On the left we have my reading material for the remainder of February and in the horizontal pile we have my reading for March. (Do you like my pig? I think he looks rather majestic). The Periodic Table and Night are my two selections for the Translation Challenge this month. As I said in an earlier post, I think it will be interesting to read these two together seeing as they deal with the same issues. I started The Land of Decoration today and so far I've been struck by how much of a religious undertone there is. I expect I'll review this one in more detail because I am loving the way it is written from a ten-year-old's perspective.
In March I am participating in A Literary Odyssey's Modern March event. For this I am definitely aiming to read A Moveable Feast (at last!), As I Lay Dying (this has sat on my shelf for about five years) and A Room of One's Own. I've got Jacob's Room up there as an extra in case I really feel the need for some Woolf in my life. Finally, The Bookseller of Kabul is my choice for the Translation Challenge.
I also need to get myself a copy of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathon Safran Foer. I have just joined the book club at my local independent book store and this is the first read. Apparently the meetings consist of talking about books and eating pizza so I am understandably pretty excited to join.
I'm still ticking on with Quiet by Susan Cain at the moment and, for all those on Team Wilkie out there, I've just put Peter Ackroyd's Wilkie Collins biography by my bed for some bedtime Wilkie loving.
Everyone cross their fingers (and anything else you wish to cross) and hope for my success in this potentially impossible venture.
