500 Great Books By Women discussion

Planned
Memoirs of Hadrian - Marguerite Yourcenar

Currently Reading
The Gossamer Years - Unknown
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou

Read
Beckomberga - Sara Stridsberg
The Pillow Book - Sei Shonagon
Song of Be - Lesley Beake
Wide Saragasso Sea - Jean Rhys
Synd - Birgitta Ney
The Summer Book - Tove Jansson
Egenmäktigt Förfarande - Lena Andersson

Abandoned
Bära Mistel - Sara Lidman

Welcome, Leajk! Both I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Summer Book are 500 GBBW, so I hope you enjoy/enjoyed them.

Welcome, Leajk!

Great Aubrey! I really enjoyed The Summer Book, even more than I thought I would. And I'm looking forward to I Know Where The Caged Bird Sings after reading The Color Purple and Their Eyes Were Wathcing God recently, I'm hoping that it is in the same vein.

And thank you Dustin!

You're welcome!

Since I'm really bad at sticking to plans, I've now added and read Wide Saragasso Sea. Review coming soon. Also thinking of reading Ursula K Le Guin although she doesn't fit with any of my themes I've been trying to read.

Le Guin's awesome enough to survive without themes.

Le Guin IS awesome! I haven't read her in years..

Haha, great! Then I feel good about bringing her along on the vacation :)

Beckomberga is so good. I really don't get why no one's translated Stridsberg into English yet...

Ah, Beckomberga is my one 'required reading' book on the list, but I haven't read any Stridsberg yet so I'm hoping I'll find her as good as everyone else!

Finished Song of Be, time to get started on those I actually planned!

Finished The Pillow Book and Beckomberga, reviews coming soon!