May 2024 Reading Wrap Up

Here is my wrap up of the 8 books I read in May 2024. I'd love to hear your thoughts about these down in the comments... though no more about Praiseworthy please and thank you!
These are the books I read that I mentioned in the video:
Undiscovered - Gabriela Wiener (translated by Julia Sanches)
She is the Earth - Ali Cobby Eckermann
Western Lane - Chetna Maroo
Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf
What You Are Looking For Is In The Library - Michiko Aoyama (translated by Alison Watts)
Restless Dolly Maunder - Kate Grenville
Praiseworthy - Alexis Wright
Autumn - Ali Smith
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[@ariannefowler455]

I love seeing Western Lane getting the love. It was such a beautiful book.

[@curatoriallyyours]

Agreed - I am so glad I read it!

[@judybrown1624]

I loved the Seasonal Quartet, especially Autumn.

[@curatoriallyyours]

I'm looking forward to continuing with it!

[@kimswhims8435]

Pretty sure that what Alexis Wright wrote was intentional, if anything she probably fought to keep it in that form. I don't think it was a lack of editing.
Praiseworthy is on most major prize lists for good reason. However, it isn't for everyone. She's also not just an indigenous author, she's a Professor in Creative Writing at The University of Western Sydney and she holds a PhD from MIT amongst other academic accolades.
I'm sure that you're not alone in your appraisal of the book but I think it will continue to do well in the prize lists for good reason and will prove to be a landmark novel. Sometimes we're just not ready for a body of work when we read it.

[@kimswhims8435]

Don't feel obliged to respond, it's not like you ever have to read the book again, if you don't want to, but if you're really going to diss a quite important new novel, sometimes there's some respectful blow back 🙂

[@curatoriallyyours]

You and I have already agreed to disagree about this book in another comment section. And I agree that it’s likely she fought to keep it in this form, and is a big enough author that she probably got her way. I am saying it is to the book’s detriment - a good editor can make a book more accessible and readable. I’m not interested in discussing this book any further, as I mentioned in the video.

[@elzbethmrgn]

FORTY MINUTES?? #blessed 😂

[@elzbethmrgn]

I really need to bump Virginia Woolf up my TBR

[@curatoriallyyours]

I read a lot of books this month!