500 Great Books By Women discussion

Planned

The Sculptor's Daughter - Tove Jansson
Crossing the Mangrove - Maryse Condé


Currently Reading
Segu - Maryse Condé



Read
Agaat - Marlene Van Niekerk
Purge - Sofi Oksanen
Dreaming in Cuban - Cristina Garcia
Breathe, Eyes, Memory - Edwidge Danticat
Victoire: My Mother's Mother - Maryse Condé
To the River - Olivia Laing
Under the Sea-Wind - Rachel Carson
From Caucasia With Love - Danzy Senna
The Wall - Marlen Haushofer
Ru - Kim Thúy

Welcome, Claire! 'The Wall', 'Ru', 'Mrs. Dalloway' and 'Agaat' are all 500 GBBW, so I hope they all go well.

Thanks for the welcome Aubrey, I'm happy to have found your group and this excellent reference. Love the daily familiarisation with one of the works too, so many great books by women, it's a wonderful initiative to keep them alive and being read.

It is indeed! I'm glad you've found this group as well, Claire. Your enthusiasm is much appreciated.

Welcome, Claire!

Thank you Dustin, I'm very happy to have found the group, its members and all the great reads.

Claire wrote: "Thank you Dustin, I'm very happy to have found the group, its members and all the great reads."

It's a wonderful group. I'm glad you found it, too!

Finished Maryse Condé's excellent book about her grandmother, Victoire: My Mother's Mother the perfect follow up to the first of her works I read,
Tales From the Heart:True Stories From My Childhood, reviews linked.

Finished Edwidge Danticat's Breath, Eyes, Memory

Swapping out a few of the english books I had on the list, since I plan to dedicate August to #WITMonth, only reading Women in Translation.

Great choices. I love Tove Jansson, though I've not read that particular book.

Claire wrote: "Swapping out a few of the english books I had on the list, since I plan to dedicate August to #WITMonth, only reading Women in Translation."

You've inspired me to change my plans as well, Claire. I was originally going to read Two Serious Ladies for August's Virago Month, but I'll be switching to The Quest for Christa T. so I can fulfill both the Virago and the translation components. It's the last translated Virago I have, so I hope I find another by the time August 2016 rolls around!

Jimmy wrote: "Great choices. I love Tove Jansson, though I've not read that particular book."

Thanks Jimmy, I've read a few of her adult short story collections now A Winter Book, The Summer Book, Art in Nature and the novel The True Deceiver, this one is a collection of vignettes described as a childhood memoir/fiction. I am looking forward to being back in Jansson's world.

Aubrey wrote: "Claire wrote: "Swapping out a few of the english books I had on the list, since I plan to dedicate August to #WITMonth, only reading Women in Translation."

You've inspired me to change my plans as..."

Good choice Aubrey, I wasn't aware of the Christa Wolf book, it sounds like a must read, I'm always on the lookout for excellent works in translation by women, August is great for it, as theer will be an abundance of fresh reviews from those participating.

So far in August for #WITMonth I've read Dreaming in Cuban, Purge and Agaat.

Currently reading Maryse Condé's historical fiction novel Segu.

Happy reading, Claire!!

Dustin wrote: "Happy reading, Claire!!"

Thanks Dustin!

Would love to hear what you think of Segu - I recently read another of Condé's books, and Segu is very much on my TBR list.