Book Talk | Convenience Store Woman and The Catcher in the Rye
These books are not part of my lockdown reading list because there is no lockdown reading list! These are two of the many unfinished books that I've accumulated for no reason except that I am a lazy slow reader. I promised myself I won't buy a new one until I finish reading them all. They just happen to be first ones I finished reading so far during this period. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. People should choose to live the way they want, pursue their own dreams and not live according to the standards set by others, or by society. I bought this book at the time I made that promise!(haks! Sorry) because of the rave reviews written on its cover of how hilarious, witty and a page-turner it was. Its story sends a meaningful message of how people should choose to live the way they want, pursue their own dreams and not live according to the standards set by others, or by society. I'm all for individuality and being fearless. It is just unsettling fo...