April Books!

There are only two, actually. I spent way too much time on one book simply because I wanted to finish it, and I felt it my personal obligation to finish reading it after reaching the one-week mark trying to understand it. That only means I need to pick up the pace this coming month, so I'm gearing myself up for that! 

"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" by John Le Carre was the book club's book for March. I... didn't like it. Gave this a rating of 1/5.

There's no other way to put it. It's probably because it's my first time to read espionage, so I found it a bit difficult to dip into. The jargon, the writing style, the jarring shift from one thought process to actual goings-on... It was disorienting to say the least. One of my friends who shares the same opinion as me described reading it as being plopped down into the middle of things without you knowing how or what or why. I couldn't have described it better. 

And this is why Kazuo Ishiguro's latest work, "Klara and The Sun," was a breath of fresh air. Very readable, as every Ishiguro book is. Reminiscent of "Never Let Me Go," this latest offering also posed ethical and moral questions that I know would be very interesting to discuss among readers. This one I rated 4/5.

I am currently reading James Agee's "A Death in the Family" which I know I wouldn't finish by April's end, so that will be for next month's batch of readings. All I can say for now (around 50 pages in) is that it's a very heavy and emotional read, so let's see how that goes.