- A Terrace in Rome by Pascal Quingard
- Elly by Maike Wetzel
- Eastbound by Maylis De Kerangal
- Engagement by Ciler Ilhan
- Out of Mind by J Bernlef
- The hairdressers son by Gerbrand Bakker
- French windows by Antoine Laurain
- Götz and Meyer by David Albahari
- Family and Borghesia by Natalia Ginzburg
I managed to review nine books this month. Our journey started with an engraver injured for his love of a woman and the aftermath of that. Then a missing girl comes back, or does she? Then, two souls meet and connect on a train eastbound to Siberia. Each has their reason for wanting to escape where they are at that moment. Then there is a massacre told piece by piece by those killed on the evening it happened; then, a man is slowly losing his mind as dementia takes hold. Then a man goes to Spain to find out what really happened to his dad and what is the truth about the past. Then a woman may have seen a murder writes a story around her fellow occupants in the apartment building she lives in. Then we see a pair of truck drivers as the only link to a Jewish family in Belgrade as a relative imagines these two drivers’ day-to-day working. Then I finish with a great pair of Italian novellas from a great Italian writer.
Book of the month
To be honest, this was the hardest month in a long time. There wasn’t a bad book this month, reading-wise. But this lost gem—well, I say lost—is considered one of the best Dutch novels of all time. I think this book deserves a reissue. It captures how someone’s mind falls away from them due to Dementia.
Non book events .
Well, I have been watching the new Star Wars series. It’s not the best series, but it could get better as it goes on. Music wise I brought three albums this month
I brought two albums at my local shop as part of an offer they have the first is this John Grant Album I have two other albums by him and a couple of CDs so I was pleased to add another to the collection.
Then, a live album by Joy Division strangely ties into yesterday when I went with Amanda to where my mum’s ashes are scattered, and in the same graveyard is the stone that is the memorial to Ian Curtis, who was from Macclesfield. I didn’t visit the stone, but I know where it is. I find the pilgrimage there bizarre, but each to their own. I knew his connection to Macclesfield and my own connection, so this was a live set I hadn’t heard before.
Then we went to Bakewell the other day it is a nice place for a coffee and there is a record shop and I had decided to complete all the Nick Cave albums on VInyl I have all the older albums on cd and have brought a number of of already this was one of the few I hadn’t got and captured the rockier darker Nick Cave when he was younger and living in Berlin
Next month
Thigs will all be Spanish or Portuguese in Nature as it is Spanish and Portuguese lit month 2024. I did make badges for all those who want to join in
The three badges look forward to your reviews. Thanks in advance for joining this month again or for the first time . I look forward to all the upcoming reviews.
What are your plans?
How was your reading month ?
