It’s so great to see just how well the reading challenge is going; over 500 books have been read from the group so far. I’m so happy with the response and pleased to see people still had time to read The Fault in our Stars. Plenty of interesting thoughts have come out of this book from the group and while there was some people that didn’t like the book, I’m so glad to see so much great constructive criticism in the threads; this is what we live for. For those who don’t know about the reading challenge, there is still time to join in the fun, so check out my introductory post here.
I’m really impressed with the book club’s efforts this year and as we move into March, I’m looking forward to seeing what people will say about Lolita for our Russian literature theme. In January, I managed to read twenty books but this month I’ve read fifteen, which is not a bad effort and still a number I can be proud of. Five of those books go towards the Literary Exploration Reading Challenge and you can find my own record of the challenge here.
Highlights this month include the epic cyber punk noir novel Altered Carbon and the recently translated German crime blockbuster Snow White Must Die. Also I got to read a modern masterpiece by an author that is quickly become a favourite of mine; Jeffery Eugenides. The Virgin Suicides was his debut novel and it was wonderfully bleak; I can’t recommend it enough. How was February for you and your reading life? Let me know in the comments below.
Monthly Reading
- Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
- Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
- Dirt by David Vann
- Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
- Gun Machine by Warren Ellis
- Heart-Shaped Bruise by Tanya Byrne
- March Violets by Philip Kerr
- Occupation Diaries by Raja Shehadeh
- One for the Books by Joe Queenan
- Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead
- Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus
- The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
- The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Young Philby by Robert Littell
- Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler