This time last year I was unoccupied and reading all the books I could get my hands on. This August hasn’t been nearly as productive reading wise, I feel as if I’ve barely picked up a book.
I’ve decided to post this prior to the end of August as frankly I cannot foresee anything literary occurring to me between now and then.
Currently Reading:
Park Notes by Sarah Pickstone (and more)
Unfinished:
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (perhaps I’ll get to the other 50% another time)
Read:
- History of the Rain by Niall Williams
- Unthink by Chris Paley
- We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
- Mãn by Kim Thúy
- The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life by Andy Miller
- The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
Poetry Discovered:
Bereft by Robert Frost
As I Grew Older by Langston Hughes
Puck, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare
Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen
In other news:
It’s the Hampstead & Highgate Literary Festival from 14th – 16th September; Soho Theatre Literary Festival from 24th – 28th September; Blenheim Palace Literary Festival from 25th – 28th September; The Henley Literary Festival from 29th September – 5th October; and The London Literature Festival from 30th September – 13th October. Phew, that’s a lot of literature in a short space of time.
How was your August?
I only finished two books in August, but I feel that my reading slump has come to an end. Thank heavens. I loved Great Expectations – did you not enjoy it?
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I’m glad to hear your reading slump has come to an end! I wouldn’t say I disliked GE, I just can’t fall into it – if that makes sense.
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Don’t be too hard on yourself. You have read many books and not every month can be as active. 🙂
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🙂 Thanks my dear, I think September will be far more productive.
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Definitely worth giving GE another go sometime. It is wordy, but worth it in the end. 6 books is pretty great 🙂
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I think I need a point where I can do nothing but read, and then give it another go. Without any distractions.
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You have read way more than me this August!!
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To be fair, you’ve just moved to another country for a year, haha.
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