#weekendreads
Do Not Say - didn‘t finish last weekend, but got most of it done, so I‘m just going to read a few chapters over the weekend
Secret Keeper - hope to read a bunch more
Maya & Natasha - finished the book Saturday afternoon
Fellowship and Rust & Stardust - hope to start @ least 1 of them on Sunday
pickA vivid portrayal of China from 1976-81:
"...Informative, disturbing, poignant and absorbing...personal encounters with individual Chinese that (were) almost unprecedented for any American journalist (at this time this book was written)." - NYT Book Review
Fascinating. I learned that I know less than I ever could have imagined.
pickThis was a sometimes difficult but also fascinating listen. It tells the story of three generations of women in China and provides a personal perspective to life through and after the Communist Revolution.
#audiobook #nonfiction #1001books #ReadTheWorld #ReadingTheWorld #China #DeweysReadathon #DeweysOctober2023
Good morning! I‘m looking forward to listening to lots of audio and reading some print today as I participate in the 24 hour Dewey‘s readathon. I‘m starting my day by listening to Wild Swans while I have breakfast and read some early posts.
#DeweysReadathon #DeweysOctober2023 #Readathon #BookAndBreakfast #audiobook
https://youtu.be/qNC0kAqAPj0?si=taHq8-VbdoF-0UbF
Mikiko‘s reading project was to read six of my favorite books. Here‘s what happened.
Books
Happening by Annie Ernaux
Tanya Leslie (Translator)
Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi
Indelicacy by Amina Cain
The Peacock by Isabel Bogdan
Annie Rutherford (Translator)
pickThis is a true story of a young girl who lived through the Chinese Cultural Revolution in the 1960s when Chairman Mao was in power🇨🇳. It was brutal. “This is the most frightening lesson of the Cultural Revolution: Without a sound legal system, a small group or even a single person can take control of an entire country. This is as true now as it was then.
#Pantone2023
#MagnificentMay Readathon Day 1
so-soHeavy going novel translated from the Chinese.
In parts fascinating: covers so much, from the perspective of two characters and their family history. The Cultural Revolution continues to impact on lives. New wealth is central too.
I found the characters' experiences sometimes blurred together, and coupled with the lack of resolution and the bleak attitude to relationships, ultimately not my cup of tea.
