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I am getting tired of reading books where women are just accessories to insipid men. Maybe I should try reading books by only women writers for a year.
I'm aware that this won't guarantee I will escape the atrocity of poor depiction of women in fiction, but I hope this might reduce the chances of encountering them.

Whenever I mark a book as 'currently reading' here, I jinx it. It takes ages to finish such a book. I should stick to updating and reviewing after I finish the book.

goodness I just saw a book review I'd given in 2015. I was unhinged.

Is there any way on this app to find people to interact with? about books, of course, or buddy read or rant about books.

Ok Gogol is FUN

Woefully inadequate to admire the symbolism of 'The Nose', yet substantially situated to bask in its satire.

In my limited reading experience, I love it when I come across an author who re-defines the art of storytelling and broadens the conventions of a protagonist.

I have to investigate why reading about Takiko and Kambayashi getting together was disturbing as hell.

I just cannot seem to get a read on Takiko. Her motives and feelings remain obscure.

Oh he just casually dropped the 'If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more', as though that didn't just leave my soul in rapture.

Emma is so hilarious with her 'little Henry shouldn't be slighted, I worry for his future, little Henry is in danger of being usurped'.
Sure, my lady, all your worries are for Henry. Sure.

If nothing else, at least Emma is damn entertaining.

Emma is such a classist and gossip monger. Once again Austen proves to be a brilliant writer. Emma's sentiments are written satirically, with a natural censure and an assurance to the reader that almost says 'Don't you worry, Emma will learn her lesson.'

I am in love with George Knightley

Mr. Knightley is so funny and witty. I love his arguments with Emma.
I can't stop laughing.
Only a woman's imagination could conceive a man like him.

Encountering Saramago everywhere I go these days. Is this the sign to read him?

Mr. Elton is so clearly in love with Emma and she's busy pawning him off to Harriet. This is hilarious.
I still don't know who the hero is. It's somehow managed to stay a mystery for me. My heart's set on George Knightley. Don't tell me it's Frank Churchill.

Tell me I will end up liking Emma at some point in the story please.

Just realized that Clueless is based on Enma. Do I already know the story? I'm confused.

Oh okay. I see you Henry James, trying to get me to do mental gymnastics to decode every sentence.
The real question is whether my patience will endure this challenge.

The speed of this novel can only be called breakneck.

What in the name of soap opera is this book?
Don't get me wrong, I am thoroughly entertained, but there's no denying it reads like a soap opera script.
If I concentrate the right amount, I can even give the scenes my own bgm.

Captain Wragge and Mrs Lecount are incredibly well-matched. Reading about their moves of cunning makes one feel like they're watching a chess game. Brilliant!

I suppose writing about bigamy was all the rage in the Victorian Era.
First I read Jane Eyre this year and now this book. Please let me escape from this plot, marriage gods.

Why does Captain Wragge resemble Harold Skimpole?

The scorching summer heat and the bright sun as a metaphor for society's gaze is so well done.

Trying to read this one without any context. I read the first line of the blurb in this edition, and I wanted to smash something. It is so damn hard to read classics without spoiling anything about them. Of course, there are those who will say, 'It's been out for over 150 years, Veromika!' *sigh*

I'm already put off by the writing style. uff
It is pretentious and a whole lot of tell and no show. The science fiction part of it hasn't begun yet. My only hope now hinges on the plot being good.