Claude Simon was a French writer who wrote several semi-autobiographical works, many of which are inspired by his own experiences in World War Two. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1985, which is the reason I picked up a copy of The Flanders Road. After learning that Gabriel Garcia Marquez (one of my… Continue reading Book Review: The Flanders Road by Claude Simon
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What I Read: February 2024
Read: The End of the World is a Cul de Sac - Louise Kennedy (Riverhead Books, 2023) (289 pages) Antarctica - Claire Keegan (Grove Press, 1999) (201 pages) The Flanders Road - Claude Simon (New York Review Books, 2022) (translated from the French by Richard Howard) (193 pages) The Secret Adversary - Agatha Chrsitie (Blackstone… Continue reading What I Read: February 2024
What I Read: January 2024
Read: Monsters - Claire Dederer (Alfred A. Knopf, 2023) (273 pages) What You are Looking for is in the Library - Michiko Aoyama (Harlequin Audio, 2023) (translated from the Japanese by Alison Watts) (8 hours, 22 minutes/304 pages) The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers - Sarah Tomlinson (Flatiron Books) (304 pages) Lincoln in the… Continue reading What I Read: January 2024
Quotes of the Week
Here are a few passages that jumped out at me in my reading over the past week (ok, actually since January 1st): Blessed is the one who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers: but his delight is in the… Continue reading Quotes of the Week
What I Read – November 2023
Read: Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston (Harper Audio, 2005) Bangkok Wakes to Rain - Pitchaya Sudbanthad (Riverhead Books, 2019) Girlfriend on Mars - Deborah Willis (Hamish Hamilton, 2023) Stubborn Archivist - Yara Rodrigues Fowler (Mariner Books, 2019) The Wild Heavens - Sarah Louise Butler (Douglas & McIntyre, 2020) Daughter - Claudia… Continue reading What I Read – November 2023
Summer Reading Plan: 15 Books of Summer
For the second year, I'm participating in the 20 Books of Summer - the most relaxed reading challenge there may be. Run by Cathy at 746 Books, you pick what you want to read over the months of June, July, and August and share them. Both the titles and numbers are entirely flexible which adds… Continue reading Summer Reading Plan: 15 Books of Summer
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