The Bibliophile's Compass

2012 Boneland by Alan Garner is published A sequel to  The Weirdstone of Brisingamen  and  The Moon of Gomrath . The boy Colin from the earlier novels is now an adult, still living near the top of Alderley Edge but now a professor working at the nearby Jodrell Bank Observatory. 2012 If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura is published  ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ When an unexpected diagnosis turns his world upside down, a lonely man, with only Cabbage the cat for company, is faced with an impossible choice. 2017 Late author Terry Pratchett' unfinished works destroyed by steamroller as per his instructions 2018 The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker published It recounts the events of the  Iliad  chiefly from the point of view of Briseis. 2022 The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell is published It brings the world of Renaissance Italy to jewel-bright life in this unforgettable fictional portrait of the captivating young duches...

Title : If Cats Disappeared from the World Author : Genki Kawamura Publication Year : 2012 Pages : 202 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre : Literary Fiction Source : Audiobook @storytel.tr Let’s start with the title, “If Cats Disappeared from the World.” I was ready to give it 1 star if the book made the cats disappear. Spoiler alert: it did not. The cats and the stars are safe. I have ambivalent feelings about this book. I liked it and wanted to give it 5 stars, but by chapter 2, my feeling dropped to 3 stars. When I realized the cats were safe, it settled at 4 stars. What is the story about? We follow a narrator who receives the devastating news that he has stage 4 cancer and doesn’t have long to live. The story is heart-wrenching as it is about his last days on Earth. However, a humorous twist occurs when a devil or the narrator's doppelgänger appears, offering to add a day to his life for each thing he agrees to make disappear from the world. Who wouldn’t want to live one more day, es...