Let's get this out of the way. Yes, it's Die Hard. It's not quite as good as the movie if you want action, but it's better if you want some not particularly incisive social commentary. It's roughly equivalent to Crime and Punishment but a thriller and not a, you know,…

Rating: 3 stars I had mixed opinions about this book. I should start by saying that this is miles better than the Star Wars book. But that novelty of reading something substantial didn’t last the whole length. I am at least happy to see that this book has a better…

Rating: 1 star This is probably one of the worst books I’ve read. It’s certainly the worst book I’ve read of the last few years (edit: until Campusland). When I complained about stuff in the past, I think I should go back and apologize to each and every one of…

Haruki Murakami treads a line between idle wondering and fascinatingly insightful. No matter the flaws, he's always a wonderful author to read. https://soundcloud.com/user-408474538/episode-67-killing https://soundcloud.com/user-408474538/episode-68-killing

Rating: 4.5 stars The rating isn’t to say it’s one of the best books ever or an instant classic (whatever that means), but it is pretty good. And it came to me when I needed it. I went to the library to find a book, any book, and I happened…

I try to break down to Andy what I thought about this book. It's a semi-historical novel that talks a lot about the treatment of minority and poor communities in India. It's more than anyone's fill of eye-opening history and fiction https://soundcloud.com/user-408474538/episode-65-the-ministry-of https://soundcloud.com/user-408474538/episode-66-the-ministry-of

Rating: 3 stars To begin this review, I would like to state that I don't like the gradations of ratings on Goodreads because I felt that The Ministry of Utmost Happiness wasn't as good as Killing Commendatore, and this book wasn't as good as Triburbia. But until I change from…

Rating: 3 stars I’ve been searching for books that are similar to mine for comps (namely, satire), so that’s why I picked up Company. And I liked it, but I didn’t like it either, mostly because it’s too Gen-X. Okay, the plot. The protagonist, Steve, starts at a new company,…

In the first book review, we talk about Triburbia. It follows the life of several lives of the residents of Tribecca. It's all right at best and seedy or a little boring at worst. https://soundcloud.com/user-408474538/episode-63-triburbia https://soundcloud.com/user-408474538/episode-64-triburbia-pt-2

Rating: 4.5 stars I think Murakami is my favorite modern author. No one else has gotten me to read multiple books that they’ve written (okay, not counting genre fiction stuff like Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and Malazaan, which doesn’t really count in my opinion, so I’m not a liar,…