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Mar. 9th, 2018 11:00 pmBefore the month runs out, here's my little february wrap-up.
Wrap-up (books I read this month):
#9. Celle qui fuit et celle qui reste by Elena Ferrante. I feel I've rambled a lot about that series in previous entries so I'll just say that this new volume was as good as the others. I cannot wait to read the fourth installment in the series.
#10. Down and out in Paris and London by George Orwell. I can't say I enjoyed that book as such but it was an interesting one and the picture Orwell painted of the world of the "poor and destitute in 1920s Paris and London" was incredibly vivid. So, as I said, maybe not an enjoyable read as such but an interesting piece all the same.
#11. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I remember reading Tender is the Night back when I was in college but I'd never read The Great Gatsby and thought it was high time I did so. If I visited the poor and destitute in the 20s with the previous novel, this time it was the other side of the social spectrum and it made for an interesting contrast ;) I'll admit, even though I'm glad I finally got around to reading it, this won't be a favourite. It was an interesting social commentary, though, and I always find stories set in that time period quite fascinating.
#12. Le mystère Henri Pick by David Foenkinos. This was a book about books, the publishing industry, authors and book lovers. A fast and entertaining read with a touch of "mystery" thrown in the midst. It was quite fun.
#13. Pines (Wayward Pines #1 by Blake Crouch. That one was a surprise. I was looking for a different read after the other three and I meant to pick some kind of mystery/sci-fi/fantasy. Don't ask me how or why I found my way to this book but I found this title and was reminded of the tv adaptation that aired some years ago. I never watched it but it always intrigued me a little. Decided to give it a go and I wasn't disappointed. Just like the main character, you're desperately trying to find out what the hell is going on and it is fun coming up with the craziest theories you can find. What I appreciated is that you do get an answer at the end of the novel, you're not left hanging (well...) and I wish I could refer to other books that were in the same vein as this one but, see, I can't, because it would spoil it for you lol Oh, well. I'll get the second book in the series, I'm curious to see where they'll go after that.
#14. Fiabe Italiane (compiled) by Italo Calvino. This is me trying to be a "big girl" and reading my first novel in Italian but still using the small wheels, so to speak. This edition is a bilingual one, ie. one with the original version on one page and the translation on the other. Although I truly enjoyed that little foray into Italian tales and folklore (and it was quite interesting to compare with the French tales I've grown up with, like the tale of Bluebeard, for instance) I will need to pick a more contemporary novel after that one because the vocabulary was, as expected, a bit old-fashioned lol
Book haul (books purchased or offered):
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers. Second volume in the Wayfarer series. I really enjoyed the first one (obviously) and I've missed reading sci-fi, so caved in.
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. Don't yell at me but I've never read a Le Guin before and I decided it was high time I remedied that. There are some authors you really want to enjoy, she's one of them, so fingers crossed I enjoy it.
Reading (well, you know):
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. So many Downton Abbey vibes, so many!
Wrap-up (books I read this month):
#9. Celle qui fuit et celle qui reste by Elena Ferrante. I feel I've rambled a lot about that series in previous entries so I'll just say that this new volume was as good as the others. I cannot wait to read the fourth installment in the series.
#10. Down and out in Paris and London by George Orwell. I can't say I enjoyed that book as such but it was an interesting one and the picture Orwell painted of the world of the "poor and destitute in 1920s Paris and London" was incredibly vivid. So, as I said, maybe not an enjoyable read as such but an interesting piece all the same.
#11. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I remember reading Tender is the Night back when I was in college but I'd never read The Great Gatsby and thought it was high time I did so. If I visited the poor and destitute in the 20s with the previous novel, this time it was the other side of the social spectrum and it made for an interesting contrast ;) I'll admit, even though I'm glad I finally got around to reading it, this won't be a favourite. It was an interesting social commentary, though, and I always find stories set in that time period quite fascinating.
#12. Le mystère Henri Pick by David Foenkinos. This was a book about books, the publishing industry, authors and book lovers. A fast and entertaining read with a touch of "mystery" thrown in the midst. It was quite fun.
#13. Pines (Wayward Pines #1 by Blake Crouch. That one was a surprise. I was looking for a different read after the other three and I meant to pick some kind of mystery/sci-fi/fantasy. Don't ask me how or why I found my way to this book but I found this title and was reminded of the tv adaptation that aired some years ago. I never watched it but it always intrigued me a little. Decided to give it a go and I wasn't disappointed. Just like the main character, you're desperately trying to find out what the hell is going on and it is fun coming up with the craziest theories you can find. What I appreciated is that you do get an answer at the end of the novel, you're not left hanging (well...) and I wish I could refer to other books that were in the same vein as this one but, see, I can't, because it would spoil it for you lol Oh, well. I'll get the second book in the series, I'm curious to see where they'll go after that.
#14. Fiabe Italiane (compiled) by Italo Calvino. This is me trying to be a "big girl" and reading my first novel in Italian but still using the small wheels, so to speak. This edition is a bilingual one, ie. one with the original version on one page and the translation on the other. Although I truly enjoyed that little foray into Italian tales and folklore (and it was quite interesting to compare with the French tales I've grown up with, like the tale of Bluebeard, for instance) I will need to pick a more contemporary novel after that one because the vocabulary was, as expected, a bit old-fashioned lol
Book haul (books purchased or offered):
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers. Second volume in the Wayfarer series. I really enjoyed the first one (obviously) and I've missed reading sci-fi, so caved in.
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. Don't yell at me but I've never read a Le Guin before and I decided it was high time I remedied that. There are some authors you really want to enjoy, she's one of them, so fingers crossed I enjoy it.
Reading (well, you know):
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. So many Downton Abbey vibes, so many!
