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Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro

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CBR15 BINGO: On the Air, because these are all stories about music BINGO: Sex, On the Air, Nostalgia, Picture This, Europe Music has always been a complete mystery to me. I was born with zero musical talent, and the idea of creating a new tune out of nothing is so incomprehensible to me, it’s nothing short of magic. I’ll never be someone who can analyze music or discuss musical theory, yet I often find myself in awe when a song or a chord evokes ecstasy, […]

“it is possible to develop an intimacy with the most disturbing of things”

A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Oops, it’s been a hot minute since I wrote a review. I have been reading, but I also spent four months trying to do my job and also angst about whether I would still have that job in the fall, which ate up a lot of my focus. (I do! I got tenure!) Then I went traveling and continued not writing reviews, though also still reading quite a bit. But CBR Bingo is a nice little prod to get back to it, in the back half of […]

What Happens When the Past is Forgotten

The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

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The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro My rating: 4 of 5 stars I chose this for the CBR15 Passport Challenge in the “Travel Your Bookshelf” category. The first time I read Buried Giant, it was going to be a 3 star rating the ending saved it for me. That moment on the shore with Axl and Beatrice gets me in the feels. It’s such sharp, intense writing that leaves a strong impression on a reader. That deserves recognition. Originally, I thought the plot didn’t have much […]

You Have To Keep Breaking Your Heart Until It Opens

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

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It must be nice sometimes to have no feelings. I envy you.’ I considered this, then said: ‘I believe I have many feelings. The more I observe, the more feelings become available to me.’ She laughed unexpectedly, making me start. ‘In that case,’ she said, ‘maybe you shouldn’t be so keen to observe. – Kazuo Ishiguro This book was recommended to me by a fellow SciFi aficionado. I had heard of it in passing but, as I have never read any of Ishiguro’s other works, […]

Dragon’s Breath

The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Axl and Beatrice, two elderly Britons, are living out their days in a post-Arthurian England when they become obsessed with the idea of taking a trip to visit their long-departed son in his village. They embark on an arduous journey in which they encounter knights, warriors, monks, ogres, and even a dragon. Their trip is hampered by the fact that the whole country seems to be under a sort of spell. No one has much of a memory anymore. Axl and Beatrice don’t remember what […]

The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Still easily one of the most brilliant novels I’ve ever read, now twice. I am often on the lookout not only for good novel, which I like of course, but perfect novels. This is a perfect novel. If you’ve never read it, Stevens is a butler from a fine old English estate. It’s after the war now though and what was once the stately manor has been sold off to a rich American, who wanted one of those famous kinds of butlers. We learn early […]



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