Luke's Updates en-US Sat, 17 May 2025 15:11:16 -0700 60 Luke's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review7366403724 Sat, 17 May 2025 15:11:16 -0700 <![CDATA[Luke added 'If Cats Disappeared from the World']]> /review/show/7366403724 If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura Luke gave 2 stars to If Cats Disappeared from the World (Paperback) by Genki Kawamura
Perhaps better in Japanese, I found the tale less charming than anticipated, even if the protagonist鈥檚 voice was pleasing to spend time alongside. See Master and Margarita for devil fiction, Violet Evergarden for a mail-centric Romantic unfolding of what makes us human, or The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Nighttime for an easy, feel-good, first-person narrator. ]]> Review6515345717 Wed, 14 May 2025 17:00:58 -0700 <![CDATA[Luke added 'Chain-Gang All-Stars']]> /review/show/6515345717 Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Luke gave 4 stars to Chain-Gang All-Stars (Hardcover) by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
A novel-length takedown of US mass incarceration with a queer dystopian flair. ]]> ReadStatus9423927409 Wed, 14 May 2025 07:27:24 -0700 <![CDATA[Luke wants to read 'By Night in Chile']]> /review/show/7568478118 By Night in Chile by Roberto Bola帽o Luke wants to read By Night in Chile by Roberto Bola帽o
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]]> Review7517630782 Fri, 25 Apr 2025 06:53:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Luke added 'The Name of the Rose']]> /review/show/7517630782 The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Luke gave 5 stars to The Name of the Rose (Paperback) by Umberto Eco
The postmodern Sherlockian tale of a secretive pre-modern abbey that we did not deserve, but we relish in intellectual ecstasy nonetheless. ]]> Review7501126206 Sat, 19 Apr 2025 08:54:10 -0700 <![CDATA[Luke added 'Flight from Nev猫r每on']]> /review/show/7501126206 Flight from Nev猫r每on by Samuel R. Delany Luke gave 4 stars to Flight from Nev猫r每on (Return to Nev猫r每on, #3) by Samuel R. Delany
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