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Alexandre Dumas, AS Byatt, Aubrey & Maturin series, books, Master & Commander, Patrick O'Brian, Possession, reading, reading goals, TBR, The Three Musketeers
What, no ‘tentative’ or ‘ish’ in the title? Yeah, I know.
The reason for this unusual certainty about my reading is that I’m actually already well into two of the books in the picture above and probably won’t be able to manage more than those two 600+ page novels plus one additional bookclub read, anyway. And even if I do, I also still have other books which are currently on hold and which I could pick up in case of an ’emergency’. (There will be no ’emergency’. If anything, I’ll be my usual mood reader self and use interest in this TBR halfway through the month.)
The three books I hope to finish in July:
AS Byatt – Possession
A literary, metafictional historical novel about two scholars who discover the secret correspondence of two Victorian poets. Extremely well-written, clever, and imaginative. I’m about 120 pages in and enjoying myself immensely.
Alexandre Dumas – The Three Musketeers
I picked up this classic – which I actually read an abridged version of as a kid – because a couple of people on tumblr decided to do a readalong. I’m very behind already (I’m only 20 pages in, and that includes the introduction), but I have every intention of catching up. (… and I obviously didn’t reach my goal of 90 pages during the Finishathon.)
Patrick O’Brian – Master & Commander
Story time! Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World is probably my favourite movie of all time and the reason I absolutely fell in love with ships and the Age of Sail at the tender age of 18 (I watched it first on a flight to Canada). This novel is the first in the series that that movie was based on. I actually read Master & Commander before (as did I the following three or so installments in the series), but that was in 2009 and it’s very much time for a reread. How fortuitous that this is the July pick for the Terror-bookclub. 😉
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As you can see, I’m still keeping up this whole ‘historical novels meet ships meet 19th century’ aesthetic I’ve been accidentally following all year. No planned trips to the Arctic this month, though. 😀