Jani Eväkallio Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Jani Eväkallio

Orfeo (2014) by Richard Powers 💫💫💫💫 "Music isn't about things, it is things" is one of the many refrains in Orfeo. This book isn't about music, it is music. A gradually revealing narrative that weaves back and forth in time, but never loses tempo. https://t.co/E8fIUYvmty

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Good Omens (1990) by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman 💫💫💫💫💫 Hilarious, absurd and at the end huge-hearted fantasy romp. I don't often visit the SF/F aisle, so this was my first Pratchett and/or Gaiman, but not the last! Thanks for the recommendation @threepointone! https://t.co/m3JEuodkNx

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London Fields (1989) by Martin Amis 💫💫💫💫💫 Viciously funny! Lit kid catnip: post-modern narratives within narratives. I've since learned the author is a complete twat, which happens to be exactly my literary type. Most enjoyable novel in a while! Year off to a good start! https://t.co/mAqVpfTymq

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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (2009) by Olga Tokarczuk 💫💫💫💫💫 Brilliant, fascinating, dark character novel by a Polish Nobel laureate. Provocative and beautifully written, flirting with mystery and horror. Absolutely worth a read, so I won't spoil the plot! https://t.co/QYMyukzuvY

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Women Talking (2018) by Miriam Toews 💫💫💫 Women in a Mennonite colony grapple with their faith, fear and anger, after years of abuse, violence and subjugation comes to a head. A powerful, thought-provoking story, underserved by a detached voice and lack of narrative tension https://t.co/nI1ad7AiaT

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My Name is Lucy Barton (2016) by Elizabeth Strout 💫💫💫💫 A beautiful little novel about childhood trauma, abuse, and growing up poor. Aside: I'm starting to feel whiplash with short novels -- as soon as you settle into them, they're over. Need something more substantial soon. https://t.co/A6Yi0VkdU6

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Reading Lolita In Tehran by Azar Nafisi 💫💫💫💫💫 Wonderful autobiographical novel about being a woman in Iran, told through literary analysis of Western classic novels. I loved this book deeply. Cutting, wise and kind. This is the book Lex should have read instead of 1984. https://t.co/t8YoKZKWd0

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The Midnight Library (2020) by Matt Haig 💫💫💫💫 Usually airport bookstore buys end in regrets. This book is about regrets, but it was a good read Simple one-theme book, could've been subtler, but did the job: made me appreciate life a little more. Might have even shed a tear. https://t.co/yQHSFx8uSe

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Olive Kitteridge (2008) by Elizabeth Strout 💫💫💫💫💫 Just heartbreakingly sad and beautiful stories of life, love, loss, aging, sickness, family, marriage and death in a small town in Maine. Felt like I spent a few hours in somebody else's shoes, truly feeling their blisters https://t.co/IYpr4XjIbx

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Night Boat to Tangier (2019) by Kevin Barry 💫💫💫💫💫 Why is it that dark fucked up books make for the best poolside reading? Gorgeous, poetic, funny, and oh so dark. None of his characters have happy endings but I still envy them for some reason. Will read more Barry. https://t.co/p3gzCyaLpe