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[lightrobber]

I have these... books that keep piling up and that I really want to read. Shit just keeps getting in-between. =/


Let's see now...
-> Haruki Murakami's Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World || I have a love/hate relationship with his writings. I mean, he gave me the idea of horny (no pardon the pun) rape-happy unicorns (YES, MY MIND TENDS TO BE A VERY SICK PLACE TO BE IN);

-> Hermann Hesse's Das Glasperlenspiel (sadly, not in German D:) || lent to me by my friend who (also griped that it wasn't in German) likes Hesse's writing, but hasn't read this book yet and every time she sits down to do so, remembers that I have it now (sorry for hogging it, Ayaaa~);

-> Rupert Thomson's The Book of Revelations || lent by my coworker because of its sick sexual content and the mindfuck factor;

-> Benjamin Lebert's Crazy || was on sale and I decided to give this young writer a chance;

-> Jeff Noon's Needle in the Groove || was on sale and I was drawn in by the description;

-> Nick McDonell's Twelve || also a sale item and I liked the summary;

-> Ryū Murakami's Almost Transparent Blue (not in Japanese, sadly D:) || bought it because it's a book by a Japanese writer, also the review on the book reminded me of Haruki Murakami's style, so;

-> Herbert W. Franke's Cyber City Süd (not in German, either D:) || I read the summary and instantly thought "Noa Kaiba!!!" How could I put it back down after that? :'D ;

-> Сергей Лукьяненко's Сумеречный Дозор (translation, and I think I know where SMeyer stole the cover idea from for her Twatlight series) || it was the cover of the book that took me and when I read the summary, I realised that I wanted to know what the big deal about the Night Watch tetralogy was;

-> Niccolò Ammaniti L'Ultimo Capodanno (not original Italian, I can't read Italian ;_;) || picked it up because of the disclaimer that went with this book: Not advised for underage, unbalanced, and vulnerable readers. My reaction to that was HOSHI--MUST.HAVE!;

-> Flavia Bujor's La Prophétie des Pierres (god forbid if it were in French D:) || no idea why I have this book; I think mom bought it way back when, when we were both going through the fantasy story phase, so it's at least four years old;

-> Akutagawa Ryūnosuke's story compilation || once again: a Japanese writer that's considered classic; how could I not pick it up?

-> and three cheap crappy romance novels also lent to me by my coworker who practically breathes this stuff. Two are Russian and they have some edgy side-plots involving murder and mystery, so that's not too bad. The third one is translated from English and supposedly has some great sex scenes that both my married coworkers were drooling over. Exscuse me for not being impressed, but I've written better than what this book has. |=

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[lightrobber.livejournal.com]

Heh. I've been sitting on Murakami's book for something like half a year already. Since last summer, iirc.

I've yet to buy a book that's bad. I guess I just have some sort of gut feeling or something. xD

Ahahaha. Now I'm feeling guilty because I'm quite guilty of this: give me a story about mystery, murder, some sexings, and I'm a happy camper. Oh, god, I'm so shallow...

[denshi-no-ultra.livejournal.com]

Lol, it happens.

Lucky you, I have actually bought books that made me feel sorry I spent money on them in the first place. They were not exactly bad books, maybe, but the sort of books one desn't feel like reading more than once.

I really think that murder, mystery and sex do not a bad book make. A book is bad if it 1) does not make you experience any emotions (except perhaps boredom) and 2) does not have anything of a lasting value.

In other words, if the book was entertaining and you can still remember what it was about after a year, it is automatically a pretty good book :D