Isaac

Man. I just love autobiographies. David Lynch is one of my favorite directors, probably second behind Paul Thomas Anderson. And I'm so glad he dove so deep into his life with this autobiography it is also half biography, which is very interesting. It starts from his early life and goes through everything that has happened in his career. Some autobiographies forget what we are reading for. And David doesn't forget that. Even though I could listen to him rambling on about meditation or whatever, he knows we want to hear about his films! And although I have read a lot about Lynch, I learned a lot that I didn't know. I thought it was hilarious that Anthony Hopkins hated him, how making Eraserhead literally drove him to divorce, and so much more. I hope he gets to make Ronnie Rocket someday.

THE best of the entire Percy Jackson saga yet. Incredible from start to finish. Can't wait to re read house of hades, which absolutely floored me reading at 12 years old

So uh, ends with a reveal of Charlie Chaplin being Norma's father? Uh, cool! Very weird book. Very good book. It's probably the most interesting book I've read yet. But, I do feel like the book loses what it's going for somewhat the last 200 pages or so.

The first book since I've came back to reading consistently since I was a kid that I can confidently call a masterpiece. There's a lot to unpack, but I can basically summarize it by saying Murakami's writing is wonderful, and surreal, in a way I haven't felt by most things. It felt like going into the psyche of someone's mind. I also couldn't have imagined a better ending, when so far, endings of books I've read have been underwhelming. I'll definitely read more Murakami very soon.

Merged review:

The first book since I've came back to reading consistently since I was a kid that I can confidently call a masterpiece. There's a lot to unpack, but I can basically summarize it by saying Murakami's writing is wonderful, and surreal, in a way I haven't felt by most things. It felt like going into the psyche of someone's mind. I also couldn't have imagined a better ending, when so far, endings of books I've read have been underwhelming. I'll definitely read more Murakami very soon.

The Hobbit is definitely better. The Frodo and Sam stuff is great, everything else is kind of mediocre. I feel the same about the movie, but there's much more Frodo and Sam in the movie. But, there is enough in here for me to enjoy most of it. I'm kind of scared to read Two Towers, because I expect there to be even less Frodo.