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I just finished up reading the Buried Giant and I'm in love with it's minimal take on the fantasy genre. Never read a thing like it and I've been recommending it to friends left and right. I know it will really stick with me and I plan to reread it in a few years, maybe buy my own copy instead of taking it out from the library again.

As for Klara and the Sun, read that just before the new year and it was interesting and lightly disturbing if that makes any sense, this time the minimal writing style lended itself well to Klara's perspective. I wouldn't say it's a favourite though.

Thank you for this. Glad you mentioned the film adaptation of Never Let Me Go - one of my favourite book-to-film adaptations.

Ive never heard of bookends before thats so useful thank you!!

I have to disagree with you on Klara and the Sun. I do tend to think it lacks a bit of originality at some points, but I found it to be such an excellently executed novel that was just as heart-wrenching and thought-provoking as his others.

Unless a reader only has enough time or interest (the idea of this baffles me) to read one or two of Ishiguro’s works, I don’t think it’s worth missing Klara and the Sun.

It’s almost universally agreed that When We Were Orphans was a bit of a misfire by Ishiguro though!

As a huge fan of the movie of Remains of the Day, I didn't want to read this book, but wanted to read more by this author. I chose "When we were orphans." I have been struggling through it, and thank you for giving me a reason to ditch it.

Only read The Remains of the Day and did not regret it one bit. I agree that if you could only read one of Ishiguro's works, go for this one.

I consider it to be defacing a book.. But as you say, to each his own.. If you enjoy making annotations in your books that's perfectly in order.

I really enjoyed the book "Stephen King on Writing", kind of an autobiography. If you liked that monologue, you should check it out.

Use bookends to hold books straight so they don't warp.

I get your question. I can’t in fairness judge all her books, I only read one “verity”. I disliked it so much I did not want to read anything by her again. It was just such a lazy, cheap thrill ending. I saw that her books were top selling of 2022 and I wasn’t sure why.

One of them would be this character named, Katsa, from the book Graceling by Kristin Cashore. I’ve read it awhile back but can still admire that character.

I actually quite enjoyed The Unconsoled even though it’s not considered to be Ishiguro’s “best work.” I think that memory (as a concept) is a pretty major theme in most of Ishiguro’s work and it features fairly prominently in The Unconsoled as practically every character in it has their own past and backstory that gets explored. The more digressive aspects of The Unconsoled help it more than hinder it, IMO.

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What was the question again?

That's fine, too; I'm not suggesting that the only way to read books is to annotate them, just explaining why someone would want to. It's cool if that's not how you enjoy them, but making annotations isn't an "academic exercise" for me and it's not extra work, it's just a thing I do sometimes, especially if I'm particularly moved by a book. I read books for entertainment and because I find them informative. I revisit books with some frequency for various reasons, so the annotations are useful and entertaining.

It's not defacing a book if it's your book.

Oh P. S. I also don't believe in defacing books.

Because I know my thoughts. What would I be writing them down for? I remember them. I soak in the experience of the book and enjoy it and move on. This is not an academic exercise for me. It's not work. It's entertainment.

Why wouldn't you?

I have books that my grandmother owned; when I read them and see her annotations and notes, it makes me feel closer to her. It's nice to have a record of things she thought were important or what she was thinking about when she was reading. I like it when I revisit a book and see reminders of what I was thinking about or what I thought was important.

If you own the book, why wouldn't you underline things that were important to you or make small notes about things you're thinking about?

I've been annotating for years now. I sticky note the page. Usually I only need a brief note on the sticky to jog my memory. If it's a useful passage, an important quote, etc.,, I sticky note those too.

Then, I drop the notes onto a Word document for that novel, including the page the quote/info is on in the book. The electronic search is extremely useful not just for keywords but also for reducing a 200-page book's stickies to one single document. "I know it was in 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' I'm sure I stickied it. Let me read through a three-page document on my laptop."

Hi there. This subject has been very popular in the past. Please use reddit search and/or check the /r/books/wiki/faq.

i’m thinking sticky notes might be the go, also i’m very particular about my handwriting so if i stuff up i’m screwed hahaha

To me, annotating directly on the book will always be barbaric. Sticky notes, knock yourself out.

ooh that’s an interesting way of looking at it !

I also find it bizarre. First time I am hearing about it since I joined reddit and this sub. Why? Why would you want to do it? I don't get it.