Category Archives: Books

I finished nine books this month, four as part of my “Nordic septologies” theme, seven by women/POC, and two in German. Starting with the Scandinavians, I read volumes three and four of Über die Berechnung des Rauminhalts (On the Calculation … Continue reading →

I finished eight books in April, four from the International Booker longlist (plus one former); four by women/POC and a feeble one in German. Lichtspiel was one of the best longlisted novels for me (along with the Shida Bazyar). There’s … Continue reading →

I finished 8 books in March: 5 for my month’s topic of South America, 2 for my failed topic of 1983 BYBN, 5 by women/PoC, and one each in German and Portuguese. Accidentally, five of the books were also re-reads, … Continue reading →

I finished 6 books this month, all of which fit more or less into my month’s theme of favourite writers, four by women/POC, and two in German. Portuguese might restart in March. The choice of theme was mainly because I’d … Continue reading →

I finished a very modest five books this month, three by women/PoC (again = women), four for my “Dorothy Richardson and environs” theme; one German, and none in Portuguese (I’m doing some listening instead). Starting with the inevitable, Pointed Roofs … Continue reading →

I finished nine books this month, four for my extended SFF/POC theme, eight by women or POC, a modest two in German, and one in Portuguese. The Rosewater Insurrection is the second in a trilogy, and I read the first … Continue reading →

I finished a modest eight books this month, five as part of my month’s topic of POC SF/F (plans went slightly agley due to excessive employment and being distracted by the Deutscher Buchpreis longlist). Seven by women/POC altogether, three in … Continue reading →

I finished 11 books in September, 8 by women/POC, seven of those for my Black writers monthly topic, with three in German and one in Portuguese. One of the main reasons for the choice of topic was (as usual) the … Continue reading →

I finished 12(ish) books this month, 11 by women/POC, and 10 of those for #WITMonth. 5 in German, and one in Portuguese. Starting with the women in translation (per the “rules”, not all actually in translation, but not originally written … Continue reading →