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Bitter Orange, books, Charles Maturin, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Claire Fuller, Home, Kate Tempest, Melmoth the Wanderer, monthly wrapup, poetry, reading, Running Upon the Wire, Toni Morrison, We Should All Be Feminists
This wrapup is a bit later than usual because November was a very busy month for me – and December is gearing up to be the same. The main reason for my business was the conference I organised as part of my PhD research at the end of the month and which was responsible for swallowing much of my time and energy. I did get a fair share of reading done – more than I thought I would (or did).
Books I finished this month:
Claire Fuller – Bitter Orange ★★★☆☆.5
A page-turner that I couldn’t put down even though I guessed most of the ending about two-thirds through the book.
Toni Morrison – Home ★★★☆☆.5
Extremely well-written but a tad too short to really develop the characters.
Kate Tempest – Running Upon the Wires ★★★★☆
I find poetry very hard to rate – this collection was poignant, carefully put together and fascinating in its subject matter.
Charles Maturin – Melmoth the Wanderer ★★☆☆☆
A gothic literature classic that did not age well. I loved Maturin’s original idea, but the execution was severely lacking at times.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – We Should All Be Feminists ★★★★☆
Short but to the point. Not necessarily eye-opening for anyone who has thought about or practised feminism before, but Adichie’s personal examples give her convictions a new twist.
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I have three more unfinished books (Naomi Novik’s Temeraire, Sword at Sunset, and Les Misérables), all of which I’ll be continuing in December.