Monthly Planning Update

Summer Reading

August:

1. Driving Into the Sun – M. Polain – READ
2. The Shepherd’s Hut – T. Winton – READ – Bah!

July:

1. The First Casualty – Peter Greste – READ
2. Max Havelaar – Multatuli – READ
3. 100 Essays I Don’t Have Time to Write – S. Ruhl – READ
4. These Truths – Jill Lepore – READ
5. The Weir – Conor McPherson – READ
6. Et Soudain, La Liberté – E. Pisier, C. Laurent – Prix Marguerite Duras 2017 – READ
7. Fouché – E. de Waresquiel – READ
8. Le jour d’avant – S. Chalandon – READ
9. Retour à Killybegs – S. Chalandon – READ
10. Je suis fou de toi – D. Bona – READ
11. French cooking for #ParisInJuly....
    
12. Mousse aux éclats de chocolat (2019)
13. Le Grand Meaulnes – Alain-Fournier – READ
14. Wrap-up #Paris in July
15. Wake in Fright – K. Cook – READ
16. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – G. Honeyman – READ ( Stunning!)
    

June 2019

1. Glengarry Glen Ross – D. Mamet – READ 
2. The Glass Menagerie – Tennessee Williams – READ
   
3. Waiting for Godot – S. Beckett – READ
   
4. Twenty-First Century American Playwrights – C. Bigsby – READ
   
5. The Mueller Report – READ
   
6. Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom – D. Blight – READ
   
7. Stamped From the Beginning – I.X. Kendi – READ
   
8. The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke – J.C. Stewart READ
   
9. The Arsonist – C. Hooper – READ
   
10. Himself – Jess Kidd – READ
    
11. James Tiptree, jr. The Double Life Alice Sheldon – J. Phillips – READ
    
12. Ghosts of the Tsunami – R. L. Parry – NF – READ
    
13. Indecent (play) – Paula Vogel – READ
14. The Heart’s Invisible Furies – John Boyne – READ
15. The Coddling of the American Mind – G. Lukianoff. J. Haidt – READ
16. Astonished Dice – G. Cochrane (short stories) – READ
17. We Can Make a Life – C. Henry – READ
18. Seeing Yellow (poetry) – E. Bourke – READ shortlist Irish Times Poetry Award 2019
19. Negroni  #Cocktail…relaxing during Negroni week (24-30 June)
20. From a Low and Quiet Sea – Donal Ryan- READ

May 2019

1. The Radio Room – Cilla McQueen (34 poems) – READ
   
2. The Almighty Sometimes – Kendall Feaver (play) – READ WINNER   NSWLiteraryAward2019
   
3. Tilt – Kate Lilley – READ (38 poems)  Winner Victorian Premier’s Award 2019
4. Olio – Tyehimba Jess – READ – Pulitzer Prize 2017 for poetry (pg 231)
   
5. Beyond Words: A Year with Kenneth Cook – J. Kent – READ   (memoir)
   
6. The Lebs – M.M. Ahmad – READ WINNER   NSWLiteraryAwards2019
7. This  Mortal Boy – F. Kidman – READ –  WINNER Ockham Prize for Fiction 2019
8. Black is the New White – N. Lui – READ – WINNER NSW Lit Prize for Playwriting 2018
9. Ritual – Maxine Beneba Clarke (poem) – READ
   
10. No Friend but the Mountains – B. Boochani – READ WINNER  NSWLiteraryAwards2019
11. Not Just Black and White – L and T Williams, mother and daughter – READ
    
12. Wade in the Water – Tracy K. Smith, US Poet Laureate – READ (32 poems)
13. The Thurber Carnival – James Thurber – READ (essays)
14. On Poetry – Glyn Maxwell – READ (NF)
15. Blakwork – Alison Whittaker (94 poems) – READ “Cotton On” (pg 15)
    
16. August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle (13 essays) – editor S. Shannon – READ
17. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?  – E. Ablee – READ  (play)
    
18. Title poem: “Blakwork” Alison Whittaker – READ  (pg 3)
19. Noises Off – M. Frayn – READ  (play)
20. Fences – A. Wilson – READ  (play)
21. Streetcar Named Desire – T. Williams – READ
    

April 2019

1. The Bridge – E. Gandolfo – READ #StellaPrize Shortlist 2019
2. Too Much Lip – M. Lucashenko – READ #StellaPrize Shortlist 2019
3. Axiomatic – M. Tumarkin – READ #StellaPrize Shortlist 2019 (essays)
   
4. Little Gods – J. Ackland – not available in Netherlands! #StellaPrize Shortlist 2019
   
5. The Erratics – Laveau-Harvie – not available in Netherlands!  WINNER #StellaPrize 2019
   
6. Pink Mountain on Locust Island – J.M. Lau – READ #StellaPrize Shortlist 2019
7. Monte Carlo – P. Terrin – READ #LonglistDublintLiteraryPrize2019
8. Aunts Up the Cross – R. Dalton – READ #AWW2019
9. Le Lambeau – P. Lançon – READ  #PrixFémina2018, #PrixRenaudot2918 (special prize)
10. Reservoir 13 – J. McGregor -READ #ShortlistDublintLiteraryPrize2019
11. Home Fire – K. Shamsie – READ #ShortlistDublintLiteraryPrize2019
12. Can You Tolerate This? – A. Young – READ  #AWW2019 (essays)
    
13. Small Acts of Disappearance: Essays on Hunger – F. Wright – #AWW2019 (essays)
14. The Everlasting Sunday – R. Lukins – READ #ShortlistNSWLiteraryAward2019
15. Boy Swallows Universe – T. Dalton – READ WINNER   NSWLiteraryAwards2019
    
16. Deep Time Dreaming – B. Griffiths – READ WINNER   NSWLiteraryAwards2019
    
17. Border Districts – G. Murnane – READ #ShortlistNSWLiteraryAward2019
18. Scrublands – C. Hammer – READ #ShortlistNSWLiteraryAward2019
19. The Cage – L. Jones – READ #ShortlistOckhamNewZealandBookAwards2019
20. The Facts – T. Lloyd – READ (poetry) #ShortlistOckhamNewZealandBookAwards2019
21. The New Testament – Jericho Brown (41 poems) – READ #NationalPoetryMonth2019
22. Water & Power – G. Fanning (30 poems) – READ #NationalPoetryMonth2019
23. #Dublin Literary Award 2019 Shortlist – read-athon
24. #NSW Premier’s Award 2019 Shortlist – read-a-thon
25. #Ockham New Zealand Award 2019 Shortlist – read-a-thon
26. #Kerry Group Irish Novel of 2019 Shortlist – read-a-thon
27. #Stella Prize 2019 Shortlist – read-a-thon

March 2019

1. Shirley – C. Bronte – READ  #ClassicMasterList*  (#DNF…here is why!) (BAH!)
   
2. The Goat’s Song – D. Healy – READ  #ReadingIrelandMonth19
3. A Poet’s Dublin – Eavan Boland – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19  (35 poems)
4. Saints and Sinners – E. O’Brien – READ  #ReadingIrelandMonth19 (short stories)
5. Two Moons – Jennifer Johnston (Dublin, 1930) – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19
6. The Wrong Country: Essays on Modern Irish Writing – G. Dawe – READ
   
7. Come On Home – Phillip McMahon (play) – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19
8. A Slanting of the Sun – Donal Ryan – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19 (20 stories)
9. Memoir – John McGahern – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19
10. Happy St. Patrick’s Day !
11. Lally the Scut – Abbie Spallen (play) – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19
12. When  All Is Said – Anne Griffin – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19
13. Travelling In A Strange Land – D. Park – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19
14. A Ladder To The Sky – John Boyne – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19
15. The Cruelty Men – Emer Martin – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19
16. Normal People – Sally Rooney – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19
    
17. The Hoarder – Jess Kidd – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19
    
18. The Art of Time Travel – T. Griffiths – READ (NF)

February 2019

1. The Twelve Caesars – Suetonius – READ  #ClassicMasterList
2. The Heart of Darkness – J. Conrad – READ  #ClassicMasterList
3. Hamlet – W. Shakespeare – READ  #ClassicMasterList
   
4. Beowulf – Unknown – READ  #ClassicMasterList  (Translation: Seamus Heaney)
   
5. The Great Gatsby – F.S. Fitzgerald – READ  #ClassicMasterList
6. The Tale of Two Cities – C. Dickens – READ  #ClassicMasterList
7. The Merchants of Truth – J. Abramson – DNF  read first 50 pages….. short review
8. The Mill of the Floss – G. Eliot – READ  #ClassicMasterList
   
9. Chimerica – Lucy Kirkwood – READ (play)
10. The British Short Story – A. Maunder – READ (NF)
11. Thick – Tressie McMillian Cottom – READ (NF)
12. The Cambridge Introduction to The American Short Story – M. Scofield READ (NF)
13. The Screwfly Solution – James Tiptree jr. (aka Alice Sheldon) – READ (SF novelette)
14. Short Stories:  3 by James Tiptree jr – READ  (…not her best worik, unfortunately)
15. Edgar Allan Poe: 28 tales – E. A. Poe – READ #ClassicMasterList
16. The Count of Monte Cristo – A. Dumas – READ #ClassicMasterList*
17. The Complete Essays  – M. de  Montaigne – READ #ClassicMasterList*  (BAH!)
    
18. Snuff – T. Pratchett – READ  (Watch City #8;  Discworld #39/41)
19. Valentine’s Day February 14

January 2019

1. George Eliot: Selected Essays, Poems and Other Writing – READ  (NF)
   
2. The Spell by Katie Ford – READ  02.01.2019
3. Writers on Writers: Patrick White – Christos Tsiolkas – READ    (NF)
   
4. The Age of Eisenhower – W. Hitchcock – READ  (NF)
   
5. The New Yorker – dd  07.01.2019 – READ
6. Trace: who killed Maria James? – R. Brown – READ  #AWW2019  (NF)
   
7. Poemcrazy – S. Wooldridge – READ (NF)
   
8. Blood Lyrics – K. Ford ( collection of 40 poems)  READ
9. Boy Overboard – P. Cornelius – READ  #AWW2019
10. Midsummer Night’s Dream – W. Shakespeare – READ  #ClassicMasterList
11. Moby Dick – H. Melville – READ  #ClassicMasterList
    
12. Othello – W. Shakespeare – READ  #ClassicMasterList
13. A Woman’s Experiences in the Great War – L. Mack – READ #AWW2019
14. Rebecca – D. du Maurier – READ  #ClassicMasterList
15. Richard II – W. Shakespeare – READ  #ClassicMasterList
    
16. The Awakening – K. Chopin – READ  #ClassicMasterList
17. The Symposium – Plato – READ    #ClassicMasterList
18. The Complete Stories  – F. O’ Connor – READ #ClassicMasterList  31/31
    

December 2018       Reading stats 2018

63 fiction
73 non-fiction
18 plays
13 posts about poems/poet
105 short stories
105 essays

READ:

1. The History of the Church – Eusebius – READ  #ClassicMasterList
   
2. Satires – Horace – READ #ClassicMasterList
3. Moby-Dick as Philosophy – M. Anderson – READ
4. Axiomatic – M. Tumarkin – READ  Winner of the Melbourne Prize Best Writing Award 2018
5. Alice in Space – G. Beer (literary criticism)  – READ
   
6. Downstairs No Upstairs – Brian Friel (short story) New Yorker 24.08.1963 – funny! – READ
7. Go, Went, Gone – J. Erpenbeck – READ
8. Literary Brian Friel Companion – M. Snodgrass – READ    #ReadIreland
   
9. Essay: From Monaghan to the Grand Canal ( Dublin) – S. Heaney  – READ #ReadIreland
   
10. The Pull of the Moon – Julie Paul – READ  (12 short stories)  #CanBookChallenge
11. The Hummingbird – K. Hiekkapelto – READ  #TBR since 2015!
12. Speaking Up – G. Triggs #AWW2018 – DNF…not my kind or writer
13. In Extremis: War Correspondent Marie Colvin – L. Hilsum – READ  #TBRnovember2018
14. Philadelphia , Here I Come! – Brian Friel (play)- READ  #ReadIreland
15. Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia – editor Anita Heiss (NF) – READ  #AWW2018
16. Indonesia etc – E. Pisani – READ #WorldFromMyArmchair
17. The Tall Man – Chloe Hooper – READ #AWW2018  2009 Queensland Premier’s Literary Prize
18. The Christmas Carol – C. Dickens – READ  #ClassicMasterList
19. Sisters In Law (S. Day ‘O Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsberg) – L. Hirshman – READ
20. Infinity  – Hannah Moscovitch (play) – READ #CanBookChallenge
21. American Poetry Review – editor E. Scanlon – READ
22. Saints and Sinners – Edna O’Brien (short stories) – READ  only  4 /10  good  #ReadIreland
23. The New Yorker    24-31 December 2018 – READ
24. The Evening of the Holiday – S. Hazzard – READ
25. The Rich Brew – S. Pinsker – (NF)  READ
26. American Poetry Review – editor E. Scanlon – READING  pg 27/44 Vol 47 Nov/Dec no. 6

November 2018

PRIX  LITTERAIRE FRANCAIS LONGLIST  2018

1. The Aeneid – Vrigil – READ  #ClassicMasterList
2. Mythos – Stephen Fry (audio book) – READ
3. A Raisin in the Sun – L. Hansberry (play) – READ  Best Play 1959 NY Drama Critic’s Circle
   
4. David Copperfield – C. Dickens – READ #ClassicMasterList (audio and paperback)
   
5. Poets Corner – editor J. Lithgow – READ (audio book)
6. Great Expectations – C. Dickens – READ  #ClassicMasterList
   
7. Pulitzer – J. McGrath Morris ( biography) – READ
8. Rosmersholm – Henk Ibsen (play) – READ   #ClassicMasterList
   
9. The Lusiads – L. Vaz de Camões – READ (epic poem)  #ClassicMasterList
10. Electra – Sophocles – READ #ClassicMasterList
11. The Knights Tale – Chaucer – READ #ClassicMasterList
    
12. Mrs. Dalloway – V. Woolf – READ #ClassicMasterList
13. Evicted: Poverty and Profit – M. Desmond – READ  #NonFicNov
14. Kilonova (poem) – A. Sometimes – READ  #AWW2018
15. To Our Miscarried One, Age Fifty Now (poem) – S. Olds –  READ #PulitzerPrize 2013
16. The Best Australian Science Writing 2018 – editor J. Pickrell – READ  #NonFicNov
17. Death of a Salesman – A. Miller – READ- Pulitzer Prize Drama 1949 – #ClassicMasterList
    

October 2018

1. Our Mutual Friend – C. Dickens – READ   #ClassicMasterList
2. Je reste ici  – M. Balzano (longlist Prix Fémina 2018) – READ
3. Mãn – K. Thuy – READ  #CanBookChallenge
4. An Ordinary Day (NF) – Leigh Sales – READ  #AWW2018
5. Christ Stopped at Eboli – Carlo Levi – READ  #ClassicMasterList
6. The Keys of My Prison – F. Wees – READ  #CanBookChallenge
7. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – Ann Brontë – READ  #ClassicMasterList
8. Zolitude – Paige Cooper (14 short stories) – READ #CanBookChallenge
9. An Ocean of Minutes – T. Lim – READ #CanBookChallenge
10. French Exit – P. deWitt – READ #CanBookChallenge
11. March Violets – P. Kerr (CF) – READ
12. Looking for Lorraine – I. Perry – READ
13. Nobel Streven  – F. van Oostrom – READ  #LibrisPrijs2018  shortlist Best Dutch History Book
    
14. Thorbecke Wil Het – R. Aerts – READ – winner Prinsjesboekenprijs  (best political book)
15. De Sigarenfabriek van Isay Rottenberg – H/S Rottenberg – READ 
16. ….#LibrisPrijs2018  shortlist Best Dutch History Book
17. Adieu Montaigne – J. Delacomptée – READ  ( 50%…gave up, read why!)
18. Frankenstein – M. Shelley – READ   #RIPXIII   and #CCdare
    

September 2018

1. The Raven – E.A. Poe – READ  #RIPXIII
2. Dark Entries – R. Aickman (6 short stories) – READ #RIPXIII
3. A Vindication of the Rights of Women – M. Wollstonecraft – READ
   
4. Our Man in Charleston – C. Dickey (NF) – READ  #20BooksOfAutumn
5. The Pillow Book – Sei Shonagon –  READ
   
6. The Life of Johnson – J. Boswell – READ  #ClassicMasterList
7. Hawthorne – Henry James – READ  #RIPXII
8. A  Kim Jong-IL Production – Fischer, P. – READ  #20BooksOfAutumn
9. The Bed-Making Competition – A. Jackson – READ #AWW2018
10. Atomic Thunder – E. Tynan (Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2017 History) – READ #AWW2018
11. The Enigmatic Mr. Deakin – J. Brett – READ #AWW2018  Nat Biography Award 2018
12. Patrick Kavanagh – Irish poet poem  – READ
13. Audition – S. Sayarfiezadeh – READ (short story) #DealMeIn2018
14. The River in the Sky – Clive  James ( epic poem…reading it line for line) – READ
15. Just Enough Liebling – J. Liebling (NF) – READ
16. Washington Black – Esi  Edugyan – READ #CanBookChallenge (shortlist Man Booker)
    
17. Don’t Call Us Dead – D. Smith – READ (collection of poems)
18. Nooit Meer Slapen – W.F. Hermans- READ  Dutch – in translation Beyond Sleep
19. James Wright: A Life in Poetry (NF) – J. Blunk – READ
20. Pensées – B. Pascal – READ

August 2018

1. Pride and Prejudice – J. Austen – Re-READ
2. Letters From a Stoic – Seneca – READ
   
3. The Angel of the Odd – E.A. Poe – READ  (short story)
4. The Birthday of the Infanta – O. Wilde – READ (short story)
5. The Masnavi Book vol 1 –  Rūmī (poet of Sufism Islamic mysticism) – READ
6. Myths from Mesopotamia – (Anonymous)  trans. S. Dalley – READ
   
7. Nation – T. Pratchett – READ
8. Means of Ascent – R. Caro – READ (non-fiction)
   
9. The Charterhouse of Parma – Stendhal – READ  (french edition)
10. Chateaubriand – Jean-Claude Berchet – READ  (french edition)
11. Trois femmes puissantes – M. NDiaye – READ (french edition) Prix Goncourt 2009
    
12. Le Roman de la Rose – De Lorris, G. et De Meun, J. – READ (french edition)
13. The Revolutionary Road – L. Pryce – READ (Iran)
14. Une Vie – G. de Maupassant – READ  (french edition)
15. Maupassant – F. Martinez – READ  (french edition) (biography)
16. Darkness Visible – W. Styron – READ (essay/memoir)
17. Between Riverside and Crazy – S. Guirgis – (Pulitzer Prize 2015) (play – READ
18. The Outrun – A. Liptrot – READ
19. L’Éspoir – A. Malraux – READ/ DNF …here’s why!

July 2018

1. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich – W. Shirer – READ ….chunkster!
   
2. Berthe Morisot  –  D. Bona – READ  (french editon)
3. Women In Love – D.H. Lawrence – READ – …intense book!
   
4. The Dispossessed – U. Le Guin – READ
5. The Sun Also Rises – E. Hemingway – READ
6. View From the Cheap Seats – N. Gaiman – READ (essays)
   
7. The Deerslayer – James Fenimore Cooper – RE–READ – classic  Fini
8. Like a House on Fire – C. Kennedy – READ (15 short stories)
9. Victor Hugo: Romancier de l’abîme – editor J. Hiddleston – READ (11 essays)

June 2018

1. Brit(ish) – A. Hirsch – READ
2. Jenna’s Truth – N.L. King – READ
3. A Spy Named Orphan – R. Philipps – READ
4. The End of Seeing – C. Collins – READ
5. Australian A. Kissane ‘Flannel Flowers’ – READ (poem)
   
6. Essays: The Australian Face (editor C. Menzies-Pike) – READ (17 essays)
7. Pipeline – D. Morisseau – READ (play)
8. Americanah – C.N. Adichie – READ
9. Saga Land – R. Fidler, K. Gislason – READ
10. How to Get There – M. Mackellar – READ
11. Very Expensive Poison – L. Harding – READ
12. Deep South – P. Theroux – READ
13. Islander: Journey Around Our Archipelago – P. Barkham – READ
14. Why Horror Seduces – M. Clasen – READ
15. Rice – Michele Lee – READ (play)
16. From the Edge: Australia’s Lost Histories – M. McKenna (NF) – READ
17. The Redemption of Galen Pike – C. Davies (short stories) – READ
18. Flowers For Algernon – D. Keyes – READ
19. The Serious Game – H. Söderberg – READ
20. Judge and His Hangman – F. Dürrenmatt – READ
21. Hunting the Wild Pineapple – T. Astley – READ (8 short stories)
22. Down These Green Streets – D. Burke – READ

May 2018

1. Her Father’s Daughter – A. Pung – READ
2. Who’s Afraid? – M. Lewis – READ
3. Cardinal – L. Milligan – READ (non-fiction)
   
4. The Drover’s Wife – L. Purcell – READ (play)
   
5. Broken – M.A. Butler – READ (play)
6. Psynode – M.J. Ward – READ (YA)
   
7. Do Not Go Gentle – P. Cornelius – READ (play)
8. The Golden Bowl – H. James – READ (classic)
   
9. Closing Down – S. Abbott – READ (SF)
   
10. Too Easy – J.M. Green – READ (CF)
11. This Mortal Coil – E. Suvada – READ (YA)
12. Aletheia – J.S. Breukelaar – READ (Horror)
    
13. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute:Stories – G. Paley – READ
14. Wounds – F. Keane – READ  winner Best Irish Non-fiction 2017
15. Kitchen Sink Realisms – D. Chansky – READ
16. Memories of Youghal – W. Trevor – READ (short story)
    

April 2018 

1. The Museum of Modern Love – H. Rose – READ – Stella Prize 2017
   
2. Extinctions – J. Wilson – READ – Miles Franklin Award 2017
   
3. Thea Astley’s Writing: Magnetic North – Kerryn Goldsworthy – READ
4. Feeling the Heat – J. Chandler – READ  – Chandler Best Freelanc Journalist 2017
   
5. The Acolyte  – T. Astley – READ – Miles Franklin Award 1972
   
6. From the Wreck – J. Rawson – READ – Aurealis Award 2018 Best SF novel
   
7. Girl Reporter – T. Roberts – READ – Aurealis Award 2018 Best SF novella
   
8. The Green Road – A. Enright – READ
9. Feel Free – Z. Smith (31 essays) – READ
10. The Fifth Season – N.K. Jemisin – READ – Hugo Award 2016
    
11. Autumn – A. Smith – READ
12. Dying in the First Person – N. Sulway – READ
13. The Third Policeman – F. O’ Brian – READ
14. The Trauma Cleaner – S. Krasnostein – READ – Victorian Premier’s Award 2018
    
15. Locking Up Our Own   –  J. Forman jr.  – READ Pulitzer Prize 2018
16. Joan: The Remarkable Life of Joan Leigh Fermor –  S. Fenwick – READ
17. Fahrenheit 451 – R. Bradbury – READ
18. The Butchering Art – L. Fitzharris – READ
19. 1984 – G. Orwell – READ
20. Winesburg, Ohio – S. Anderson – READ
    
21. The Hate Race – M. B. Clarke – READ
22. Dark Lies the Island – K. Barry (13 short stories) – READ
23. Rubik – E. Tan (15 short stories) – READ
24. Ironweed – W. Kennedy – READ
25. Soon – L. Murphy – READ

March 2018:

1. Seamus Heaney – H. Vendler – READ
2. Simon Leys: Navigator Between Worlds – P. Paquet – READ
3. Without America  – Quarterly Essay, vol. 68;  White, H. 16.11.2017 – READ
4. Short story: Deer Season – K. Barry – READ  (The New Yorker)
   
5. Short story: You Know How It Is – A. Spargo-Ryan – READ
   
6. Short story: The Island and the Calves – Dermot Healy – READ
7. Midwinter  Break – B. MacLaverty – READ
8. The Weir – C. McPherson – READ
9. Mapping Irish Theatre – C. Morash and S. Richards – READ
10. A Long Long Way – S. Barry – READ
    
11. Tracker – A. Wright – READ  abandoned…read why!
    
12. Poem: Inniskeen Road: July Evening – P. Kavanagh – READ
13. Quicksilver – N. Rothwell – READ    (6 essays)
    
14. Flame Tip – K. Thompson – READ (short fictions, Tasmania)
15. The Divine Comedy – Dante – READ 
16. The Nightingale – K. Hannah – READ  abandoned…read why!
17. Best Words, Best Order: Essays of Poetry – S.  Dobyns – READ
18. Play: Two Pints – Roddy Doyle – READ
19. Play: Alice Trilogy – T. Murphy – READ
20. Essay:  Aussie Albert – Julian Bull – READ
    
21. Essay: Dancing Lessons for Writers – Z. Smith – READ
22. A Writing Life: Helen Garner and Her Work – B. Brennan – READ
23. Blood in the Water – H. Thompson – READ

February 2018:

1. Tartuffe – Molière – READ
2. Girls and Boys – D. Kelly – READ
3. The Path to Power – R. Caro – READ
4. River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze – P.  Hessler – READ
5. Couleurs de l’incendie – P. Lemaître – READ
6. La Prophétie de Langley – P. Pouchairet – READ
   
7. Psychanalyse de Victor Hugo – C. Baudouin – READ
8. Art Chrétien / Art Sacré – Isabelle Saint-Martin) – READ (difficult…score 1/5)
9. Victor Hugo: 1802-1851 – J.M. Hovasse – READ – FINI !! (1159 pg) = 4 books!
10. Border – K.  Kassabova – READ

January  2018:              

1. Là-bas, août est un mois d’automne – B. Pellegrino – READ
2. Wild Kingdom – S. Moss – READ
3. St. Joan – G.B. Shaw (play) – READ
4. Feather Your Nest – A. O’Brien (short story) – READ
   
5. In With A Chance – K. Murray (short story) – READ
6. Bottle Party – J. Collier (short story) – READ
7. The New Yorker  dd 01.01.2018 – READ
8. Enemy Within – Quarterly Essay, vol. 63;  Watson, Don,  16.09.2016 – READ
9. The Hidden Life of Trees –  P. Wohlleben – READ
10. The Left Hand of Darkness – U. Le Guin – READ
11. The Rule of the Land: Walking Ireland’s Border – G. Carr – READ
12. Towards Mellbreak – M. Bragg – READ
13. The Glass Canoe – D. Ireland – READ

December 2017:

1. The Best Australian Essays 2016 – (editor)  G. Williamson
   
2. On Elizabeth Bishop – C. Tóibin
3. Female Bodies on the American Stage – J. Scott-Mobley
4. The Good Soldier – Ford Madox Ford
   
5. The Mysterious Affair at Styles – A. Christie
   
6. Their Brilliant Careers – R. O’Neill
7. Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell  – L. Milligan  2017 Walkley Award
8. Power Without Glory – F. Hardy   
9. Why Poetry? – M. Zapruder    
10. The Supreme Court  – R. Mac Cormaic
11. Essay: The Poetry of  Systems by A. Levy
    
12. Poem: Emotional Astronomer by B. Lovell           
13. Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall – G. King
    
14. The New Yorker Magazine – 18-25 December
    
15. XMAS  Readings week 50
16. XMAS  Readings week 51
17. XMAS  Readings week 52
18. 31 December 2017
19. Goodbye….2017

November 2017:

1. L’ orde du jour – E. Vuillard ( winner Prix Goncourt 2017)
   
2. L’Art de perdre – A. Zeniter – READ
3. My Place – S. Morgan
   
4. Cloudstreet – T. Winton                                      
5. True History of the Kelly Gang – P. Carey
   
6. The Old Wives Tale – A. Bennett
   
7. Cast of Characters – T. Vinciguerra
   
8. Silk Road – E. Ormsby –
   
9. The Grief Hole – K. Warren                             
   
10. Lord of the Flies – W. Golding
    
11. L’ami – G. Xingjian
12. The Hands – S. Orr
13. The Life and Work of C.J. Dennis – P. Butterss
14. A Boat Load of Home Folk – T. Astley                           
    
15. A Town Like Alice – N. Shute
    
16. Love and Summer – W. Trevor
17. L’Art de perdre – A. Zeniter (winner Prix Goncourt des lycéens 2017)
18. Essay:  Why She Broke – H. Garner
    
19. Position Doubtful – K. Mahood
20. Into the Heart of Tasmania – R. Taylor
21. Portable Curiosities – J. Koh          

October 2017:

1. Salt Water – C. McLennan – READ                      
   
2. A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman and Birth of Modern China – K. Peraino   –  READ
3. Whose Body? (1923)  D. Sayers – READ
4. The Anatomy of Fascism – R. Paxton – READ
5. A Handful of Dust – Evelyn Waugh – READ
6. Jan Maelwael Dutch medieval painter (1370-1415) – P. Roelofs – READ
7. Essays Collection by E.B.White     READ
8. Tsubaki – A. Shimazaki  –  READ (French)
   
9. The Celery Stalks at Midnight – J. Howe – READ
   
10. Portable Curiosities – J. Koh – READ
11. The Dry – J. Harper – READ
12. Famine – T. Murphy (play) – READ

September 2017:

1. Seul dans Berlin  –  H. Fallada – READ (French)
   
2. La Serpe – P. Jaenada – READ (French)
   
3. The Persians – Aeschylus – READ
   
4. Plutarch’s Lives Vol 1 – Plutarch – READ
   
5. Oepidus Rex – Sophocles – READ
   
6. The Union Buries Its Dead – H. Lawson – Short Story – READ
   
7. Common Sense – T. Paine – READ
   
8. The Slow Natives  – T. Astley (Australian writer) – READ
   
9. Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life  – Ruth Franklin  (biography) – READ
   
10. The General vs. The President – H.W. Brands – READ
    
11. Spaceman – M. Massimino – READ
    
12. Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This? – M. Meade (biography) – READ
    
13. Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change – E. Pao – READ
    
14. East  West Street – P. Sands – READ
15. The Sheltering Sky – P. Bowles – READ

August 2017:     Hug Your Dog Start Reading!

1. Ghettoside by J. Levoy – READ
   
2. Scoop – E. Waugh – READ
3. Loving – H. Green – READ
4. I, Claudius – R. Graves – READ
5. The African Queen – C. S. Forester – READ
6. Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon – L. Tye – READ
7. The Two Towers – J.R.R. Tolkien – READ
8. Sons and Lovers – D.H. Lawrence – READ
9. Une femme à Berlin – M. Hillers (anonymous) – READ (French)
   
10. The Way of All  Flesh – S. Butler  – READ
11. Lincoln in the Bardo – G. Saunders – READ
12. Une Vie – S. Veil – READ  (French)
13. Return of the King – J.R.R. Tolkien  – READ
14. Retour à Killybegs – Sorj Chalandon – READ  (French)
    
15. Seven Plays ‘True West’ – Sam Shepard – READ
16. Principles of Angels – Jaine Fenn – READ….stopped after 25%….bah!
17. Shatterday and Other Stories – H. Ellison  11/11  – READ
18. Short Story – W. Trevor  The Piano Teacher’s Pupil – READ
19. The New Yorker Magazine – 24 July 2017
    

July 2017:     #6Degrees of Separation Meme

1.  An American Tragedy – T. Dreiser  – READ
   
2. Dear Ijeawele – C.N. Adichie – READ
3.  The Martian – A. Weir – READ
4.  Open and Shut – D. Rosenfelt – READ
5.  First Degree – D. Rosenfelt – READ
6.  Doomsday Book – C. Willis – READ
7.  The Bloody Mary Book – E. Brown  – READ
8.  Kennedy and King – S. Levingston – READ
   
9. Coming Up Trumps:  Memoir – J. Trumpington  – READ
   
10. The New Yorker Magazine  26 June 2017
    
11. The New Yorker Magazine   03 July 2017
    
12. The New Yorker Magazine – July 10 – 17 2017
13. French composer Darius Milhaud…who?
    
14. Les Chouans – Balzac – READ
    
15. Rue des Boutiques Obscures  – P. Modiano
    
16. Vaster Than Empires and More Slow – U. Le Guin  – READ
17. The Alligators – J. Updike – READ
18. You’ll Never Know, Dear, How Much I Love You – READ – J. Updike

Juni 2017:     New Reading Strategy   ‘Slow Down….’

1. Medea – Euripides – READ
2. Brideshead Revisited– E. Waugh  – READ
3. Pale Fire – V. Nabokov – READ
4. As I Lay Dying – W. Faulkner – READ
5. The Sympathizer –  V.T. Nguyen  – READ
   
6. Dear Life – Alice Munro  – READ
   
7. Ragtime – E.L. Doctorow – READ
8. Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh – J. Lahr – READ
   
9. American Ulysses – R. White jr. – READ
   
10. Walking the Nile – L. Wood  – READ
    
11. The Death of the Heart – E. Bowen  – READ
12. The Running Hare – J. Lewis-Stempel – READ
    
13. Under the Net – I. Murdoch – READ
    

May 2017:    Book Tag

1. Breitner’s Amsterdam (G. Breitner, Dutch artist) – K. Keijer – READ (Dutch)
   
2. Mondriaan – H. Janssen – READ (Dutch)
   
3.  L’ Aventure des Cathédrales – G. Denizeau – READ (French)
   
4. Passagère du silence – F. Verdier – READ (French)
5. Go Tell It on the Mountain – James Baldwin – READ
6. The Republic – Plato – READ
7. Les Chouans – H. Balzac – READ (French)
8. Fellowship of the Ring – (Tolkien) – READ
9. Angle of Repose – W. Stegner – READ
10. Ça ira (1) Fin de Louis (play) – J. Pommerat – READ

April 2017    My reading was going nowhere….Mindy

1. Essays: Michael Sweerts: Another Dimension  S. Schama (art critic) – READ
   
2. Non- fiction: Medieval Christianity: A New History ( K. Madigan) – READ
3. La baronne meurt à cinq heures (2011) – READ   (French)
   
4. #CrimeFiction: The Dying Detective  L. Persson – READ
   
5. The Wednesday Club  – K. Westö – READ
   
6. French: Outside: Papiers d’un jour (M. Duras) – READ   (French)
   
7. Monet (G. Goeffroy) – READ   (French)
   
8. Immortelle randonnée (J.C. Rufin) – READ   (French)
   
9.  Les petits chevaux de Tarquinia (M. Duras) – READ   (French)
   
10. Les fous de Guernesey – F. Lenormand – READ   (French)
    
11. Eugène Boudin L’atelier de la lumière – A. Haudiquet – READ   (French)
    
12. Van Gogh, Maître de la couleur – G. Denizeau – READ  (French)
    
13. Monet – G. Denizeau – READ   (French)
    
14. Claude Monet, sa vie, son temps, son oeuvre – G. Geffory – READ   (French)
    

March 2017:      Starting over….  new blog

1. The Fellowship of the Ring – READ  ch 1-6  – READ
   
2. Eight Months on Ghazzah Street (H. Mantel) – READ
   
3.  Bleak House (C. Dickens) – READ
   
4.  Catherine the Great (R. Massie) – READ
   
5. Dans la tête de Marine Le Pen (M. Eltchanihoff) – READ
   
6. Chez Soi (M. Chollet) – READ
   
7. En Attendant Bojangles (O. Bourdeaut) – READ
   
8. Ça Ira (1) Fin de Louis -play ( J. Pommerat) – READ
   
9. Progaganda and Counter Terroism (E. Briant) – READ
   
10. The Well Dressed Explorer  (Thea Astley) – READ
    
11. Israel   (D. Gordis) – READ
    
12. Life and Fate (V. Grossman) – READ
    
13. Escape Hatch (V. Makanin) – READ
    
14. Essays: (4)
    
15. What Neil Gaiman Teaches Us About Survival –  (M. Miller) – READ
    
16. Remembering the Dead – (R. Long) – READ
    
17. Remapping history, Reclaming memory A. Wilson play (J. H. Scott) – READ
    
18. Bleak House: Dead Mother’s Property (H. Schor) – READ