January TBR
Welcome to 2022, folks! May this year's reading be as rich and wonderful as last year's (just without all the lockdowns, please, for the love of fuck).
Here is my attempt at a TBR for the first month of this year, following the same patterns as my last three. Another pretty eclectic mix: some high-brow French literature thrown in with some more detective mysteries and a giant of South American writing, a couple of nonfictions to try and get the year started on an informative foot, a modern classic (which is also a revisionist historical fiction, as that is a genre I want to explore more of); a couple of prize shortlisters, and as always the FictionMatters book club pick because those are always some of my favourite reads of any given month.
Proper TBR:
Le Cœur cousu, by Carole Martinez
Le prix de la démocratie, by Julia Cagé
Un crime sans importance, by Irène Frain
Conquistadors, by Éric Vuillard
Premier sang, by Amélie Nothomb
Les Bourgeois, by Alice Ferney
Le rêve du Celte, by Mario Vargas Llosa
Le Serpent majuscule, by Pierre Lemaître
The Track of Sand, by Andrea Camilleri
The Age of Doubt, by Andrea Camilleri
The Potter's Field, by Andrea Camilleri
The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth
The Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler
Beartown, by Frederik Backman
Abundance, by Jakob Guanzon
An Ensemble, by Aja Gabel
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language, by Amanda Montell
Rollovers:
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V.E. Schwab
War: How Conflict Shaped Us, by Margaret Macmillan
The Mistress of Rome, by Kate Quinn
The Midnight Bargain, by C.L. Polk
She Would Be King, by Wayetú Moore
The Madwoman Upstairs, by Catherine Lovell
The Interestings, by Meg Wolitzer
Lettres à un jeune poète, by Rainer Maria Rilke
Please let me know if any of these strike your fancy, or which of these you want reviewed, as always; or if you have any recommendations for me based on this list!
And, once again and forever:
Happy reading,
Amélie xx
