Hi! I’ve been extremely tired this week and nearly forgot that I was hosting one so I’m writing this last minute! I couldn’t think of anything so I’m going to write about one of my hamsters who is not Biggs; Meredith
Meredith was another hamster of mine from a few years ago during the early days of COVID, and she was the absolute sweetest little creature I had ever met. Very friendly, very gentle. She loved exploring anywhere I put her into and never bit me okay she did once ever. She was an absolute sweetheart and bundle of love and was with me during some of the rougher parts of my life
She unfortunately died very suddenly out of the blue one day at a terribly young age showing no symptoms of anything wrong with her prior, which breaks my heart to this very day
I never had her as long as any other hamster of mine but I don’t think I had any other hamster touch my heart in quite the same way. I miss you, girl
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Murakami cw transphobia (?), incest
Has anyone read stuff by Haruki Murakami? I’ve read Kafka on the Shore and also had Norwegian Wood suggested to me which I might read in the coming months. What were your opinions on the Kafka book, its “novelty”, and the author?
i’ve only read norwegian wood, and jesus christ the guy does not understand or value women at all
I had to put 1Q84 down partway through. It was well done but stressing me out too much.
I think I’ve read 4 or 5 Murakami novels and a short story collection, and I did enjoy them but I don’t really have a desire to read more of his stuff.
My favorite was definitely 1Q84, which is partly because it has a female main character in addition to the divorced/single lonely guy that’s the main character in all his stories, and partly because it was the first thing I read by him so everything seemed new. All his other stories kind of just mush together in my brain and it’s difficult for me to separate between them.
His style is very distinctive, which I like, but it feels like he’s written the same book over and over with just some minor variations, which gets boring after a while.