Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

  • Started on: 2010-08-08
  • Finished on: 2010-08-23
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: *****
  • Genre(s): Magical Realism, Fantasy

This is my second Murakami, after “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle”. On LibraryThing, opinions were mixed but people generally thought this book to be less than Wind-Up. I’m not so sure what I think. I loved Wind-Up as my first introduction to Murakami and his brand of magical realism, but I have to say I loved Kafka too. Of course Nakata was my favorite character, but I liked the whole book, with all it’s special story lines coming together. I also love how Murakami’s books give me the same nice feeling as Hayao Miyazaki’s movies. I need more Murakami! This book gets five out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2010-08-08
  • Finished on: 2010-08-23
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: *****
  • Genre(s): Magical Realism, Fantasy

This is my second Murakami, after “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle”. On LibraryThing, opinions were mixed but people generally thought this book to be less than Wind-Up. I’m not so sure what I think. I loved Wind-Up as my first introduction to Murakami and his brand of magical realism, but I have to say I loved Kafka too. Of course Nakata was my favorite character, but I liked the whole book, with all it’s special story lines coming together. I also love how Murakami’s books give me the same nice feeling as Hayao Miyazaki’s movies. I need more Murakami! This book gets five out of five stars.