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The Music of Color by Fukumi Shimura (176 pages, need to buy)

Bear and the Wildcat by Kazumi Yumoto (children's book)

Death Can't Take a Joke by Anya Lipska (Finland)

Fortress of the Golden Dragon: A Persian Tale Inspired by the Shah-Nameh by Homa A. Garemani

Karolina and the Torn Curtain by Maryla Szymiczkowa (Poland, need to buy)

More of Tove Jansson.

1. The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson. April 3. Translated from the Swedish.

2. An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten. Translated from Swedish. Finished May 21.

3. The Tenant by Katrine Engberg. Translated from Danish. Finished August 13.

4. Anne's Cradle: The Life and Works of Hanako Muraoka, Japanese Translator of Anne of Green Gables by Eri Muraoka. Translated from Japanese. Finished August 20.

I hope you thought it was worth reading, have a copy awaiting!

Alwynne wrote: "I hope you thought it was worth reading, have a copy awaiting!"

I did, but it wasn’t quite what I expected. I greatly enjoyed the view over time of women’s role in society and culture over the author’s grandmother’s life time, and the suffrage arc, the impact of the War, and the mentions of many female authors who existed but were marginalized or dyed young, too. And the end notes were great. It was a bit over-inclusive (I skipped the letters) and her grandma is depicted as almost 200% saintly, but somehow I found it charming and not sappy, I’ll be really interested to see what you think. It’s quite a fast read.

Great that sounds promising, particularly the social and cultural material, I imagined it wouldn't be ground-breaking, so that's more than enough to meet my expectations!

5. The Forgotten Girls by Sara Blaedel. Translated from Danish. Finished November 19.