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This categories is just filled with my nonsense-thought on the books.

Enjoying fiction stories has been my hobby since childhood. From watching anime, reading light novels, web novels, and JP/KR/CN comics. I even read all the short stories in all my schoolbooks from elementary until high school in my free time.

During my college (now), I rarely read fiction stories anymore. Until I discover manhwa (a KR comics) Answer me, My Prince!. This manhwa totally gave me motivation once again, and starting to read a lot of stories again.

Long-short synopsis, Cordelia Grey (the Main Character) working at a publisher company. Her favorite book is an old story titled Princess and Knight that has been already published 20 years ago. It’s a popular book, but it ended with an open-ending. So, She eagerly tried to contact the author and asked to create a sequel of the story to publish it.

During her visit to the author’s house to receive the manuscript of sequel, She met with the proxy of the author, and also, she was also given an antique book chest. The book chest is actually a time machine and connected to the book chest in the past. After discovering it, she exchanges words, books, and a life story with the owner of the book chest in the past.

During their exchange of book opinion, I was so mesmerized by it. It give me a reason to try reading book again. So, going to the local bookstore, and I am really curious about how good is the book that they’re talks. Unfortunately, they didn’t sell it and I just random pick a book and choose it according to their synopsis.

The book that I bought was Hamlet and Macbeth by William Shakespeare. I felt so stupid while reading these books, there are so many Figures of Speech in the book and English isn’t my first language, I was overwhelmed and felt dejected. I was wondering if I am the only person who thinks like that.

So, I decided to buy the book again and put it back on the shelf, hoping I would read it again. Since I am still has the excitement of the story, I bought two books again, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

I decided to read The Great Gatsby first, and totally hooked on the story. An unrequited love romance, the unexpected event in the end, and I really can relate with Gatsby and Nick’s characters.

By the way, my decision to choose book is usually based on 4Chan /lit/ Wiki.

Future §

Fiction §

• No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
• Thou Shalt Not Die by Yosano Akiko
• • by Edogawa Ranpo
• • by Miyazawa Kenzi
• • by Kumikida Doppo
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Moby Dick by Herman Melville
• The Double by Fyodor Dostoevsky
• Hamlet by William Shakespeare
• Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Current Reading §

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
• Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Past §

2023 §

Fiction §

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald