- the picture of dorian gray - oscar wilde (1981)
- 01/26 i don't know if its my lack of knowledge of the english language but this book felt to be almost entirely rhetoric. even lord henry's elegantly formed opinions seemed to say absolutely nothing of the world. still, there's quite a compelling argument to be made for, as the book calls it, "the great aristocratic art of doing absolutely nothing". 7/10
- kafka on the shore - haruki murakami (2002)
- 02/12 i'd love to call it edgy and pretentious but i don't think i understand it well enough to do that. quite intriguing nonetheless. it builds a rich and atmospheric world through simple prose and it's surprisingly fast pace. reading this book analytically is a useless venture 7.5/10
- augustus - john williams (1971)
- 06/28 first book to actually get me interested in history and it pains me to know that it's mostly fictional. what, am i supposed to learn everything about ancient rome now? that was a rhetorical question. 9/10
- one hundred years of solitude - garcía márquez (1967)
- 07/05 it's truly a nod to the author's craft that i read about events that were so absolutely unbelievable and and it still made me wonder about the actual world we live in instead of the fictional reality. the sort of realism you can't find in tales of poverty in the big city. 8.5/10
- metamorphosis and other works - franz kafka
- 08/04 i understand it.. semantically. the back cover has albert camus' words saying kafka's works require multiple readings and i'll take his word for it and hope i have better luck with these next year ?/10
- a brief history of time - stephen hawking (1988)
- 08/23 there aren't as many books from which you can learn so much in so few words. it's accessible and contains just enough information to leave you wondering. a nice primer before i start my preliminary courses next week 9/10
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