Category Archives: Books

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 →

I finished ten books this month, six for my slightly patronising topic of “sound Americans”, five by women/POC, three in German, with one graphic novel. No Portuguese, because I’m working through a big one. 🙂 Understanding Literature and Life: Drama, … Continue reading →

I finished ten books in June: eight for my poor excuse for a monthly theme (“finishing off books I’d already started”), six by women/non-binary/POC, one in Portuguese, and a measly one in German. That makes a nice round sixty for … Continue reading →

I finished 11 books this month: nine for my theme of the month (non-fiction), and seven by women/POC, three in German, and one in Portuguese. A couple of sub-themes popped up accidentally: four of the books are French (if one … Continue reading →

I finished nine books in April, five as part of my International Booker Prize monthly theme. Seven by women/POC, three in German, and one re-read in Portuguese. For the IBP theme, I concentrated on the longlisted books from this year, … Continue reading →

I finished nine books in March, five as part of my monthly topic — SF/F. Half by women/POC, just two German, and on Portuguese. A quiet month, but several are still in-progress! One of the distractions from my planned topic … Continue reading →

I finished 11 books in February, 8 as part of my Nordic reading month. Only 5 by women/POC, because of the two Jon Fosses (maybe I can count him as one); three in German, one in Portuguese. Starting in the … Continue reading →

I finished ten books this month — eight by POC/women, five for my month’s project of South Asian writing, and three in German. No Portuguese this time, but I’m well into a good one. Starting with the South Asians, the … Continue reading →