Munro has been a welcome break from the masculine, genre-dominated shit I’ve been reading. Shelving this one my shelf next to a pile of Murakami with only "Everyone In Silico” by Jim Munroe ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/342203.Everyone_in_Silico) between, as a mediator of sorts, makes for a heck of a counterpoint.
Everyone in SilicoIn Vancouver in 2036, people are tired of the rain. The…GoodreadsUnlike (or, like?) Murakami, Munro’s women age (natch) and have their own experiences, inner lives, and desires. Munro’s also a slightly more interesting prosist (to me).
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gravely (@gravely@mastodon.social)Attached: 1 image fourth book, "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage", Haruki Murakami I've had this on the shelf for a while (years, even) after catching up on Murakami and taking a good long break (furthermore, I think this was a gift, or used rack sale find, even) because it's all very samesy. I picked this off the to-read pile because it looked the shortest. I think crit of his lesser stuff like this is totally on the mark and fair but also "it me" so, I enjoyed it. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41022133-colorless-tsukuru-tazaki-and-his-years-of-pilgrimageMastodon