Title: Men Without Women Author: Haruki Murakami Date: 2017 "Once you have become Men Without Women, loneliness seeps down inside your body, like a red wine stain on a pastel carpet." Yes, another Murakami's book. Because of Norwegian Wood I have taken an interest to read all Murakami's works. Men Without Women is the second book of his book that I have read. The book itself consists of seven (short) stories about men on their loneliness without women. All the seven stories were from different narrators and plots but they share something in common. The stories is talking about how women are coming to men's live and then they left based on the men's perspective. The stories are: Drive my Car, Yesterday, an Independent Organ, Scheherazade, Kino, Samsa in Love, and Men Without Women.  Drive my Car is the first story on the book. It tells about Kafuku, an actor, who hired a female driver. Later, he shared his story about his dead wife whom he found out was cheatin

Title: Norwegian Wood Year: 1987 Author: Haruki Murakami This book has been on my reading list for a while and I think it is the time to give it a go. The novel is a nostalgic story about Toru Watanabe when he was still a college student living in Tokyo. Later, he developed relationships with two contrast women: emotionally troubled Naoko, and the outgoing, lively Midori. On the first page of the book, the story told about Toru who was just landed in Hamburg, Germany when he hears a nostalgic song, Norwegian Wood by The Beatles which reminds him about his life 18 years ago. Before entering college life, Toru used to have a best friend named, Kizuki who was dating Naoko. He was only his friend but suddenly he killed himslef, leaving Toru and Naoki in mournful silence. After the death, both of them starts to going out more yet it does not last long. Whille Naoko is away, Toru meets Midori, a charming and energetic girl. He also meets Reiko, Naoko's friend in Ami's. Surprisingly,

Title: Love, Aubrey Author: Suzanne LaFleur Year: 2009 "No matter how much we love someone, or think we know them, we can never know what it is like to be inside them." A brief summary about the book Love, Aubrey tells story from a perspective of a 11 years old girl. Her dad and her sister, Savannah, died from a car accident leaving only Aubrey and her mom. One day, after the accident, her mom leaves too, somewhere, she does not know and does not want to know.  "It was fun at first, playing house. Nothing to think about but TV and cheese. A perfect world." "I could not let anyone know that I was alone. I was staying right here." But then her grandmother comes and gives her all the love she thought she has lost. Not only that, she also meets new friends who take care of her and love her. Turns out she has not lost anything. My thought when I read the book My first impression about this book: amazing. Yes, it is. The fact that I already cried when I only rea

Title: Invisible Monsters Remix Author: Chuck Palahniuk Year: 2012 "Nothing of me is original. I'm the combined effort of everybody I've known." A brief summary about the book Invisible Monsters is a story about a fashion model named Shannon McFarland who got into an “accident” that left her disfigured and unable to speak. This accident successfully turns her life upside-down. She was everything. But now she lost her job, her apartment, and her fiance. Because of her damaged face, no one dared to talk and look at her in the eyes, making her invisible.  Later, she met Brandy Alexander in the hospital and was completely awestruck by the beauty. Brandy is a queen supreme who is one operation away from becoming a woman. Shannon and Brandy had adventures together throughout the book until she realized how she loves Brandy because his features reminded her of hers before the ugly accident. “Do the thing that scares you the most.” My thought when I read the book When I first