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.

The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro (OBE, FRSA, FRSL)

  • Started on: 2010-10-06
  • Finished on: 2010-10-07
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: *****
  • Genre(s): General Fiction

After reading and loving “Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro, which I loved, I wanted to read more by him. “The Remains of the Day” is of course very well known, so that was my choice.
This book is very different than “Never Let Me Go” (that one was about a dystopian future, this one about the past). For the first few pages I was not quite sure what to think about this book. The language is extremely formal, as is the narrator, Stevens. But he grows on you, so that by the end you really feel for him and for Miss Kenton. This story made me think about a few other famous butlers such as Niles from The Nanny (not quite as dignified as Stevens ;-)). I give this book four out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2010-10-06
  • Finished on: 2010-10-07
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: *****
  • Genre(s): General Fiction

After reading and loving “Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro, which I loved, I wanted to read more by him. “The Remains of the Day” is of course very well known, so that was my choice.
This book is very different than “Never Let Me Go” (that one was about a dystopian future, this one about the past). For the first few pages I was not quite sure what to think about this book. The language is extremely formal, as is the narrator, Stevens. But he grows on you, so that by the end you really feel for him and for Miss Kenton. This story made me think about a few other famous butlers such as Niles from The Nanny (not quite as dignified as Stevens ;-)). I give this book four out of five stars.