Anisha Inkspill’s Comments (group member since Oct 03, 2018)

Anisha Inkspill’s comments from the The Reading Challenge Group group.

TOPICS: *** For SUMMARY of BOOKS READ in Jul 2020 – Dec 2020 ***

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Goodreads 2020 Reading Challenge: my target is to read 60 books

Total books read so far: 15

Last year, I had an amazing reading year – discovered new books and got around to some books I’ve been meaning to read but hesitated.

This year, I’m continuing my trek on myths and old stories, along with art but now heading towards human history and philosophy. To help me get there I’ll also read contemporary and classic fiction (including poetry and plays). Mostly, the contemporary will be modern retellings and fiction set around the World Wars. Some of the classics will be Jane Austen and Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

In the next few weeks I will list some of the books I will be reading in 2020 in messages 2 – 14, in the meantime, here’s a quick guide:

Message 2: Summary for months Jan 2020 – June 2020
Message 3: Summary for months Jul 2020 – Dec 2020

Message 4: Art / Human History
Message 5: Myths – The Iliad & The Aeneid
Message 6: Myths – King Arthur
Message 7: Myths – told in dramatic form
Message 8: Tales of Genji, and works related to it
Message 9: William Shakespeare, incl. 3 versions of The Tempest
Message 10: The Enlightenment – some Non-Fiction produced during this time
Message 11: The Enlightenment – some fiction produced during this time
Message 12: The Enlightenment – some poetry & plays produced during this time
Message 13: Jane Austen
Message 14: Fiction: World Wars (incl poetry / plays)
Message 15: Fiction & Non-Fiction – all else
Message 16: Plays & Poetry – all else

December roundup ---

finished reading:

Tales from 1,001 Nights --- finished on 02nd Dec 2019, see message 3
The Odyssey --- finished on 09th Dec 2019, see message 2
Antigone --- finished on 09th Dec 2019, see message 2
The letters of Vincent van Gogh --- finished on 11th Dec 2019, see message 8
The Art of Rivalry --- finished on 15th Dec 2019, see message 8
The Scarlet Pimpernel --- finished on 17th Dec 2019, see message 4
Twelfth Night --- finished on 22nd Dec 2019, see message 6
Our Souls at Night --- finished on 28th Dec 2019 , see message 5
Hogfather --- finished on 29th Dec 2019, see message 4
Pure --- finished on 31st Dec 2019 , see message 4

November roundup ---
finished reading:
Ink in the Blood --- finished on 04th Nov 2019, see message 8
Anne Boleyn --- finished on 07th Nov 2019, see message 4
Tree and Leaf --- finished on 14th Nov 2019, see message 8
Medea --- finished on 19th Nov 2019, see message 2
Bring Up the Bodies --- finished on 25th Nov 2019, see message 4

October roundup ---
finished reading:
Happy Days --- finished on 07th Oct 2019, see message 6
O Brother Where Art Thou --- finished on 09th Oct 2019, see message 2
the Younger Edda also-called Snorre's Edda or Prose Edda --- finished on 14th Oct 2019, see message 3
the world’s desire --- finished on 20th Oct 2019, see message 2
No Exit --- finished on 20th Oct 2019, see message 6
The Dead --- finished on 26th Oct 2019, see message 5
Ulysses --- finished on 30th Oct 2019, see message 2
The Giant O’Brien --- finished on 31st Oct 2019, see message 4

September roundup ---
finished reading:
Sanditon --- finished on 03rd Sept 2019, see message 5
Mrs Dalloway --- finished on 09th Sept 2019, see message 7
Cymbeline --- finished on 11th Sept 2019, see message 4
Iphigenia In Aulis --- finished on 14th Sept 2019, see message 2
Iphigenia In Tauris --- finished on 17th Sept 2019, see message 2
One Word Kill --- finished on 17th Sept 2019, see message 6
The Hours --- finished on 22nd Sept 2019, see message 7
The Hours --- finished on 22nd Sept 2019, see message 7
Introducing Joyce --- finished on 23rd Sept 2019, see message 2
The Iliad --- finished on 25th Sept 2019, see message 2
Circe --- finished on 28th Sept 2019, see message 2

Rosemarie wrote: "You have read a wide variety of books, Inkspill. I'm impressed!"

thanks Rosemarie, it's made it so much more interesting for me

I hope to read sometime this month the world’s desire by Andrew Lang & H R Haggard. It's an inventive sequel of Homer's The Odyssey but I'm not sure if it counts as a historical fiction.

August roundup ---

finished reading:

Euripides --- finished on 12th Aug 2019, see message 2
A Tale of Two Cities --- finished on 14th Aug 2019, see message 4
The Odyssey --- finished on 16th Aug 2019, see message 2
Electra --- finished on 23rd Aug 2019, see message 2
Mrs. Dalloway’s Party --- finished on 28th Aug 2019, see message 7
the poem --- finished on 29th Aug 2019, see message 8
The White Tiger --- finished on 31st Aug 2019, see message 6

July roundup ---
finished reading:

The Greek Myths --- finished on 01st Jul 2019, see message 2
The Barretts of Wimpole Street --- finished on 04th Jul 2019, see message 5
The Sisters Brothers --- finished on 05th Jul 2019, see message 6
Flush --- finished on 08th Jul 2019, see message 5
The Odyssey --- finished on 12th Jul 2019, see message 2
welcome to the monkey-house --- finished on 18th Jul 2019, see message 5
Electra --- finished on 20th Jul 2019, see message 2
Sonnets from the Portuguese --- finished on 23rd Jul 2019, see message 8
Hindu Myths --- finished on 25th Jul 2019, see message 3
A Monster Calls --- finished on 27th Jul 2019, see message 5
Orestes --- finished on 31st Jul 2019, see message 2

I've finished Sonnets from the Portuguese and started .

I'm currently reading this along with and

The latter I am reading 2 editions simultaneously, the second one has all VG's letters, I've just realised how many all means. This is the longest book I've read, I'm now giving myself to the end of the year to finish it.

June roundup ---

finished reading:

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe --- finished on 07th Jun 2019, see message 7
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics --- finished on 16th Jun 2019, see message 8
Jacob’s Room --- finished on 22nd Jun 2019, see message 7
Top Girls --- finished on 25th Jun 2019, see message 6
African Myths of Origin --- finished on 28th Jun 2019, see message 3

Hi, I’m pencilling in to read the below in the remainder of the year.
If it appeals feel free to join me. Thanks.

In first half of July The Barretts of Wimpole Street play based on life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
In second half of July Sonnets From the Portuguese

July - the odyssey Walter Shewring (Translator)
Sept - the odyssey translation Emily Wilson
Nov - Ulysses the short version

update
I've just realised it's not obvious I don't mind if you read different versions / translations of Odyssey or Joyce's Ulysses.

kind of different to the first one, I found it less funny but quirky

May roundup ---
finished reading:
Norse Mythology --- finished on 04th May 2019, see message 3
The Origin of the Universe --- finished on 04th May 2019, see message 8
Tehanu --- finished on 12th May 2019, see message 7
Get Shorty --- finished on 17th May 2019, see message 6
A Place of Greater Safety --- finished on 27th May 2019, see message 6
Tales from Earthsea --- finished on 31st May 2019, see message 7

currently reading:
The letters of Vincent Van Gogh, reading a second version with all his letters so this one’s taking longer than I had planned.
African Myths of Origin

Eileen wrote: "Inkspill wrote: "Would movie script count? Just finished very funy and entertaining read "

Oh wow, that sounds like fun! I don't know that I've ever read a script before, but this was a funny movie!"

It was very funny.
And Dreadfully Ever After sounds way more fun than Anna Karenina (one I've been meaning to read - some time soonish-ish). Did you get to the end of it?

Stephen Fry has the voice to bring out the comedy in Hitchhiker's. I read the first one last year, and am planning to read the rest, well this year-ish :)

Rosemarie wrote: "This month's genres are comedy or tragedy. You can read novels, plays, short stories, or even poetry if you like, since there is a lot of humorous verse.
Happy reading, everyone."

Would movie script count? Just finished very funy and entertaining read

April roundup --- 2019 Reading Challenge to read 50 books, at the end of April I have read 24.

finished reading:
Introducing Existentialism --- finished on 06th Apr 2019, see message 4
Night and Day --- finished on 11th Apr 2019, see message 7
A Little Book on Form --- finished on 14th Apr 2019, see message 8
The Farthest Shore --- finished on 19th Apr 2019, see message 7

currently reading:
The letters of Vincent Van Gogh
A Place of Greater Safety

I’ve reorganised my post to help me better stay on my reading trek.

Trisha wrote: "I have decided to make a start on His Dark Materials: The Complete Trilogy by Philip Pullman for this month’s theme."

I'm interested in this one for this year's or next year's read.