Christian’s Comments (group member since Jan 05, 2021)

Christian’s comments from the 2022 ONTD Reading Challenge group.

I didn’t read a book this month. I ordered The Lesser Bohemians but I could not parse the prose of this book and by the time I realized this would be unreadable for me it was too late to get another book for the month.

I read We Need New Names. Probably the best book I’ve read so far and I liked it well enough.

I read Naïve. Super by Erlend Loe. It was a book and I read it. That basically describes that. I struggled to find something this month that interested me so I picked a modern(ish) coming of age. It was very slow and went nowhere. No stakes and I didn't care about the main character (if he had a name I don't remember it). Easy read though.

Hello! I read Die, My Love and...ehh? I won't lie and say I absolutely enjoyed it. I wasn't a fan of the prose style: it was overwrought most of the time and animalistic in descriptions. It was hard to read too since she didn't use paragraph breaks (which is fine! Overwrought and animalistic are fine too!) Maybe I would have liked it a lot more if I started it earlier in the month (I started the 24th lol). The topic lends itself to much inspiration and I'm sure a lot of books have been written on PPD. I think I'd prefer a more grounded take on the subject than what Ariana provided here.

JANUARY: South Korea
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

FEBRUARY: Argentina
Die, My Love

MARCH: Norway
Naïve. Super

APRIL: Zimbabwe
We Need New Names

MAY: Ireland (skip)

JUNE: Iran

JULY: Poland

AUGUST: Egypt

SEPTEMBER: Jamaica

OCTOBER: India

NOVEMBER: Australia

DECEMBER: Philippines

Hello.

I read Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982. It's a short, easy read.