Curious ReaderHello everyone! Today I'm sharing with you my Springathon TBR, some great-sounding books covering all kinds of areas within the broader nature writing genre - water themed, memoir, dogs, and more. What are you planning on reading for the Srpingathon this year? I'd love to hear all about it. Take care!
RELATED LINKS Springathon Announcement youtu.be/xbrpwFQ6OTQ Oliver @ChaoticBibliophile
BOOKS MENTIONED Doghearted - ed. Jessica J Lee, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan Belonging - Amanda Thomson Afterglow - Eileen Myles To the River - Olivia Laing Waterlog - Roger Deakin The Seaweed Collector's Handbook - Miek Zwamborn Losing Eden - Lucy Jones Handiwork - Sara Baume
SPRINGATHON TBR 2023!Curious Reader2023-04-22 | Hello everyone! Today I'm sharing with you my Springathon TBR, some great-sounding books covering all kinds of areas within the broader nature writing genre - water themed, memoir, dogs, and more. What are you planning on reading for the Srpingathon this year? I'd love to hear all about it. Take care!
RELATED LINKS Springathon Announcement youtu.be/xbrpwFQ6OTQ Oliver @ChaoticBibliophile
BOOKS MENTIONED Doghearted - ed. Jessica J Lee, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan Belonging - Amanda Thomson Afterglow - Eileen Myles To the River - Olivia Laing Waterlog - Roger Deakin The Seaweed Collector's Handbook - Miek Zwamborn Losing Eden - Lucy Jones Handiwork - Sara Baume
FIND ME ELSEWHERE Goodreads: goodreads.com/curiousreaderr Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/curiousreader Blog: curiousreaderr.wordpress.com Instagram: instagram.com/curiousreaderr Buy me a coffee http://buymeacoffee.com/curiousreaderTranslators I love and I think you will too | #WITMONTH 2024Curious Reader2024-08-14 | In honor of #witmonth I wanted to celebrate some of my favorite women who translate other women into English. These are translators I associate with the skill of their craft, whose name on a book will peak my interest regardless of the author or plot. I would love to hear about the translators you would put on a list of favorites, or perhaps translators whose work you've read the most of. Hope you're all having a great reading month! xx
BOOKS MENTIONED The Fall of Language in the Age of English by Minae Mizumura, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter An I Novel by Minae Mizumura, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter The Great Passage by Shion Miura, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya, translated by Asa Yoneda The Vegetarian by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith The White Book by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith Permafrost by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches Boulder by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches Mammoth by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches The Neapolitan Quartet by Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein In other words by Jhumpa Lahiri, translated by Ann Goldstein Fever Dream by Samantha Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell Things we lost in the fire by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell
BOOKS MENTIONED Förändringen - Liv Ullman (translated to Swedish by Cilla Johnson) Unforgivable and other essays - Christina Campo (translated by Alex Andriesse) Forbidden Notebook - Alba de Cespedes (translated by Ann Goldstein) Woman Running in the Mountains - Yuko Tsushima (translated by Geraldine Harcourt) Analfabeten - Agota Kristof (translated to Swedish by Marianne Tufvesson) The Lake - Bianca Bellova (translated by Alex Zucker) Agua Viva - Clarice Lispector (translated by Stefan Tobler) End of August - Yu Miri (translated by Morgan Giles) Dogs of Summer - Andrea Abreu (translated by Julia Sanches)
WHEN? The Springathon starts on Friday May 3rd and runs until Sunday May 19th.
HOSTS: Emma @ACupOfBooks Doris @alldbooks9165 Heidi @myreadinglife8816 Myself @CuriousReader
OPTIONAL PROMPTS: (the four seasons) summer, autumn, winter, spring
GROUPREAD: Sakura Obsession by Naoko Abe
Later in the month we'll also be announcing the photo prompts for this year's Instagram photo challenge (which will run for the entire duration of the readathon). Stay tuned!
BOOKS MENTIONED In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado There's no such thing as an easy job - Kikuko Tsumura (translated by Polly Barton) A Matter of Appearance - Emily Wells Translating myself and others - Jhumpa Lahiri Loveless - Alice Oseman Iza's Ballad - Magda Szabo (translated by George Szirtes) Ace - Angela Chen
TABLE OF CONTENTS 00:52 - Madicken 02:20 - Arrangements in Blue 04:45 - Rent Spel/Fair Play 06:55 - Kattvinden 08:09 - The Skull 08:50 - The Queen in the Cave 09:40 - Granny and Bean 10:10 - What do you see when you look at a tree 10:50 - Van Dog 11:30 - Nana vol. 3-5 12:40 - Loveless 14:20 - A Study in Scarlett, The sign of Four 16:40 - A Line in the World 18:20 - Red, White and Royal Blue 20:25 - Long live the Post horn 22:50 - Lost Pianos of Siberia 25:05 - Heartstopper vol. 1-3 28:43 - Jultröjan 29:30 - Mamma mu och Kråkans jul 31:00 - Nails and Eyes 33:07 - Autumn 35:25 - In the Dream House 36:47 - Det Blå Garnet
FIND ME ELSEWHERE Goodreads: goodreads.com/curiousreaderr Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/curiousreader Blog: curiousreaderr.wordpress.com Instagram: instagram.com/curiousreaderrRetrospective & Reading Goals for 2024Curious Reader2023-12-30 | Hi everyone! Hope you've all had a good holiday season. Today I wanted to take some time to look back on my reading in 2023. I chat about the reading goals I had and some general stats and themes for the year. I also talk about the goals I have for the new year. Do you make reading goals? What are they? I'd love to chat with you in the comments.
QUESTIONS 1. Are there any books you started this year that you need to finish? 2. Do you have an autumnal book to transition into the end of the year? 3. Is there a new release you're still waiting for? 4. What are three books you want to read before the end of the year? 5. Is there a book you think could still shock you and become your favourite book of the year? 6. Have you already started making reading plans for next year?
RELATED LINKS @fayesparallelstories8572 Tag: https://youtu.be/e6JnNyFUh3s?si=isQbs... @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 Remember December rereadathon announcement youtu.be/1-lCBZJ4ODU?si=Qc3wmq7k68U-tEzk
BOOKS MENTIONED The Times I Knew I Was Gay - Eleanor Crewes Flickebarn nr 291 - Ninni Schulman A Horse at Night: On Writing - Amina Cain Too Much and Not the Mood - Durga Chew-Bose "Denna dagen ett liv" (Astrid Lindgren: The Woman Behind Pippi Longstocking) by Jens Andersen: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300226102 The Story of a New Name - Elena Ferrante (translation by Ann Goldstein)
FIND ME ELSEWHERE Goodreads: goodreads.com/curiousreaderr Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/curiousreader Blog: curiousreaderr.wordpress.com Instagram: instagram.com/curiousreaderrPRIDE MONTH | Book Recommendations and TBRCurious Reader2023-05-31 | Hey everyone! As we approach June, I wanted to take a moment to share some reading recommendations and plans for queer lit/LGBTQ+ books and authors you might want to add to your lists/horizons. Have you made a TBR of your own? Do please share what you're excited to be reading in June to celebrate Pride month.
BOOKS MENTIONED Tove Ditlevsen - Copenhagen trilogy Deborah Levy - Living autobiography trilogy Margo Jefferson - Constructing a nervous system Rachel Cusk - Coventry Jhumpa Lahiri - Translating myself and others Sara Baume - Handiwork Elena Ferrante - In the Margins Amina Cain - A Horse at Night
RELATED LINKS Oliver @ChaoticBibliophile Working Women in Fiction youtu.be/LdI2Frjmus8
BOOKS MENTIONED There's no such thing as an easy job - Kikuko Tsumura Samlade Verk (Collected Works) - Lydia Sandgren Norrtullsligan - Elin Wägner Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata The Blazing World - Siri Hustvedt Linjen - Elise Karlsson Diary of a Void - Emi Yagi
BOOKS MENTIONED Diary of a Void - Emi Yagi (translated by David Boyd & Lucy North) Draw of the Sea - Wyl Menmuir Gubbe och Katt - Nils Uddenberg Whereabouts - Jhumpa Lahiri (translated by the author) Translating myself and others - Jhumpa Lahiri (several translators, some essays translated by Lahiri)
TABLE OF CONTENTS 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - On Photography by Susan Sontag 02:57 - Path through the Trees by Christopher Milne 05:10 - Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane, narrated by Roy McMillan 09:49 - The Lonely City by Olivia Laing 11:20 - Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro, translated by Frances Riddle 12:36 - Life among the Savages and Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson
FIND ME ELSEWHERE Goodreads: goodreads.com/curiousreaderr Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/curiousreader Blog: curiousreaderr.wordpress.com Instagram: instagram.com/curiousreaderrRecent Reading & Holiday Reading Plans 2022Curious Reader2022-12-22 | BOOKS MENTIONED Urgent Matters (translation by Sarah Moses, Review: curiousreaderr.wordpress.com/2022/11/16/urgent-matters-paula-rodriguez) Vi på Saltkråkan - Astrid Lindgren Little Labors - Rivka Galchen Rings of Saturn - W. G. Sebald (translation by Michael Hulse) On Photography - Susan Sontag The Blazing World - Siri Hustvedt Diary of a Void - Emi Yagi (translation by David Boyd and Lucy North) Cold Enough for Snow - Jessica Au A Woman in the Polar Night - Christiane Ritter (translation by Jane Degras) Wisdom of the Wolves - Elli H Radinger (translation by Shaun Whiteside) Diary of a Film - Niven Govinden The Book of Disquiet - Fernando Pessoa (translation by Margaret Jull Costa)
BOOKS MENTIONED Wildwood - Colin Meloy, illustrated by Carson Ellis The Wizard of Oz - Frank Baum The W.I.T.C.H series - Elisabetta Gnone, illustrated by Alessandro Barbucci & Barbara Canepa Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien Samlade Verk - Lydia Sandgren (in the English translation "Collected Works") Sufficient Grace - Amy Espeseth Toddler-Hunting and Other Stories - Taeko Kono, translated by Lucy North If I May - A. A. Milne This Golden Fleece - Esther Rutter The World According to Sheep - Sally Coulthard Mycophilia - Eugenia Bone Badgerland - Patrick Barkham