Happy Easter everyone, hope you are all enjoying the long weekend. I hope everyone has had a wonderful month of reading and had time to fit Lolita into their busy schedule. I’ve noticed a lot of mixed reactions to this book which would mainly be a result of the controversial nature of this book but it really is one of those books that have helped shape twentieth century literature, so well worth checking out. Still a lot of action happening with the reading challenge as well; looks like two hundred books been added this month. 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.
A reminder that next month’s book will Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami for our Japanese literature theme. I haven’t read much Murakami but expect some great discussion on this book, hopefully with some thoughts to the Magical Realism genre.
Highlights for my month’s reading included Infinite Jest which I’ve finally finished; the beautiful painting of Painter of Silence by Georgina Harding; Lolita; and In a Lonely Place. I would like to mention two other books that really blew me away. First, Pride and Prejudice which I finally got around to reading after putting it off for far too long (also have you seen the Lizzie Bennett Diaries?). Also Tenth of December; while I’m not much of a reader of short stories George Saunders showed me just enough to change my mind. What have you been reading this month and what were the highlights?
My Monthly Reading
- A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter
- A Treacherous Likeness by Lynn Shepherd
- Addition by Toni Jordan
- Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
- Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines
- Ghostman by Roger Hobbs
- If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
- In A Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes
- Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
- Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
- Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp
- Painter of Silence by Georgina Harding
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Tenth of December by George Saunders
- The Age Atomic by Adam Christopher
- The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
- What it Was by George Pelecanos
I should really give Pride and Prejudice a re-read. I didn’t care for it much when I first read it but it was a LONG time ago. And you finished Infinite Jest! Congratulations. hahaha I tried picking that one up for a group read and… long story short, I didn’t get far. So good for you at accomplishing a near impossible feat.
I rather enjoyed it too