October 2011
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Some thoughts on 1Q84
220 pages into 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami and it’s incredible. Reading this book, as with Murukami’s other works I’m filled with a sense of constant deja vu and nostalgia for feelings and occurrences that I’m not even sure whether I’ve encountered. Amazing.
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Flowers For Algernon
“Flowers For Algernon” by Daniel Keyes
My rating: 5/5
“Flowers For Algernon” is a book with an alluringly simple idea that is executed fantastically; the concept being that a mentally retarded person undergoes surgery with the intention to increase his intellect. The presented format is that of a collection of journals written by Charlie (the patient and lead character)...
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