tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26190878288301980082024-03-05T22:53:44.313+07:00Kuroneko Book ClubKuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.comBlogger636125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-46237397656989991252024-02-28T09:30:00.001+07:002024-02-28T09:30:00.136+07:00December 2023 Wrap-Up & Favorites
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Hello fellow readers, we've finally come to the end of the year. Reading-wise,
I think I did okay. I had free days from work which I didn't use wisely. I
ended up sleeping or just staying in bed scrolling through social media
instead of going out with friends or reading books or even Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-65807001778724693722023-12-27T09:30:00.001+07:002023-12-27T09:30:00.139+07:00[Review] Waiting - Ha Jin
Title of Book:
WaitingAuthor: Ha JinPublisher: VintagePublication Year:
2010Language: EnglishFormat: PaperbackPages:
310
In Waiting, PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author Ha Jin draws on his intimate
knowledge of contemporary China to create a novel of unexpected richness and
feeling. This is the story of Lin Kong, a man living in two worlds,
struggling with the Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-83904231565767037352023-12-20T09:30:00.001+07:002023-12-20T09:30:00.139+07:00November 2023 Wrap-Up & Favorites
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Hello fellow reader! We're almost at the end of the year. I'm late again with
my wrap-up. I finished two books in November. I almost reach my yearly reading
goal which I updated twice because I reached my goal and I think I can
accomplish more. However, I won't update the latest goal. Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-8126102170401046872023-11-29T09:30:00.002+07:002023-11-29T09:30:00.144+07:00[Review] Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories - Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Title of Book: Rashōmon and Seventeen Other StoriesAuthor: Ryunosuke AkutagawaTranslator:
Jay RubinPublisher: Penguin ClassicsPublication Year: 2006Language: EnglishFormat: PaperbackPages:
268
This collection features a brilliant new translation of the Japanese
master's stories, from the source for the movie Rashōmon to his later, more
autobiographical writings.
Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-23274558369287413352023-11-15T09:30:00.001+07:002023-11-15T09:30:00.203+07:00October 2023 Wrap-Up & Favorites
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Hello fellow readers! I'm catching up on wrap-up & favorite post. My homework
from last month is to find things to enjoy outside of my work life. Have I
succeeded? I think I have. My Italian class started again this month. I also
enroll myself in an illustration class. I've never Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-68852119791709894102023-10-25T09:30:00.001+07:002023-10-25T09:30:00.141+07:00[Review] The Awakening - Kate Chopin
Title of Book: The AwakeningAuthor: Kate ChopinPublisher: Penguin
ClassicsPublication Year: 2018Language:
EnglishFormat: PaperbackPages: 188
'The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamouring,
murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of
solitude...'
When 'The Awakening' was first published in 1899, charges of Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-15208447535316927702023-10-18T09:30:00.001+07:002023-10-18T09:30:00.152+07:00September 2023 Wrap-Up & Favorites
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Hello fellow readers! I'm trying to catch up on my Wrap-Up and Favorite post
again here. I didn't read much in September. Honestly I don't really remember
what happened in September. It feels like the month just flew me by. Seriously
though, my first week spent on travelling for work Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-82492827061559018222023-09-27T09:30:00.001+07:002023-09-27T09:30:00.151+07:00August 2023 Wrap-Up & Favorites
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Hello fellow readers! I'm behind on my wrap up post again. I travelled a lot
in August so I didn't have much time to post anything or write anything. The
books I finished in August are either manga or a novella or even a book that I
started reading months ago. Anyway, without further Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-71705734888108734522023-07-26T09:30:00.001+07:002023-07-26T09:30:00.142+07:00[Review] If Cats Disappeared from the World - Genki Kawamura
Title of Book:
If Cats Disappeared from the WorldAuthor: Genki KawamuraTranslator:
Eric SellandPublisher: PicadorPublication Year: 2018Language: EnglishFormat: PaperbackPages:
202
Our narrator’s days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone
with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor’s
diagnosis that he has only months to live. Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-89496463115320988392023-07-19T09:30:00.001+07:002023-07-19T09:30:00.158+07:00[Review] The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
Title of Book:
The Midnight LibraryAuthor: Matt HaigPublisher:
VikingPublication Year: 2020Language: EnglishFormat:
HardbackPages: 288
The dazzling reader-favorite about the choices that go into a life well
lived, from the acclaimed author of How To Stop Time and The Comfort Book.
Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that
contains Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-8708724917835812222023-07-12T09:30:00.001+07:002023-07-12T09:30:00.146+07:00[Review] Sweet Bean Paste - Durian SukegawaTitle of Book: Sweet Bean PasteAuthor: Durian SukegawaTranslator:
Alison WattsPublisher: Oneworld PublicationsPublication Year:
2017Language: EnglishFormat: PaperbackPages: 213
Sentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream
of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. With only the blossoming of
the cherry trees to mark the passing of time, he Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-86932820591602455172023-07-07T09:30:00.001+07:002023-07-07T09:30:00.142+07:00June 2023 Wrap-Up & Favorites
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Hello fellow reader! We're already in the middle of the year. I only finished
one book in June. My life underwent some changes so I guess I was too busy
adapting and trying to build a new routine around it. So, without further ado,
here's the book I read in June.
Books read in Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-42338599242532887092023-06-28T09:30:00.001+07:002023-06-28T09:30:00.173+07:00[Review] The Island of Doctor Moreau - H.G. Wells
Title of Book:
The Island of Doctor MoreauAuthor: H.G. WellsPublisher:
GollanczPublication Year: 2017Language:
EnglishFormat: PaperbackPages: 186
Edward Prendick is shipwrecked and finds himself stranded on an island in
the Pacific. Here he meets the sinister Dr Moreau, a vivisectionist driven
out of Britain in disgrace. And soon strange events cause Prendick to
Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-17090300672912472352023-06-21T09:30:00.001+07:002023-06-21T09:30:00.139+07:00May 2023 Wrap-Up & Favorites
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Hello fellow readers! Some say that May feels a lot longer this year. I'd
agree with that, but I don't think it's a bad thing. May is longer because
there're many vacation days. Also, the dread of slowly coming to the mid of
the year. Truthfully, there's a part of me that don't want MayKuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-23296494439612866872023-05-31T09:30:00.001+07:002023-05-31T09:30:00.509+07:00[Review] The Narrow Road to The Deep North - Richard FlanaganTitle of Book: The Narrow Road To The Deep NorthAuthor:
Richard FlanaganPublisher: Alfred A. KnopfPublication Year:
2014Language: EnglishFormat: HardbackPages:
334
A novel of the cruelty of war, and tenuousness of life and the
impossibility of love.
Richard Flanagan's story — of Dorrigo Evans, an Australian doctor haunted
by a love affair with his uncle's Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-3656067965732241542023-05-24T09:30:00.001+07:002023-05-24T09:30:00.563+07:00[Review] 19 Love Songs - David LevithanTitle of Book: 19 Love SongsAuthor: David LevithanPublisher:
Penguin Random HousePublication Year: 2020Language: EnglishFormat: PaperbackPages: 320
A resentful member of a high school Quiz Bowl team with an unrequited
crush.
A Valentine's Day in the life of Every Day's protagonist "A."
A return to the characters of Two Boys Kissing.
19 Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-13685222546701911102023-05-17T09:30:00.001+07:002023-05-17T09:30:00.142+07:00[Review] The Bluest Eye - Toni MorrisonTitle of Book: The Bluest EyeAuthor: Toni MorrisonPublisher: Vintage
InternationalPublication Year: 2007Language: EnglishFormat:
PaperbackPages: 206
Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by
other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her
apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she
Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-81760871007609407942023-05-10T09:30:00.003+07:002023-05-10T09:30:00.145+07:00[Review] The Stranger - Albert CamusTitle of Book: The StrangerAuthor: Albert CamusPublisher: Vintage
InternationalPublication Year: 1989Language: EnglishFormat:
PaperbackPages: 123
Since it was first published in English, in 1946, Albert Camus's first
novel, THE STRANGER (L'etranger), has had a profound impact on millions of
American readers. Through this story of an ordinary man who unwittingly gets
drawn intoKuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-16085506809228467062023-05-03T09:30:00.001+07:002023-05-03T09:30:00.138+07:00April 2023 Wrap-Up & Favorites
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Hello fellow readers! I'm posting on time this month! Most of April was Ramadhan month, which means I fasted most of the time. I didn't read because I'd rather sleep when I have some spare time. In April I braved myself to read another Junji Ito's compilation. This time, the compilation's theme is Tomie. Just like the other Junji Ito's works which I read, Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-49638894466729144592023-04-26T09:30:00.001+07:002023-04-26T09:30:00.142+07:00[Review] What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - Raymond CarverTitle of Book: What We Talk About When We Talk About LoveAuthor: Raymond CarverPublisher: Vintage ClassicsPublication Year: 2009Language: EnglishFormat: PaperbackPages: 134This powerful collection of stories, set in the mid-West among the lonely men and women who drink, fish and play cards to ease the passing of time, was the first by Raymond Carver to be published in the UK. With its spare, Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-9083119882494537082023-04-19T09:30:00.001+07:002023-04-19T09:30:00.233+07:00[Review] The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley jacksonTitle of Book: The Haunting of Hill HouseAuthor: Shirley JacksonPublisher: Penguin ClassicsPublication Year: 2009Language: EnglishFormat: PaperbackPages: 246Four seekers have arrived at the rambling old pile known as Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of psychic phenomena; Theodora, his lovely and lighthearted assistant; Luke, the adventurous future inheritor Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-42134553563381632612023-04-12T09:30:00.001+07:002023-04-12T09:30:00.214+07:00[Review] The Red Pyramid - Rick RiordanTitle of Book: The Red Pyramid
Author: Rick Riordan
Series: The Kane Chronicles #1
Publisher: Disney HyperionPublication Year: 2010Language: EnglishFormat: HardbackPages: 529
Since their mother's death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers.
While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has
traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-22758938961023274572023-04-05T09:30:00.001+07:002023-04-05T09:30:00.241+07:00March 2023 Wrap-Up & Favorites
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Hello fellow readers! In March I read three books, two of which are in Bahasa
Indonesia. It makes my reading life easier since I can finish those faster. In
fact, one of them, Akiyoshi Rikako's book, kind of get me out of my reading
slump. So that's a win. Anyway, here's the books I Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-87940879997543949152023-03-29T09:30:00.001+07:002023-03-29T09:30:00.228+07:00[Review] To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before - Jenny Han
Title of Book:
To All The Boys I’ve Loved BeforeAuthor: Jenny HanSeries:
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before #1Publisher: Simon Schuster Books
for Young ReadersPublication Year: 2014Language:
EnglishFormat: PaperbackPages: 362
Lara Jean's love life gets complicated in this New York Times bestselling
lovely, lighthearted romance SLJ from the New York Times bestselling authorKuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619087828830198008.post-62461792702690134822023-03-22T09:30:00.001+07:002023-03-22T09:30:00.229+07:00[Review] Every Breath - Nicholas SparksTitle of Book: Every BreathAuthor: Nicholas SparksPublisher:
Grand Central PublishingPublication Year: 2018Language:
EnglishFormat: PaperbackPages: 321
In the romantic tradition of The Notebook and Nights in Rodanthe, #1 New
York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with a story about a
chance encounter that becomes a touchstone for two vastly different
Kuroneko Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647155294901259527noreply@blogger.com0