Reading Envy 158: TBR Explode 2

Jenny kicks off a short bonus episode with a joint readalong announcement, and covers three months of her TBR Explode project. Then she goes out to see what you have all been reading for the Reading Envy Summer Reading Challenge.

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Books mentioned:

Removed from list:

April

One Foot Wrong by Sofie Laguna

Paper Cities by Ekaterina Sedia

The Founding Fish by John McPhee

Overqualified by Joey Comeau

Wireless by Charles Stross

Nation by Terry Pratchett

May

The Illusion of Conscious Will by Daniel M. Wegner

The Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch

Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon

The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard

The Complete Short Stories by J.G. Ballard

The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill

The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist by Emile Habiby

The River at the Center of the World by Simon Winchester

June

Air by Geoff Ryman

The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia

Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1) by China Miéville

A Voice Through a Cloud by Denton Welch

Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem

Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls  

Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott

Went ahead and read:

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami (March/April)

Stitches by David Small (April)

Misconception by Ryan Boudinot (April)

Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson (May)

When Wanderers Cease to Roam: A Traveler's Journal of Staying Put by Vivian Swift (June)

If the Church Were Christian: Rediscovering the Values of Jesus by Philip Gulley (June)

Kept on list to read - verified TBR!

Mountolive by Lawrence Durrell

Clea by Lawrence Durrell

Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov

The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvan

Reading Envy Summer Reading Challenge Progress

Waterland by Graham Swift
Love by Hanne Orstavik, translated by Martin Aitken
Tentacle by Rita Indiana, translated by Achy Objeas
Space Unicorn Blues by T.J. Berry
Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore by Elizabeth Rush
The Blue Hour by Alonso Cueto
River of Teeth  by Sarah Gailey
Passing Strange by Ellen Klages
What Did You Eat Yesterday? by Fumi Yoshinaga
What the Eyes Don't See by Mona Hanna-Attisha
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
The Murderer's Ape by Jakob Wegelius
Bluets by Maggie Nelson
Budapest by Chico Buarque
Arid Dreams by Duanwad Pimwana, translated by Mui Poopoksakul
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Sea Monsters by Chloe Aridjis
The Years by Annie Ernaux
My Father's Wives by Jose Eduardo Agualusa
(his other book I mentioned is The General Theory of Oblivion)


Related Episodes:

Episode 021 - Amoebic Borders with guest Darin Bradley
Episode 069 - Evil Librarian/SFBRP Crossover Episode with Luke Burrage and Juliane Kunzendorf
Episode 131 - Tartan Noir and More with Claire Duffy
Episode 153 - Reading Envy Summer Reading Challenge


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