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1Q84 Books 1, 2 And 3
1Q84 Books 1, 2 And 3 | Haruki Murakami
The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. In this world, the fates of two people, Tengo and Aomame, are closely intertwined. They are each, in their own way, doing something very dangerous. And in this world, there seems no way to save them both. Something extraordinary is starting.
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Yuki_Onna
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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BookwormAHN Fantastic 🐈‍⬛️ 5mo
Eggs Great choice 👍🏼👍🏼 5mo
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KristiAhlers
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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This #chunkster #readjapaneseculture was such an amazing book I managed to inhale it in two and half days. Murakami is such an imaginative writer and you really have to just give in and table reality and let yourself be pulled in. This real is similar to Orwell's 1984 but with Murakami flair. #bookspin book @TheAromaofBooks

Mandoul This is one of my favourites, so glad to see you enjoyed it 😊 also, great going finishing it so fast! 12mo
TheAromaofBooks I started to read this one but wasn't in the right headspace for it. However, I really do want to finish it someday! 12mo
KristiAhlers @TheAromaofBooks this was a pick up again read for me too. Headspace is important I'm finding reading this author. 12mo
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Yuki_Onna
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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#OminousOctober 9. #Moon 17. #Cozy 18. #Enchanted 19. #Sweater

Yet another personal favourite - #HarukiMurakami with another magical weird surreal rotten journey through a parallel world with two moons. 🌒🌑
My hoodie is from an artist on #redbubble - a 1Q84 design and so cozy...
Tagging @RaeLovesToRead - fellow Murakami fan

@Clwojick @AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks @Eggs
#Halloween #Japan #surrealism #magicalrealism
#Scarathlon2022 #TeamSlaughter

RaeLovesToRead Oh wow! Love the hoody! I want one 😀 1y
Yuki_Onna @RaeLovesToRead It's so cosy! The artist's name on Redbubble is PauEnserius. Just look for 1Q84, that's how I found the design... 😊 1y
Eggs 🖤🌔❤️ 1y
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CallMeIshmael
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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New book from my local bookstore and watching firefly on its 20th anniversary makes for a great evening

Yuki_Onna This book is a wild surreal ride! Hope you'll be able to truly immerse yourself in it -once you slip into this world it's awesome! 2y
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Karisimo
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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This #letterq is an investment of time- 46 hours on audio! It got a little weird for me in places, but the complex way it all comes together is masterful!

#AlphabetGame
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing! 2y
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Kangaj1
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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Here's my #bookspinbingo board for July. I finished 12 books, which is low for me, but we had a lot going on around here. I was DNFing books left and right.
I read the tagged book as a buddy read that started in late June, and really liked it a lot!
@thearomaofbooks #Roll100 @PuddleJumper #TBRDeckofCards @clwojick #Booked2022 @cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @barbarathebibliophage #AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

PuddleJumper You're doing amazing! 2y
Cinfhen Woohoo 🙌🏻 amazing progress 2y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Fantastic month!! 2y
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Centique
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) | Haruki Murakami
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Dun dah dah! I finished! 🎺🎶🎶
This was a 4 star, 1319 page read. If you‘ve read Murakami you‘ll know his straight forward writing style makes the pages go fast & you‘ll be prepared for fantastical elements popping out of an otherwise realistically drawn setting. You might be prepared for a bonkers plot, which this truly is and some very odd sex scenes. But what this story also has is characters so good you‘d quite happily sit with them 🔽

Centique contemplating a blank wall. (However if you don‘t do weird or fantastical, this wont be for you)
Side note: how much harder it was to stalk someone in 1984! 😬
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sarahbarnes I love this book! Your review makes me want to reread it! 2y
sisilia I read this 10 years ago, and I still remember the two moons. My favorite part is the rat and the vegetarian cat 😝 2y
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Megabooks This is on my bucket list! Congratulations! 2y
CarolynM Glad you enjoyed it, but I don‘t think it‘s for me☹️ 2y
Centique @sarahbarnes thanks! It was a glorious trip 🥰 2y
Centique @sisilia ha! I will remember that too 😆 2y
Centique @Megabooks thanks Meg 😘 2y
Centique @CarolynM I think you‘re probably right. It‘s a long slog if you don‘t like the weird and wooly plot! 2y
sisilia If i remember correctly, Murakami won the worst sex scene writer award for this hahaha 2y
Centique @sisilia I‘m glad to hear that! It made me cringe so much 😂😂 2y
Nute I keep saying, ‘one day soon,‘ and then I bypass it every time. I don‘t know why because I like Murakami‘s storytelling style. 2y
Centique @Nute there are so many books like that aren‘t there! But we‘re always picking up some other book that wants us to love it 😍 so we‘re doing okay! 💕 2y
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Centique
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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Slowly making progress. I‘m enjoying this but Mr Murakami you have some weird 🤪 going on in your brain!

Maria514626 😆😆😆 That‘s quite the chunkster! 2y
BarbaraBB I‘ll never forget those two moons! 2y
ElizaMarie I really loved this book! 2y
Megabooks I‘d love to read this someday! 2y
Jeg Way too thick for me these days. 2y
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Centique
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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I can‘t help myself, I‘ve fallen into another #chunkster 😂😂

BkClubCare Yea. I have climbed that. 🥴 2y
Centique @BkClubCare well done you! 😂 2y
LeahBergen Wow, that IS a biggun‘! 🤣 2y
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sarahbarnes I loved this book SO much! 2y
Ruthiella 👍 I love a long book (if it‘s good, naturally!) 2y
Dragon A strange but wonderful book 👍💚🐉 2y
BarbaraBB It‘s fast paced though! Enjoy! 2y
squirrelbrain Good luck! 😁 2y
Centique @sarahbarnes @Dragon @BarbaraBB I‘m really enjoying it so far! (edited) 2y
batsy That looks fun! I'll look out for your review 🙂 2y
Jeg Don‘t think I could do it. So look forward to your review. 2y
Centique @Jeg luckily the font is really big! 2y
ReadingEnvy I liked this one! 2y
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Patchshank
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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I've finally decided to stop putting it off. I have started my book for the #ChunksterChallenge2022 😅

https://youtu.be/2_uwE0WkM7Y

Link to It's Only a Paper Moon sung by Ella Fitzgerald. I'm going to be humming that all evening now.

Amiable You can do it ! 2y
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Noveldrama
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) | Haruki Murakami
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Yuki_Onna
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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❄That depends - on my mood, the genre and/or the book.
When there's magical realism and or surrealism involved, slow burn is perfect
most times. 👌
❄What an epic. Enjoyed the plot of that one playing out so much.

@TheSpineView #two4tuesday #HarukiMurakami

Wanna play? @Enchanted_Bibliophile @BookBosomed1 @SoyTooSaucy

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 🤩📖📚 2y
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Patchshank
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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I'm going to try and read the tagged book.
#ChunksterChallenge2022
@Amiable

Amiable Fabulous! Welcome to the crew! 2y
Leftcoastzen 😱need to read it as well 2y
Amiable @Leftcoastzen Do you want me to add you to the tag list for the challenge? 2y
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Leftcoastzen Yes, please. 2y
Twainy I also have this book … unread 😩 one of my 22 goals is to read chunky books! 2y
Patchshank @Twainy @Leftcoastzen maybe we could do a buddy read? 2y
Twainy I‘m not sure what that is but yes. 2y
Patchshank @Twainy I've never participated in a buddy read before, but from what I can gather its like a small bookclub. We read the book together and discuss it. Like maybe each week we read like 5 chapters or something then at the end of the week we talk about it. 2y
Twainy 😁 2y
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SherryJones
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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I am in complete awe of Haruki Murakami. A fantastical adventure tale about loneliness and love, this book is perfectly paced and with a complex story, unforgettable characters, and simple prose that lets the story shine. The book is long, which gave me pleasure as I luxuriated in the knowledge that I would be able to remain in Aomame and Tengo‘s world for a long time. This book has now become one of my favorites. Ten stars out of five!

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SherryJones
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami

I am loving this book about a young woman who grew up as a Jehovah‘s Witness and a young man who ghostwrites a book by a teenage girl who grew up in a Japanese cult. There‘s so much suspense in the plot that I can‘t stop turning the pages. Murakami‘s clean style is deceptively simple, as always — there‘s so much to unpack in this marvelous book.

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HeyT
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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I was a little intimidated because this was 1157 pages but it certainly didn‘t feel that long. While I could have done without the weird sex bits the sheer wtfness of it was good. I was continually coming up with more theories as I read and having to readjust when something else happened. Worth the time it took to read.
#BuriedAliveChallenge

suvata I ❤️ Murakami books 3y
HeyT This was my #DoubleSpin for July @TheAromaofBooks 3y
TheAromaofBooks Wow!! Fabulous progress!!!! I started to read this one whenever Haruki Murakami was #AuthorAMonth but just wasn't in the headspace for it. It's still on my list, though, because I think I would enjoy it if I could get into it. 3y
HeyT @TheAromaofBooks Yeah it was a little weird to get started but once I was in I was in. You just have to be in a headspace where you can accept the weird. 3y
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HeyT
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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I have so many theories going around in my head about this and I‘m not quite at 50% yet so I‘m excited to see where it goes. I don‘t know what I expected this to be but I am surprised I‘m not feeling bogged down by the size. Maybe it‘s because Callie is keeping me company.
#CatsOfLitsy

RaeLovesToRead Callie is so photogenic! 3y
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HeyT
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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“If our collective memory is taken from us—is rewritten—we lose the ability to sustain our true selves.“

I think this hits especially hard because I went to library school and took archival electives.

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HeyT
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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I‘m so happy it‘s porch reading weather! It‘s been like over 85F for so long that I almost forgot what good weather felt like.

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HeyT
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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Only six chapters in and I‘m already having weird dreams about this book.

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HeyT
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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Decided to start this in an effort to tackle my BookSpin backlog. I only have two chunksters left but the other is made up of like 250 short stories.

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cant_i'm_booked
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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Completely absorbing, the best novel I‘ve stumbled across as of late. A young woman in 1984 Tokyo hops an expressway barrier, to inadvertently enter a dangerous new world. A modern love story, but then, its wrapped up within so many interlocking elements of sci-fi, literary history, philosophy, Western noir and Japanese mythology, maybe a simple label like “love story” rings false. Do not let the length deter you!

Mandoul Totally agree! This is one on my favourites. 2y
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Sharpeipup
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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bibliobliss
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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Not the books though!! 😫

#currentlyreading

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bibliobliss
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami

This was not about the mere loss of her virginity but rather the sanctity of an individual human being's soul. No one had the right to invade such sacred precincts with muddy feet.

Love Murakami's writing

#currentlyreading #fiction #novels #doorstoppers #bigassbooks #bookblurbs

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Sharpeipup
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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And we‘re off…

The latest book in my read harder book club. Nice to have one to talk about!

bibliobliss I'm reading it too. Good luck!! 3y
Sharpeipup @bibliobliss Enjoying it so far. You? 3y
bibliobliss @Sharpeipup Yes. It's wild 😉 3y
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bibliobliss
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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>>#minimalistbookstagram for
mon feb 15 2021

Insta: (@)biblio_bliss_

I heard about this "strangely-titled" book years ago but suddenly became interested when I realized that it's a spin on Orwell's "1984."

Taking place in Japan in the year 1984, it's a strange, stunning, sexy and surprising Orwellian spinoff with very eccentric characters. One of those books where you really don't know what to expect.

#currentlyreading #bookstagram

vivastory I've had this one on my shelf for awhile, I even bought the 3 volume edition. Think I'm going to def read it this year 3y
bibliobliss @vivastory It's a huge book, daunting like huge books are. But very strange and interesting!! 3y
cathysaid One of my most favoritist books ever ❤️ And honestly...I can‘t even put into words why that is. 3y
bibliobliss @cathysaid Lol that happens sometimes!! 3y
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Therewillbebooks
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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About to record a new episode. We're selecting our #seasonalread for the winter. These are some of the candidates.

https://open.spotify.com/show/6A6hXZ7eaOG7BtHOSJpCTI?si=i2uYzeUpTperfhEn6N3Ajw

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Shaneyney
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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A great combination of fantasy and history set in Japan. Two different story that at first seem completely unrelated gradually come together to make a complete whole.
Warning has some very graphic parts that are at times quite disturbing. Not for the faint of heart. I would definitely read more by this author

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singhaniashares
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) | Haruki Murakami
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Starting the new year's reading with Murakami❤️

I've already read 'Kafka on the Shore' last year, and I plan to read all Murakami books this year! Wish me luck :)

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HeyT
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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Apparently it's that time of the month again as @TheAromaofBooks has posted the reminder about the upcoming #BookSpin. For the new year I've completely revamped my list to include books for a challenge I'm participating in during the new year. Looking forward to the draw as always. I still don't think I'm up for the bingo though.

TheAromaofBooks Glad to have you along for however much of the challenge works for you!! You have a few chunksters in there - I couldn't make it through the tagged book! 😬 3y
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bibliobliss
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami

It's not me but the world that's deranged.
Yes, that settles it.

#currentlyreading #fiction #novels #doorstoppers #bigassbooks #bookquotes #life

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emilyhaldi
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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This chunkster started off strong. Murakami writes with such ease of other-worldly subjects that it takes little effort to embrace the fantasy... unfortunately the emphasis on Ushikawa in book 3 snapped me back to reality and I lost the magic 💫 That, plus the abundant repetition of certain points, left me fatigued & disappointed by the time I reached page 1157 (not that I was counting...)
If only Murakami had stopped while he was ahead!

Megabooks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 for finishing it! 3y
IamIamIam What Meg said!!! 😂 I was so desperately lost reading this and it took me 3 months. It's the book that broke me. I vowed never to finish another book I wasn't enjoying. I'd maybe check out a movie version... maybe... 😁 3y
Cinfhen Just looking at the sheer size of this tome has me sweating 😅 congrats on completing 🥳🙌🏻♥️ 3y
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la_rose_noire Congrats 🎉 I've been listening to the audiobook and I'm seriously thinking about quitting! I somehow can't seem to be able tout DNF books. 3y
BarbaraBB Yes! That‘s how I felt too! The first two parts were great and then it somehow went too far / became too much. 3y
paper.reveries Excellent review! I‘m sorry it petered out. 3y
Reviewsbylola This is a huge problem with chunkster. Many of them go on way too long. If you‘ve kept my interest the entire time, it‘s rare. 3y
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emilyhaldi
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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Book 1 complete, 2 more to go 💫

emilyhaldi @BarbaraBB Thanks for the push to try this one!! Loving it so far - 3y
BarbaraBB I am so glad to hear that! I still think about those two moons, the playground and the highway! Will you start the second right away? 3y
emilyhaldi Oh yes, I'm moving right along!! @BarbaraBB currently halfway through the 2nd book. Murakami certainly does know how to create memorable imagery 🤩 3y
Reviewsbylola Thinking this isn‘t one I would enjoy. 3y
emilyhaldi No, I really don't think you would 😆 @Reviewsbylola 3y
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Traci1
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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#3books #iDNFed

I used to never give up on books, but the older I get, the easier it's gotten. I dnf books all the time now. These 3 are somewhat unique in that I have tried multiple times to read each one. Twice with Night Circus and CRA. I got pretty far into 1Q84 on my 4th try. None are bad books. But for some reason I find myself putting them down and not picking them back up. Maybe one day.

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@OriginalCyn620

OriginalCyn620 📚😐📚 4y
Ladygodiva7 The only book I could dnf would be the weird ones in the 1001 list, but I haven‘t yet. All the other books are ones I really wanted to read. I can‘t bring myself to quit on any yet. 4y
BiblioLitten I left CRA when I had less than a hundred pages left. 4y
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anushareflects
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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So I finished the book often referred to as Murakami‘s magnum opus. The book is very well written, character descriptions are great and overall quite interesting. As you finish the book you realise there was no great plot as such and you don‘t get the closure you‘d have liked. The narration on Audible however was really great, and enriched the experience significantly. Overall it‘s worth a read, but I‘d definitely recommend the audio version.

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Arvena
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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#Top20Series #20Series20Days
Day12: 1Q84 trilogy by Haruki Murakami
@Andrew65

Jilly6183 This is a series? I read the original when it came out. 4y
Andrew65 A big piece of work! 4y
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TCLinrow
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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Mehso-so

#ABookThats
It was a strange and fascinating story that I really enjoyed, once I managed to wade through the often gratuitous and unnecessarily detailed sex scenes. I'm no prude, but seriously!
I get that some of it was relevant, but there was also so much that wasn't that it was uncomfortable.
Aside from that, the story was fascinating! I loved the slow introduction to the 'little people' that we got, the creepy vibes and mystery that Sakigake...

TCLinrow ... offered, the gentle, nurturing nature of the Dowager and yet also her ruthlessness... so many things to love. I think if I were to read this book again I would do it in print so I could skip over some of the excess sexual encounters. #TBRChallenge #AudioBook 4y
ElizaMarie Ha! The sex scenes were a bit weird too! I mean don't want to yuck anyone's yum but.. I found it so odd! I didn't mind them they added a little bit of an oddness for me in them but.. I can see how it would throw someone off. 4y
TCLinrow @ElizaMarie It probably didn't help that I was listening to it as an audiobook... having someone else read it to me was beyond odd! 4y
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lspopovich
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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10/10

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kyraa
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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Beautifully written. Currently a favorite

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thelittledutcher
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
Mehso-so

Worth the read on the premise that it‘s a long book and long books are accomplishments. Found the plot very long in places.

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cathysaid
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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Book: Middlemarch
Author: Haruki Murakami (favorite is tagged)
TV show: Masterpiece
Band: Metallica 🤟
Song: Monsters and Angels (by Voice of the Beehive) - Link to song if you‘re interested... https://youtu.be/2m3C1K5b5VI

#ManicMonday #LetterM @JoScho

AmyG GREAT band choice!! 🤘🏻 4y
JoScho Thanks for playing ♥️ 4y
cathysaid @AmyG Thanks! I‘ve got some eclectic tastes 😂 4y
AmyG @cathysaid Ha. Me, too. 4y
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MinnieTimperley
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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Mehso-so

It's taken me some time to process this epic. The parallel universe only differs in a couple of surreal ways and therefore, like one of the main protagonists, you slowly come to the realisation that you have entered a different world. The frequent sex scenes are often uncomfortable in nature. Essentially, a love story it felt a little drawn out over 900+ pages. I was expecting more analogy with 1984 which wasn't there.

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Texreader
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami
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I‘m not an HM fan but in case you are or want to check him out this is the ebook deal today on all major platforms. My husband has all his books so I know this is a chunkster.

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