As May comes to a close, like all months, I want to have a quick look at what happened. First of all I managed to get fully up to date with my reviews; a few months ago I was about 20 reviews behind, waiting to be posted. Now when I finish a book the review will go up within a few days (sometimes more) and this frees me up to do other bookish posts. This is so exciting because I really like to write my thoughts about the world of literature without being confined to reviews. Also as you can see we are smack in the middle of being green with envy of everyone attending the Book Expo of America (BEA). I’m participating in Armchair BEA again and this will hopefully mean new blogs and new people to talk to. I’m also currently overseas so I’ve scheduled all these posts, I still have access to internet but I wanted to be free to comment and read instead of writing blog posts.
As for this month, the book club theme was Supernatural and we got to read the classic Victorian Gothic novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. My review went up yesterday and there have been some interesting discussions about the book and its influences in modern pop culture over at Goodreads if you’ve missed it. Next month’s book is going to be a little obscure, something I’ve not heard of; I’m really looking forward to diving into The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy.
Last month I was in the middle of a reading slump so I was worried that May would be a terrible month for me but I’m pleased to say the slump didn’t last long. I was able to read heaps of great books including Invitation to a Beheading, Main Street and The People of Forever Are Not Afraid. Interesting enough the highlight of the month was none of those books, but a reread of The Great Gatsby; I just enjoyed returning to that novel and then picking it apart trying to understand it. I would love to know what your highlights of the month were or even what you read this month.
My Monthly Reading
- Alex by Pierre Lemaitre
- Breath by Tim Winton
- Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
- Gentlemen & Players by Joanne Harris
- Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
- Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov
- Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
- Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
- The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
- The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley
- The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler
- The People of Forever Are Not Afraid by Shani Boianjiu
- The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Yearning by Kate Belle
- TransAtlantic by Colum McCann
- Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell
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