50 books challenge - January 2011
I haven't been drawing nor really writing much this past month. This because I wanted to read instead. It's also so much more productive to spend my evenings reading than to loaf around on the internet not doing anything at all in the end, save for refreshing the same old sites all the time. ;) So there. Thank you, my nice new kitchen table, for providing me with extra reading space. Also, thank you, public library in Sens. For once, there is something useful here.
PS. I'm in a World War II mood these days, especially regarding learning more about concentration camps. I'll take any new reading advice about that period.
- Jean-Louis Brunaux - Les Druides: Des philosophes chez les barbares : Interesting research about druids (of course), their customs and functions, how they were perceived in their time (especially by the Greeks, such as Poseidonius of Apameia/Rhodes)...
- Anthony Burgess - Enderby's Dark Lady : Granted, I haven't read his other books starring the character of Enderby. But it's about a play about Shakespeare's life, so I had to give it a try. It was special, but also funny.
- George Orwell - 1984 : I read it in 5ème, and in French anyway, when I was too young to really understand it. Now I get it better. At last.
- Jonathan Coe - What a carve up! : I didn't know this author, but I found his style and this story pretty entertaining (the antics and fall of a wealthy and ruthless family).
- Collectif - Auschwitz: La solution finale : I've had that book for ages-it was a gift I got when I took a subscription to the magazine L'Histoire, back in 2006). A collection of articles from said magazine, particularly from a special issue on this theme.
- Primo Levi - The Periodic Table : At first I was afraid I wouldn't understand much, due to all the chemical references. In fact, it's an artfully crafted and hooking read.
- William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon : Why hadn't I read this sooner?? Rakes always catch my interest, it seems. ^^
- Michael Pollak - L'expérience concentrationnaire : Some serious reading. Connecting back with one's social life after Auschwitz, seen through the stories of three women working in the Revier.
- Ryû Murakami - Lignes : Found at the library. Somehow, I like that kind of narrating style.
Total: 15/50