As the first month of 2013 comes to a close, it has been amazing to see how much excitement people are having towards both The Shadow of the Wind and the Literary Exploration Reading Challenge. For those who don’t know about the reading challenge, there is still time to join in the fun, so check out my introductory post here.
I’ve been off to a flying start this year, I’ve read twenty books, a feat I’m not sure how I managed, but I’ve had so much fun doing so. Nine of those books go towards the Literary Exploration Reading Challenge and you can find my own record of the challenge here. I’m thinking about trying to read two books for each genre this year and I’m keeping a record of every book and which genre it best fits into on that page as well, just to see which genres need more attention in my exploring.
Highlights of the month for me include; the highly talked about Wool by Hugh Howey, the bittersweet Big Ray by Michael Kimball and the existential The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. But the one I really thought deserves high praise is Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day, a novel of great beauty, decorum and love lost. I haven’t reviewed these books yet but keep an eye out, they will come. So what have you been reading this month?
Monthly Reading
- Big Ray by Michael Kimball
- Black Vodka: Ten Stories by Deborah Levy
- Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis
- Gangster Squad: Covert Cops, the Mob, and the Battle for Los Angeles by Paul Lieberman
- In the Midst of Death by Lawrence Block
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
- Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
- Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding
- Revenge: Stories by Yoko Ogawa
- The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy
- The Dark Winter by David Mark
- The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke
- The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists by Gideon Defoe
- The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
- The Silver Linings Play Book by Matthew Quick
- The Sins of the Fathers by Lawrence Block
- The Toe Tag Quintet by Matthew Condon
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
- Wool by Hugh Howey
Well done on a fab start to the year! I will have to write up my round up on the weekend.
Thanks, I’m happy with that result
I really like your willingness to try all sorts of novels. There is such variety in your list so far. Very keen to hear your thoughts on The Silver Linings Playbook. I’ve heard it’s woeful from some. The Mad Scientist’s Daughter sounds interesting.
I try to be open to all great books