Sunday, April 30, 2017

Books 84-130 of 2017


Books pictured are this month's 5-star reads! Links below.

Books read: 46 (many of these are short poetry collections)

Audiobooks: 2
eBooks: 25
Print: 19

Review copies: 17

84. Though flowers fall I have never forgotten you by Jeong Ho-seung *** (eARC through Edelweiss; my review)
85. The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion by Meghan Daum **** (interlibrary loan; my review)
86. The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin **** (Hoopla eBook; my review)
87. A Hotel Library at the End of the World: Poems by Adam Clay **** (library eBook; my review)
88. Moonglow by Michael Chabon *** (library book; my review)
89. A Place Called No Homeland by Kai Cheng Thom ***** (eARC from Edelweiss; my review)
90. Erotikon: Poems by Susan Mitchell * (personal copy. my review)
91. The Idiot by Elif Batuman **** (audiobook review copy; my review)
92. 25 Love Poems for the NSA by Iain S. Thomas *** (Hoopla eBook; my review)
93. Cold Pastoral: Poems by Rebecca Dunham **** (Hoopla eBook; my review)
94. Sorry for Your Troubles by Padraig O' Tuoma ***** (personal copy; my review)
95. Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner **** (personal copy; my review)
96. Brand  New Ancients by Kate Tempest **** (interlibrary loan; my review)
97. Even This Page is White by Vivek Shraya ***** (Hoopla eBook; my review)
98. Unreconciled: Poems 1991-2013 by Michel Houellebecq ** (eARC from Edelweiss; my review)
99. Whereas: Poems by Layli Long Soldier **** (personal copy; my review)
100. Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer **** (library book; my review)
101. Square Inch Hours: Poems by Sherod Santos **** (eARC from Edelweiss; my review)
102. Vertigo: The Living Dead Man Poems **** (personal copy; my review)
103. Terra Incognita by Adebe De Rango-Adem ***** (personal copy; my review)
104. Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel **** (audiobook review copy; my review)
105. Everything Reminds You of Something Else by Elana Wolff ** (eARC from NetGalley; my review)
106. No Knives in the Kitchens of This City by Khaled Khalifa **** (personal copy; my review)
107. Untamed: An Atlas of Wild Places by Chris Fitch **** (eARC from Edelweiss; my review)
108. Send by Domenico Capilongo *** (eARC from NetGalley; my review)
109. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond ***** (personal copy; my review)
110. A Private Mythology: Poems by May Sarton **** (Hoopla eBook; my review)
111. Late in the Day: Poems 2010-2014 by Ursula K. Le Guin **** (Hoopla eBook; my review)
112. Sex Object: A Memoir by Jessica Valenti *** (library book; my review)
113. Readings from the Book of Exile by Padraig O' Tuoma ***** (personal copy; my review)
114. Foxlowe by Eleanor Wasserberg *** (eARC from NetGalley; my review)
115. Rowing Inland by Jim Daniels ***** (eARC from Edelweiss; my review)
113. We Shall Not All Sleep by Estep Nagy *** (eARC from NetGalley; my review)
114. The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich ***** (eARC from NetGalley; my review)
115. Midwinter by Fiona Melrose **** (interlibrary loan; my review)
116. Hold Your Own by Kate Tempest **** (interlibrary loan; my review)
117. Satan Says by Sharon Olds ***** (library book; my review)
118. One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment by Mei Fong **** (library book; my review)
119. First Love by Gwendoline Riley *** (personal copy; my review)
120. The Waking Comes Late by Steven Heighton **** (personal copy; my review)
121. The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain ***** (interlibrary loan; my review)
122. Soft Apocalypse by Will McIntosh *** (personal eBook; my review)
123. The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness and Joy edited by John Brehm **** (eARC from NetGalley; my review)
124. Tender Buttons: Objects by Gertrude Stein ** (Hoopla eBook; my review)
125. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay ***** (eARC from Edelweiss; my review)
126. The Leavers by Lisa Ko ***** (eARC from NetGalley; my review)
127. Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems by Billy Collins **** (personal copy; my review)
128. Gondwana by Nathaniel Tarn *** (eARC from Edelweiss; my review)
129. Live or Die: Poems by Anne Sexton **** (Hoopla eBook; my review)
130. In Praise of Defeat: Poems by Abdellatif Laabi ***** (personal copy; my review)

National Poetry Month 2017



My goal was to read one poetry collection PER DAY for National Poetry Month. I am one collection short! However In Praise of Defeat was 800 pages, quite a bit longer than the usual 60-120 page poetry collection (although to be fair, half those pages were in French!)

My five-star reads for National Poetry Month:

In Praise of Defeat by Abdellatif Laabi, translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith (2017)
Satan Says by Sharon Olds (1980)
Rowing Inland by Jim Daniels (2017)
Readings from the Book of Exile by Padraig O' Tuoma (2012)
Terra Incognita by Adebe De Rango-Adem (2015)
Even This Page is White by Vivek Shraya (2016)
Sorry for Your Troubles by Padraig O' Tuoma (2013)
A Place Called No Homeland by Kai Cheng Thom (2017)

I have to say thanks to Edelweiss and NetGalley because I had quite a few poetry galleys through access to publishers there. Poetry is often published by small presses, and particularly when it is translated or from Canada, it might never cross my radar otherwise. And of my favorites, three are Canadians (all writing about gender and race!), and one is translated.