Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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I realize that I covered a lot of past, present and future this week, reading books from ancient Greece, the history of tea, through the life of a Renaissance painter, a contemporary teen and a crew of a 22nd century spaceship. I should be tired but I'm not!

Booktubers Mentioned:
Women in Translation Month is hosted by
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebooks
Katja @PageTurnersWithKatja
and me

Priscilla @EveningReader

Books Mentioned:
The Employees by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitkin
All the Tea in China by Wang Jian, translated by Tony Bleshen
The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson
How to Be Both by Ali Smith
The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Allison Markin Powell
May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry
The Singer's Gun by Emily St. John Mandel
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers