im trying to go through everything oscar wilde has written after reading the picture of dorian gray

read his short stories, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime def my fav one

trying to read through all of his plays now, finished The Importance of Being Earnest yesterday and it was hilarious. Wilde really was a genuis

also read "Only Dull People are Brilliant at Breakfast" from penguin black classics, its a little collection of aphorisms said by wilde himself or out of his stories/plays. fun to read but if youre familiar with his writings you probably know most of them already

First novel I've read by Camus. thought it was good and he did a great job of capturing the main character's inner monologue and personality. don't quite get the hype or why it's considered a classic, but it was good. nice, short novel though I might have enjoyed it more if it were a hundred pages longer

8/10

I also don't get the classic hype
I will say , Camus did a great job at capturing the apathy of the narrator , and it makes you ask yourself some questions during his trial

I thought this is a really good read. Tons of details and new types of characters traits from people. Nice resolve and ending

It’s a murder mystery book. A boy goes into witness protection. Gets sent to a forest survival camp with other boys. Instructor is retired Air Force survivalist that eventually has to go above and beyond for this boy when things start to get uneasy when his location becomes known.

I’d recommend if you like murder mysteries.

I mean I liked it, but was expecting more based on the hype. I think it might fall into the category of books that were written many years ago that were groundbreaking or presented a new perspective for the times. if it came out this year not sure it would be so well received but maybe I'm missing something. if anybody is a big Camus fan feel free to describe what makes The Stranger so special

Just finished Nella Larsen’s Passing. Great, quick read. Ending was chaotic but it was cathartic after the rising tension of the rest of the book.

Starting on Beatty’s The Sellout now.

PAUL BEATTY

definitely drop a review once you finish The Sellout. Beatty is one of my favorite authors so I was happy so see him reach that level of success with The Sellout. it's a great book that I still think about sometimes but to me, The White Boy Shuffle is his best work and was one of my favorite books growing up. he'd be a great author for the KTT book club...

my type of book. whimsical, unique, and meaningful. loved the story structure and creativity. could have read another 100 pages. probably my favorite Vonnegut novel I've read so far but I might read Cat's Cradle next. so it goes.

9/10

2.5/5

Good writing, slow boring story that wasn't at all what it was billed as. Unsatisfying conclusion too.

Finished The Big Payback yesterday. Big but INCREDIBLE history on hip hop business.

Ending was kinda trash imo ... randomly tragic and kinda messy for no reason.

Great book tho

I’m reading Welcome to the Monkeyhouse now loved Cat’s Cradle as well. He’s my type of author

finished this at the library yesterday

great read

My local library finally reopened a little bit ago so I've been back reading.

Finished Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin last week, and just finished Cats Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. Both were fantastic.

finally got around to this after it being recommended a few years ago. it's a novel about a couple and how their relationship evolves from first date to married with kids. told through the eyes of the husband with the author interjecting every so often to give a general perspective on relationships and love. it's a pretty accurate representation of the challenges of relationships, yet still manages to end on a positive and inspirational note. good book for anybody in a LTR or considering marriage

7/10

Finished Antkind.

what did you think?

I don’t know yet. It’s a lot.

Propaganda by Bernays

just finished kurt vonnegut's "Breakfast of Champions". 6.5/10

2nd Murakami book I’ve read (read A Wild Sheep Chase about a month ago). This one was a lot more straightforward plot-wise and also pretty depressing.

8/10

I disliked this book so much. Are his other books better? I felt like this one was pretty much just about women and them as s***objects

Liked this a bit more than the original Biography tbh
4/5

suicides left and right. Also, Reiko and Watanabe going at it at the end grossed me out for some reason Lmao

I'm gonna try wind up bird chronicles real soon. I heard it's more of a surreal novel (his actual style) than this one. Maybe you can pick that one up? It was recommended to me.