Originally Posted by
JohnnyRedStorm
Originally Posted by
VeryAnalytical85
Originally Posted by JohnnyRedStorm
I feel like every aspiring writer should read Murakami simply to see the way he balances the supernatural and the surreal and juxtaposes them against reality. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore, especially.
See, that's the thing. I'm also a writer on the side and I really don't get the hype with Murakami.
Call it asinine for me to assume this but I feel like a lot of folks who are into reading hype him up like a pair of Galaxy Foamposites.
It's the weird journey he takes you on where you find something or someone you just love or are obsessed and fascinated with. Kinda like The Alchemist, you know? For me with him, I love the way he uses cats and has them playing pivotal roles (Kafka, Wind-Up Bird).
I purchased a few books I plan to read over the next few however many days:
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Imaginary Friends by Darren Pillsbury
we'll see how they are. I also plan to read, before the summer is up, Norwegian Wood, A Wild Sheep Chase, What Is The What, Look Homeward Angel, Wise Blood and Cosmos.
