kazuo … Continue reading Review – A Pale View Of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017 and the Swedish Academy described him as a writer “who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world”. I received three of his books for christmas and decided to jump into all of … Continue reading January reads – Kazuo Ishiguro
Last year I did a New Years wish /resolution about entering a new year with a new outlook. Seeing things in new ways, and trying new things. This year I want to focus on opening up and internalizing that as peace and acceptance. Open your mind a little wider, so you can think a little … Continue reading New Years Resolutions 2018
The Last Mrs.Parrish by Liv Constantine Published: October 17th 2017 by HarperLuxe Genre: Fiction, thriller, mystery, suspense Pages: 560 “Some women get everything. Some women get everything they deserve” Amber is a social climber with a dubious past who has her gold digging heart set on the insanely wealthy Jackson Parrish. To get to Jackson … Continue reading Review – The Last Mrs.Parrish by Liv Constantine
Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari & Eric Klinenberg Published: June 16th 2015 by Penguin Press Genre: Nonfiction, humor Pages: 279 "Today, if you won a smartphone, you're carrying a 24-7 singles bar in your pocket." Aziz Ansari has teamed up with Eric Klinenberg, a sociology professor at New York University and done research on … Continue reading Review – Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D.Vance Published:June 28th 2016 by Harper Genre: Nonfiction, biography, memoir, political Pages: 272 This one crept up on me. Just when I had it pegged for a decent rags to riches, coming of age, type memoir, it went and changed into so much more for me. “Some people may conclude that I … Continue reading Review – Hillbilly Elegy by J.D.Vance
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The hate U give by Angie Thomas Published:February 28th 2017 by Balzer + Bray Genre: Fiction, contemporary, young adult, realistic fiction Pages: 444 This. Book. Is. Long. Overdue! “I’ve seen it happen over and over again: a black person gets killed just for being black, and all hell breaks loose. I’ve tweeted RIP hashtags, reblogged … Continue reading Review – The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
