Books Read October 2021: 215-236

Ah, October, finishing up award lists and trying to blaze through my eARC backlist, while hosting a readalong. I made some progress!

A gentle reminder that all reviews can still be seen on my Goodreads profile (the review will be with the book; the format will be specified unless it's in print.) And the books with green outlines are my 5-star reads for the month!

215. The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
216. Maybe Esther by Katja Petrowskaja, translated by Shelley Frisch ⭐️⭐️⭐️
217. Bewilderment by Richard Powers, read by Edoardo Ballerini ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
218. The Sunflower by Jackie Wang ⭐️⭐️⭐️
219. Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, read by Gisela Chipe ⭐️⭐️⭐️
220. Paris is a Party, Paris is a Ghost by David Hoon Kim ⭐️⭐️
221. The Paris Connection by Lorraine Brown ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
222. Every Minute is a Day by Robert Meyer and Dan Koeppel ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
223. Ghosts by Dolly Alderton ⭐️⭐️⭐️
224. Barkskins by Annie Proulx ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
225. The Wild Fox of Yemen by Threa Almontaser ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
226. Meridian by Alice Walker ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
227. Red Crosses by Sasha Filipenko, translated by Elln Vayner ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
228. Intimacies by Katie Kitamura, read by Traci Kato-Kiriyama ⭐️⭐️⭐️
229. The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
230. Em by Kim Thúy, translated by Sheila Fischman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
231. Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
232. Mud Sweeter than Honey by Margo Rejmer, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
233. The Witch's Wolves by Ellie Mae MacGregor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
234. Sovietistan by Erika Fatland, translated by Kari Dickson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
235. Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
236. The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Total Books Read: 22

audio: 3
eBook: 15
print: 4

Library: 4
TBR: 1
Purchased 2021: 3
Review copy: 14

Around the World: 10
Booker Prize Long or shortlist: 1
Erin & Dani's Book Club: 0
Europe 2021: 2
National Book Award finalist (long or short): 3
Read the World 21 (Western Europe): 1
Tournament of Books: 0
Upstate International Book Club: 0
Work book club: 0

Graphic Novel/Comic: 0
Memoir: 2
Music: 0
Nature: 0
Poetry: 2
Romance: 3
Sci-fi/fantasy: 3
Translated: 6
Women in Translation: 4

Books Read September 2021: 202-214

If only I could count the books I'm in the middle of! But September went quickly. I never even got to a Science September read.  Maybe next year.

A gentle reminder that all reviews can still be seen on my Goodreads profile (the review will be with the book; the format will be specified unless it's in print.) And the books with green outlines are my 5-star reads for the month!

202. The Hidden Palace by Helene Wecker ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
203. A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
204. Musical Chairs by Amy Poeppel ⭐️⭐️⭐️
205. Several People are Typing by Calvin Kasulke, performed by MacLeod Andrews, Neil Shah, Dani Martineck, Sophie Amoss, Neil Hellegers, Cary Hite, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Joshua Kane, Amy Landon, Nicole Lewis, Brittany Pressley, Jonathan Todd Ross ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
206. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
207. Martita, I Remember You by Sandra Cisneros, et al; read by Sandra Cisneros, et al ⭐️⭐️⭐️
208. Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin, translated by Aneesa Higgins ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
209. Real Estate by Deborah Levy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
210. Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
211. Cackle by Rachel Harrison ⭐️⭐️⭐️
212. Church of Spies by Mark Riebling ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
213. Voices in the Evening by Natalia Ginzburg, translated by D.M. Low ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
214. Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

 

Total Books Read:13

Reread: 0

audio: 2
eBook: 6
print: 5

borrowed: 0
library: 3
personal copy:  1
review copy: 8
subscription: 1

Around the World: 4
Booker Prize Long or shortlist: 1
Erin & Dani's Book Club: 0
Europe 2021: 2
National Book Award finalist: 1
Read the World 21 (Western Europe): 2
Tournament of Books: 0
Upstate International Book Club: 0
Work book club: 0

Graphic Novel/Comic: 0
Memoir: 1
Music: 1
Nature: 0
Poetry: 0
Translated: 2
Women in Translation: 2