You’re not alone in being “behind” in May! I like to think a new month is a new start though, otherwise I’ll feel stressed for the rest of the year 😂 no thanks! Hope you’ll enjoy your reading in June!
I ended up enjoying The Waves and will read it again now that I listened to the audio and get the flow of it. Thanks for selecting it as a book club focus, or I never would have stuck with it to find the beauty. May was a limited reading month for me, too. The rainy weather lately helped me to focus, and I read Butcher by Joyce Carol Oates (1st JCO) and Julia by Sandra Newman. Butcher is about the history of gynecology and based on some real life "doctors" who "treated" women housed in a lunatic asylum for hysteria, among other things. Many themes - misogyny, narcissism, servitude, class, race, medical discoveries/ethics. Also 1800s thinking. It was interesting and certainly provoked strong emotional reactions. One being - women, we deserve better. So much better. I have not read 1984 but picked up Julia because of the buzz. She was Winston Smith's girlfriend in Orwell's original story. 1984 is retold from her perspective and experiences. The manipulation of humanity and corruption that comes with power is disturbing. The book is well done - and I picked up a copy of 1984 to compare. It was first published 75 years ago! Now on to something a little lighter - Fire Weather and Caledonian Road. Ha! And both are chunksters.
The two best books I read in May were "Great Granny Webster" by Caroline Blackwood, who was a Guinness beer heiress and the book is a novelization of a time when she was sent to live in Hove, England with her severe and joyless grandmother, and "Put Out More Flags" by Evelyn Waugh which is a comedy set in the WWII English homefront.
Getting through The Waves and Study for Obedience is impressive enough, but I get the disappointment too. I think the only book I finished was "The Silver Bone" by Kurkov. It was decent historical fiction--immersed me in the time and place, even if the mystery aspect was a miss for me. 📚
Congratulations on your new job! Sometimes life requires us to temporarily reprioritize, and that's okay - falling a bit behind with reading can be the right thing in those cases.
I definitely recommend continuing with T. Kingfisher. She’s great! May was a crummy reading month for me, with the exception of Soldier Sailor. Loved that book. ❤
I read one short story by Virginia Woolf in college and really enjoyed it, stream of consciousness and all, but then I tried reading Mrs. Dalloway and could not get into it. So I get reading The Waves but having no idea what it's about 😆
interesting pairing of books - i want to try more Vonnegut after Slaughterhouse 5 too, but unsure where to go. the Waves was my last chance i gave to Woolf =P i guess longform stream of consciousness just isn't for me ~
I’ve yet to read a Kingfisher book and you make me want to pick her up. ❤
Congratulations on the new job! That’s exciting. Hopefully your life will settle down soon. I can totally relate!
It has been pretty wild! I love, love, love the switch but it is an adjustment!
You’re not alone in being “behind” in May! I like to think a new month is a new start though, otherwise I’ll feel stressed for the rest of the year 😂 no thanks! Hope you’ll enjoy your reading in June!
The books in June have been great but I didn't read much off my 1001 book countdown project. 🤷♀️
@@MsReadsAlot Quality over quantity, is what I always say ^^
You are the second person who read Hooked. I’m getting interested.
I ended up enjoying The Waves and will read it again now that I listened to the audio and get the flow of it. Thanks for selecting it as a book club focus, or I never would have stuck with it to find the beauty.
May was a limited reading month for me, too. The rainy weather lately helped me to focus, and I read Butcher by Joyce Carol Oates (1st JCO) and Julia by Sandra Newman.
Butcher is about the history of gynecology and based on some real life "doctors" who "treated" women housed in a lunatic asylum for hysteria, among other things. Many themes - misogyny, narcissism, servitude, class, race, medical discoveries/ethics. Also 1800s thinking. It was interesting and certainly provoked strong emotional reactions. One being - women, we deserve better. So much better.
I have not read 1984 but picked up Julia because of the buzz. She was Winston Smith's girlfriend in Orwell's original story. 1984 is retold from her perspective and experiences. The manipulation of humanity and corruption that comes with power is disturbing. The book is well done - and I picked up a copy of 1984 to compare. It was first published 75 years ago!
Now on to something a little lighter - Fire Weather and Caledonian Road. Ha! And both are chunksters.
The two best books I read in May were "Great Granny Webster" by Caroline Blackwood, who was a Guinness beer heiress and the book is a novelization of a time when she was sent to live in Hove, England with her severe and joyless grandmother, and "Put Out More Flags" by Evelyn Waugh which is a comedy set in the WWII English homefront.
Getting through The Waves and Study for Obedience is impressive enough, but I get the disappointment too. I think the only book I finished was "The Silver Bone" by Kurkov. It was decent historical fiction--immersed me in the time and place, even if the mystery aspect was a miss for me. 📚
Congratulations on your new job! Sometimes life requires us to temporarily reprioritize, and that's okay - falling a bit behind with reading can be the right thing in those cases.
thank you so much! I love it so far
I definitely recommend continuing with T. Kingfisher. She’s great! May was a crummy reading month for me, with the exception of Soldier Sailor. Loved that book. ❤
Soldier Sailor was nominated for the Women's prize?
@@MsReadsAlot It was! Shortlisted even. 😊
I read one short story by Virginia Woolf in college and really enjoyed it, stream of consciousness and all, but then I tried reading Mrs. Dalloway and could not get into it. So I get reading The Waves but having no idea what it's about 😆
interesting pairing of books - i want to try more Vonnegut after Slaughterhouse 5 too, but unsure where to go. the Waves was my last chance i gave to Woolf =P i guess longform stream of consciousness just isn't for me ~
I completely understand. I just really want to love Woolf.. and the style just doesn't work for me.