#IQ84

[rubypomegranates]

"I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning."

Haruki Murakami "1Q84"

[mostlyghostie]

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[thethirdbear]

find me now. before someone else does.

haruki murakami

[analuciia]

[wearethekat]

we did his IQ84 for book club last year and this was also my impression. no matter who the narrator was, the first and primary thing mentioned about a woman would be her breasts, whether the character being described was a twelve year old child or an old woman of seventy. I'm not much for psychoanalyzing authors based on their books, but this was deeply off-putting. Enough to make me swear off reading any more Murakami in the future.

The problem with Murakami is that I can't tell if the protagonist/narrator is supposed to be

a) a rapey creep,

b) a scrupulous, repressed wretch who is baselessly worried about being a rapey creep,

c) a normal man! This is just how normal men think!

[loveydive]

The Tragedy of Hayakawa Aki - chainsaw man, tatsuki fujimoto

grief lessons: four plays by euripides, anne carson // chainsaw man, tatsuki fujimoto // deathless, catherynne m. valente // “untitled,” 2016, ink on paper, kara walker // james, clementine von radics // slide tackle, japanese breakfast // how to cure a ghost, fariha róisín // red glove, holly black // the letter, richard paul evans // interview with james hall, richard siken // ptolemaea, ethel cain // iq84, haruki murakami // the godfather, mario puzo // god's silence, franz wright // crush, richard siken // tumblr user ojibwe // when i was done dying, dan deacon

[lucidloving]

Han Kang, Human Acts (trans. Deborah Smith) // Virginia Woolf, diary entry c. 1931 // Olga Bergholz, "Conversation With a Neighbour" // 墨香铜臭, Heaven Official's Blessing // Koyoharu Gotouge, Demon Slayer (edited by @tanchirou) // Haruki Murakami, IQ84 // Natalie Wee, "Never Been Kissed" // Euripides, Grief Lessons: Four Plays (trans. Anne Carson) // a.j., "weight"

[credits-roll]

Before human beings possessed fire or tools or language, the moon had been their ally. It would calm people’s fears now and then by illuminating the dark world like a heavenly lantern. Its waxing and waning gave people an understanding of the concept of time. Even now, when darkness had been banished from most parts of the world, there remained a sense of human gratitude toward the moon and its unconditional compassion. It was imprinted upon human genes like a warm collective memory.

IQ84, Haruki Murakami

[lisaalmeida]

Les choses qui restent enfermées dans notre cœur n'existent pas en ce monde. Mais c'est dans notre cœur, ce monde à part, qu'elles se construisent pour y vivre.

- Haruki Murakami, IQ84

[emziess]

tag game!

I was tagged by @raiderlucy and had a spare moment so rather than thinking i'll do it later and inevitably forgetting i'm doing it now

Last song I listened to: Klonopin - Caleb Hearn

Currently Watching: Nothing really - I finished the bear season3 and haven't had time to watch anything else.

Sweet/savoury/spicy: sweet

Relationship status: married (been married almost a year)

Current obsession: honestly a trifecta of Percy Jackson, Alex Rider and Slow Horses, with a little sprinkle of young royals

Favorite Colour: i really enjoy yellow

Last Movie: The Paris Shark movie, the name of which I cannot remember

Currently Reading: IQ84 - Murakami. I've only just started it.

Last Googled: I googled a hair dressers last - so not super interesting

Currently Working On: rn tumblr wise nothing - I'm at a wedding, but I have a fic on the go on AO3

Tagging just a couple of folk, @wilmon @nikossasaki @nick-nellson @emblazons and tbh, anyone else who wants to do it. Don't feel like you have to.

[thekidyouforgot]

If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person.

Haruki Murakami, IQ84

[noratilney]

OC NEW YEARS CHALLENGE: day #1: what a tangled web we weave

Maia Smith + achievement

the red shoes (1948) / bunheads - sophie flack / just - radiohead / alexis carrel / arthur o'shaughnessy / guren no yumiya - amalee / sylvia plath / the book of disquiet - fernando pessoa / IQ84 - haruki murakami / pinterest / conversation with a neighbour - olga bergholz / pinterest / hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have – but i have it - lana del rey / letters to a young poet - rainer maria rilke / albert schweitzer / bluebell135 on deviantart / friedrich nietzsche / unknown / love letters or suicide notes - doc luben / / the basil and josephine stories - f. scott fitzgerald / unknown / everything changed when i forgave myself - charlotte erikson / someday i'll love ocean vuong - ocean vuong / east of eden - john steinbeck / william jennings bryan / dance academy / look at me now - iyaz

[exapolar2]

I can’t afford to take responsibilities for others’ lives. It’s all I can do to bear the weight of my own life and my own loneliness.

- IQ84 by Haruki Murakami

[toruandmidori]

“If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.” 

- Haruki Murakami

Shop our collection of stickers inspired by the wonderful book art of Haruki Murakami.

Great Christmas gifts for bookworms this holiday season.

Check out all our bookish stickers here, individual links below:

NORWEGIAN WOOD

IQ84

KAFKA ON THE SHORE

BLIND WILLOW SLEEPING WOMAN

SPUTNIK SWEETHEART

WIND UP BIRD CHRONICLE

[thepoeticgallery]

"But we cannot

simply sit and stare

at our wounds

Forever "

- Haruki Murakami

IQ84

[portlandwithyou]

Help Me Choose My Next Book

More information about each choice under the read more

Stonewall- Martin Duberman (Nonfiction, 349pgs): A history of the Stonewall riots. I bought this book in like... summer 2021? I keep meaning to read it, but also I am very worried about geting emotional while reading it. I love queer history but it makes me weep.

Anthology of Emo, Vol 2 - Edited by Tom Mullen (Nonfiction, 361): A collection of interviews from the Washed Up Emo podcast. Includes interviews with some of the guys from Jimmy Eat World, Saves the Day, Braid, Piebald, etc. Of note, I don't think I've listened to any of the episodes that are transcribed here. I got this as a birthday gift in 2021 from my partner. Only haven't read it because the book is a weird shape. Tempted to read this one since I see Braid in a couple of weeks.

The Order of Time- Carlo Rovelli (Nonfiction, 212): This was an impulse purchase in the fall of 2022. It's a pop science book about time. Not entirely sure why I bought it, but I think I might have just read a different pop sci book about physics and I wanted to recapture that vibe.

Where it All Went Wrong- Dan Ozzi (Nonfiction Zine, 84): I bought this in April of this year. It's a zine from one of my favorite music writers right now discussing the albums that shaped him. His full length Sellout is one of the best books I've read in the last couple of years. If picked, I could read it all in one sitting.

Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher- Max Allan Collins & A. Brad Schwartz (Nonfiction, 400): This was a birthday gift from my dad in I think 2020. The only thing that's prevented me from reading this in the past is that it's a thick hardback that looks like it might be pretty dense.

Underground- Haruki Murakami (Nonfiction, 364): This is my most recent purchase from May of this year. It's one of Murakami's non-fiction books. I bought it for a number of reasons- I'm interested in the Tokyo Gas Attack, I like the writing of Murakami, and I wanted to read some of Murakami's nonfiction. I'm particularly interested in this book but worried about reading it first since its my newest purchase.

IQ840 Haruki Murakami (Fiction, 928): I always forget I own this book since I have the digital copy. I quite like digital reading so that isn't a problem, but you know what they say. Out of sight, out of mind. I've read about the first 150 or so pages of the book and I really enjoyed it. I don't know why I stopped, but I put it down a couple of years ago and never picked it back up. I know Murakami has his fair share of critics, and I can't argue with anything they say, but I like his stuff and I've read a few of his books. Fiction isn't really my normal wheelhouse, but I make a big exception for him.