- Bait by Eugenia Ladra
- Nothing Grows in Moonlight by Torberg Nedreaas
- What remains by Brais Lamela
- The Paper House by Carlos Maria Dominguez
- Night train by Xu Zechen
- A Summer with Montaigne by Antoine Compagnon
Oh, another month with not many reviews. I have been suffering from a drop in confidence at work, and I think this is having a knock-on effect here and also on my blogging, adding to the heat wave. But I managed six books with a young girl and a mysterious man in Uruguay. Then a woman spills here life out over the course of an evening to a random man. Farmers moved by Franco from the past and present effects of it. Then a man dies, and another disappears, and a book connects them. A young man who wants to travel is made out to be a killer, but what will the effect of this lie be on his life? Then a summer of radio essays around Montaigne from french radio
Book of the month
What Remains mixes fact and fiction and is one of those books that has lots of styles in a very short book that covers a piece of lost history from the Franco years in Spain
Non-book things
Well, the discovery of the great player app with its schedule of Hallmark mysteries had a lot to answer for. I am a sucker for cosy Hallmark crime films; they are no effort to watch, so I have watched a few this month. Music-wise, my record player is awaiting a new needle, so I have the recent Pixies bsdie album and the new Beth Orton record to listen to. I got a Japanese copy of This Mortal Coil’s It Will End in Tears on CD, but as I had the UK CD and vinyl, I just like the Japanese edition.
Next month
I need to find my review and blogging Mojo and get back in a routine; also, I need to read a bit more; last month I read less than I had in other months. I have a few subscription books and a couple of review books to read, and I’m sure something else will appear out of the blue; it usually does. What do your plans look like ?
second heatwave in the pipeline so don’t beat yourself up. The Lamela is a great steer, thank you, good cover art too
Gosh, Stu, I’m surprised that you could do anything much in the heatwave. Be kind to yourself!
I need to get back into a writing routine, I find it so easy to let it slide and then the pile of books next to my computer just gets bigger and bigger!
Hope your blogging MOJO returns but please be kind to yourself if it takes a little while
Hi Stu, sorry to hear about the work problems. That plus a heatwave is not a good recipe for blog writing. Still, a slow month for you still looks quite productive compared to many of us!
By the way, do you plan to restart Spanish Lit Month in July, or any other time? I had an email from a publisher wanting me to review a Spanish book in translation and mentioning the event, but it looks as if you haven’t run it for a few years. Let me know if you have any plans to revive it.