I was a bit sceptical about reading another Murakami book, I've read quite a few of them and found them great books but all too similar in their style and themes, however once I started reading the sample chapter I found myself hooked.
The two main characters, Tengo and Aomame, drive the book with the chapters alternating between the two. Most of the time the text is dedicated to character development but sometimes the plot starts moving quite quickly.
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Mat reviewed 1Q84: Libro 1 e 2. Aprile-settembre by Haruki Murakami
Review of '1Q84' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Mat rated Heart of Darkness (Green Integer Books): 3 stars

Heart of Darkness (Green Integer Books) by Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into …
Mat rated The secret history: 4 stars

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Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college …
Mat reviewed The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
Review of 'The Fifth Child' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
There was something very endearing about the relationship between the mother Harriet and her fifth child Ben. At times the trajectory seemed very grim but I wouldn't call it a dark book, somehow it simultaneously celebrates the best and worst in people.
Mat reviewed Our man in Havana by Graham Greene (Penguin Twentieth Century cClassics)
Mat reviewed How To Leave Twitter by Grace Dent
Review of 'How To Leave Twitter' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Picked up this book after attending a QA session with the author. I feel that both then and in the book, she is able to articulate the draw that Twitter has for people, in a way anyone can understand. As someone who uses Twitter on a daily basis some parts of the book really made me chuckle, whilst others such as the section on celebrities seemed unnecessary and just filler. Definitely going to lend the book to my friends who don't get Twitter.
Mat rated Hermann Hesse, Der Steppenwolf: 4 stars

Hermann Hesse, Der Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse, Ursula Zierlinger (Lektüre-Durchblick -- Bd.312)
A story that focuses on the loneliness and suffering of the protagonist, Harry Haller, who feels that he has no …

Daphne du Maurier: Rebecca (2007, Virago)
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (Virago modern classics)
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Blindness by José Saramago
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Mat reviewed Sexing the cherry by Jeanette Winterson
Review of 'Sexing the cherry' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This book grabbbed me early on with its writing style, a combination of myth and history, particularly the story of all the words and the people who had to clean them from the sky.
I wasn't so sure about the final part of the book that set was in modern times as even with the linking of characters it didn't sit quite right. Perhaps it warrants a second reading.
Mat reviewed All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson (unspecified)
Review of "All Tomorrow's Parties" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Very evocative language and well formed characters. The ending was quite cryptic but perhaps it's one of those books I have to read a second time round.
Mat reviewed Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace
Mat rated The Da Vinci Code: 2 stars

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Robert Langdon, #2)
An ingenious code hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci. A desperate race through the cathedrals and castles of …