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RecentReads: Goodreads Bookclubs

Let's chat about the Goodreads-bookclub-books I've read in January

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV8It...

Books and other things mentioned:
- Tahmima Anam, A Golden Age (debut / 2007)

The Bangladesh Liberation War: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/e...

the two other books in the Bangla Desh-trilogy:
- The Good Muslim (2011)
- The Bones of Grace (2016)

Read Around the World: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
Mel’s channel @mel’sbooklandadventures: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpyo...

Sophie’s channel @portalinthepages: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

- Megan Mayhew Bergman, Almost Famous Women (short stories / 2015)
Tales & Co: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
Yamini’s blog: https://askepticalreader.wordpress.com/

-Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall (2009)
Manbookering: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
Max’ channel @welldonebooks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTA7...

BooksWeekly: Cleaning House

Weeks 1 - 14 Jan 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eJdC...

The first two books I read in the new year:
- Naima Coster, Halsey Street (debut / 1 January 2018)

- Tina Brown, The Vanity Fair Diaries 1983-1992 (nonfiction / November 2017)
my review in Open Letters Review: https://openlettersreview.com/open-le...

started this week:
- Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall (2009)
Manbookering bookclub on goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

- Delphine de Vigan, Nothing Holds Back the Night (2013 / translated from the French by George Miller / French original published in 2011)

New Arrivals #1

Let’s have a chat about some of the books I bought this month & about goodreads-bookclubs & other bookish stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_HbO...

Books and other things mentioned:
Murasaki Shikubu, The Tale of Genji (ca 1008 / translated from the Japanese by Royall Tyler)
Steve’s channel @ SteveDonoghue: https://www.youtube.com/user/saintdon...

Tahmima Anam, A Golden Age (2007)
Mel’s channel @MelsBooklandAdventures: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpyo...
Mel’s bookclub on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

Megan Mayhem Bergman, Almost Famous Women (Stories, 2015)
Yamini’s channel @TheSkepticalReader: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC90i...
Yamini’s bookclub on goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

Delphine de Vigan, Nothing Holds Back the Night (2013 / translated from the French by George Miller), French original published in 2011

New Books: TBR January 2018

As always, some new releases I am excited about:

https://youtu.be/1fA2JbZLTf0

Literary fiction / debut:
Kerry Andrew, Swansong (28 Jan.)
Kerry Andrew’s site on tumblr: http://kerryandrew.tumblr.com/

Literary fiction:
Chloe Benjamin, The Immortalists (8 Jan.)

Translated fiction:
Leïla Slimani, The Perfect Nanny / Lullaby (9 Jan / 11 Jan), translated from the French by Sam Taylor (French original published in 2016)

Nonfiction:
Rose McGowan, Brave (30 Jan)

Scifi:
Nnedi Okorafor, Binti #3: The Night Masquerade (16 Jan)
Okorafor’s TED-talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/nnedi_okora...

BooksWeekly: Moving Bodies

Week from 3 - 10 December:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1wJX...

Books and other things mentioned:

Still reading from last week:
Margaret Atwood, Negotiating with the Dead (2002)

Read this week:
- Jennifer Chiaverini, Enchantress of Numbers (5 Dec 2017)
my December TBR-video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppuYQ...

- Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, Waking Lions (translated from the Hebrew by Sondra Silverston, published in Israel in 2015)
interview with Gundar-Goshen about the book: http://www.letteratura.rai.it/articol...

Started this week:
- Jennifer Miller, The Year of the Gadfly (2012)
Olive at @abookolive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qsEh... (review starts at 13.02)

BooksWeekly: Friend or Foe?

Weeks 20 November - 3 December 2107

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHSwW...

Books and other things mentioned:

Finished from previous week:
Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex (2017, translated into German by Claudia Steinitz / published in France in 2015)

Also read:
- Nancy Kress, Yesterday’s Kin (2014)
- Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted (1993) / re-read
movie trailer (1999): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BHHU...

started this week:
- Margaret Atwood, Negotiating with the Dead (2002)

BooksWeekly: Muddy Waters

Week 13 - 19 November 2017:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Duq7...

Books and other things mentioned:

Finished from previous week:
Joan Didion, Blue Nights / re-read (2011)
The Center Will Not Hold (documentary, 2017): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7253506/
Ashley’s channel @climbthestacks: https://www.youtube.com/user/climbthe...

Also read this week:
- Liska Jacobs, Catalina / debut (November 2017)

- Krysten Ritter, Bonfire / debut (November 2017)
Simon’s (@savidgedreads) much more positive take on the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_7i3... (review starts at: 10:45)

- Maja Lunde, The History of Bees / debut (translated from the Norwegian by Diane Oatley, published in Norway in 2015)

started this week:
Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex (translated into German by Claudia Steinitz / published in France in 2015)

BooksWeekly: Past Mysteries, Future Ghosts

Week 6 - 12 November 2017:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0JsQ...

Books and other things mentioned:

Finished from previous week(s):
A.S. Byatt, Possession (1990)
Manbookering on goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

Also read this week:
- Annalee Newitz, Autonomous (Sept. 2017)

- Ninni Holmqvist, The Unit (translated from the Swedish by Marlaine Delargy)
Tales & Co Bookclub on goodreads:

started this week:
- Joan Didion, Blue Nights / re-read (2011)

BooksWeekly: The Dark Side

Weeks 23 October - 5 November 2017:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpzNQ...

Books and other things mentioned:

Finished from previous week(s):
- Jennifer McMahon, The Winter People (2014)

Also read in the past two weeks:
- Joyce Carol Oates, Book of American Martyrs (Feb. 2017)
Tome Topple on goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

- Annalee Newitz, Autonmomous (Sept. 2017)

started this week:
- A.S. Byatt, Possession (1990)
Manbookering on goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

- Svetlana Alexeviech, Chernobyl Prayers (1997)
Read around the World on goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
Mel’s channel @mel’s bookland adventures: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpyo...

BooksWeekly: Behind the Curtain

Weeks 9 - 22 October 2017

https://youtu.be/4E_yNo_k9mg

Books and other things mentioned:

Finished from previous week:
- Rafia Zakaria, Veil (Sept. 2017)
Bloomsbury series ‘Object Lessons’: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/...
Zakaria’s profile at the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/r...

Also read this week:
- Marie Benedict, The Other Einstein (2016)
film about Mileva Marić: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4YaA...
Benedict’s website: http://www.authormariebenedict.com

- Katherine Bouton, Shouting Won’t Help (2013)
interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3--Ud...

started this week:
- Jennifer McMahon, The Winter People (2014)
Olive’s channel @abookolive: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6wK...