Kal rated How Do You Live?: 5 stars

How Do You Live? by Neil Gaiman, Genzaburō Yoshino, Genzaburō Yoshino
First published in 1937, Genzaburō Yoshino’s How Do You Live? has long been acknowledged in Japan as a crossover classic …
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First published in 1937, Genzaburō Yoshino’s How Do You Live? has long been acknowledged in Japan as a crossover classic …
The writing isn't for me. This book is definitely horrific though. It was kind of a lot to read, and I don't think this was for me. It comes with a content warning, and it definitely should.
The writing isn't for me. This book is definitely horrific though. It was kind of a lot to read, and I don't think this was for me. It comes with a content warning, and it definitely should.

A dark, unflinching haunted house novel that takes readers from the well of the literary gothic, up through Brighton's queer …

One moment, Sir Sam Vimes is in his old patrolman form, chasing a sweet-talking psychopath across the rooftops of Ankh-Morpork. …
Love the alien weirdness, the optimistic themes and ending, and the honest and unlikeable protagonist. But I am not the audience for this book. It felt naive and flat. It's not a bad book, it just didn't say anything that reached me.
Love the alien weirdness, the optimistic themes and ending, and the honest and unlikeable protagonist. But I am not the audience for this book. It felt naive and flat. It's not a bad book, it just didn't say anything that reached me.

Imagine that your husband has two other wives.
You’ve never met the other wives. None of you know each …

In an alternate 2020 timeline, Al Gore won the 2000 election and declared a War on Climate Change rather than …

Sentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just …

Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in …