Everything Matters! November 11, 2018Reading in the world of media over-saturation has become a challenge. I have just too many options, what...
The Tiger’s Wife July 12, 2017No matter how many times I reminded myself that The Tiger’s Wife didn’t take place in India, (and...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao June 24, 2011So chalk this up as another book that absolutely everyone loved that I thought was an overrated steaming...
Chronic City March 9, 2010I very rarely get super-excited after reading blurbs. Even the word “blurb” sounds like a baby slipping under...
Kafka On the Shore May 27, 2009Fantastic realism I think they call it. Or mystic concretism. Maybe trippy groundedness? However you classify Murakami, this...
Winter’s Tale February 16, 2008I’m all for blurring genre edges when it comes to novels. Some of my favorite authors are blurrers....
The World to Come November 9, 2007For some reason I had this minor freak-out when starting to read this book that I had somehow...
A Wild Sheep Chase October 15, 2006It’s clear that this is the same man who wrote The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. The pervasive themes of...
If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler June 15, 2006I’m pretty sure this is the first novel I’ve read translated from Italian. Apparently American and British authors...
The Fortress of Solitude May 1, 2006To call this book vaguely racist would be a stretch, but it does seem that our author writes...
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle March 15, 2005I’m usually a little hesitant to read translated books. What if the author meant “that” and the translator...
Big Fish September 1, 2003In a stunning turn of events, Mr. Hipster actually enjoyed a book! Was it great literature? No. Is...
