Overbooked Reader

I've finally accomplished a major reading milestone in my reading life, finishing  1Q84 by Haruki Murakami in its entirety. I bought a hardback copy of the book when the day it first came out in Fully Booked years ago, but I never got past part two of the three-part novel. With over 1,000 pages, it's really long Murakami book! 1Q84  is set in a fictional year where the letter "Q" represents a question mark. The people living in this parallel 1984 world bare witness to the phenomenon of their being two moons in the night sky. The story's two protagonists: the aspiring novelist Tengo and the gym instructor/assassin-for-hire Aomame both live in the year 1Q84 .  Tengo's story begins when he ghostwrites Air Chrysalis , a novella about mythical creatures called "The Little People." The brainchild of a young girl named Fuka Eri, the novel becomes a huge bestseller. Meanwhile, Aomame is given her toughest assignment yet, to murder the leader of ...

Me holding my hardcover copy of 1Q84, which I bought on the day it was released in Fully Booked, Greenhills Promenade.  It's really dirty. I spilled some coffee on it. I will finish reading it soon.  I haven't read the whole 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami , but I've probably read part one of this novel more times than any other novel I've read before. It's not that I didn't enjoy reading part one. In fact, I loved it. It's just one of those stories so heavy and detailed that I have to pause for a while. It just so happens that when I get back to reading it, I feel like starting all over again. 1Q84 is set in a Tokyo during a fictionalized 1984. I assume the parallel between this book and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four will become more apparent in parts two and three. Part one alternates between the narratives of female assassin/gym instructor Aomame and budding novelist/male cram school mathematics teacher Tengo . Aomame kills with a needl...

Happy New Year, everyone! I just read a bunch of 2014 reading lists by other Filipino book bloggers, so I've decided to make my own. Here just 10 of the books I want to read by the end of the year: Me and my moldy hardbound copy of 1Q84 :) 1. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami I'm almost finished reading the first of three parts. I will finish reading the whole novel this year (Maybe this month, even), I promise! 2. It by Stephen King Another book I've had since forever, and really want to read, but have not read entirely yet. 3. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell I bought a copy of this from Fully Booked last December. Everyone seems to love it. I hope I will too. 4. The Lord of the Rings  trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien The first several times I tried reading The Fellowship of the Ring , I found it really boring [I'm sorry!]. I plan to have another go at it this year. 5. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin I've read half of this book. Then, I s...