500 Great Books By Women discussion

Read:

This is the End - Stella Benson
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name - Audre Lorde (review)
Country Of My Skull - Antjie Krog - (review)
Novel Without a Name - Dương Thu Hương - (review)

Currently Reading:

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon - Rebecca West

Want to read (or at least check out):

So Long a Letter - Mariama Bâ
Efuru - Flora Nwapa
Women of the Left Bank - Shari Benstock
Testament of Youth - Vera Brittain
A Question of Power - Bessie Head
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity - Katherine Boo
Hope Against Hope - Nadezhda Mandelstam
Segu - Maryse Condé (or another one of hers)

Thanks for sharing such a great list Jimmy, I have read two of Dương Thu Hương's books, but not this one, sounds like a must read.

I just received a Bessie Head book in the post today, When Rain Clouds Gather, I'm looking forward to reading it.

Enjoy your summer reads.

Thanks Claire! I enjoyed your list as well. It gave me some ideas to maybe put on my list of to-reads.

Yes I'm very excited about both Du'ong Thu Hu'o'ng and Bessie Head. Trying to read more geographically as well as more women.

Yes, I like reading around the world too, I've updated my list as I plan to only read #WIT Women in Translation during August, I have a great stack of books to choose from, not sure how many I can get read.

I'll look forward to reading your reviews.

Hello and welcome, Jimmy!

Welcome, Jimmy! The works by Bâ, Nwapa, and Brittain are 500 GBBW, so I hope you enjoy them all. I had sworn I had added Hương's, but it turns out I held off due to her Paradise of the Blind already being a 500 GBBW. I'll do so eventually, if you don't submit it first.

Just finished Antjie Krog's Country of My Skull. Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished Novel Without a Name.

Started (and probably won't finish in time) Black Lamb and Grey Falcon.