Translated Book Challenge

[Paul]

Tell us about the books you are reading for the translated book challenge

[Roni]

1. My Struggle: Book Four
2. The Ice Princess
3. We
4. A Man Called Ove
5. The Time of the Hero

[Paul]

I have chosen:

Sputnik Sweetheart
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The Girl Who Played with Fire

[[deleted user]]

That's a good selection Paul. Is Sputnik Sweetheart the group read?

I'll be reading Wind Pinball by Murakami. I'm undecided on the others yet

[Paul]

We will choose the group one for the November book. Just happened that Sputnik Sweetheart was a translated one too

[Tytti]

I am interested what you will choose. A vast majority of the books I read are translations so this wouldn't be a big challenge for me... :D

[Pamela]

I have chosen
Sodom and Gomorrah
Sputnik Sweetheart
Silence
The Mystery of the Three Orchids

[Lisa]

Two out of three The Girl Who... books, eh, Paul? Assume you will read the third in the New Year?

I haven't planned out my challenge reads but one of them will be My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. Been curious about this set of novels for a while.

Might also do Bonjour tristesse if I can find my copy...

[Lisa]

Charlotte wrote: "That's a good selection Paul. Is Sputnik Sweetheart the group read?

I'll be reading Wind Pinball by Murakami. I'm undecided on the others yet"

Wind/Pinball is fun, though it feels a little unfinished in some respects. Be sure to read the introduction, Charlotte, it gives a lot of insight into Murakami's early writing experiences and is a good read in its own right.

[Tytti]

Lisa wrote: "Two out of three The Girl Who... books, eh, Paul? Assume you will read the third in the New Year?"

Those are the second and third books in the trilogy, so I am guessing he has already read it? (For the record, I thought it was bad, boring even...)

[Lisa]

Ah, sorry, I see that now. Suffering from insomnia brain/overwork brain of late!

I liked the first well enough, although it was pretty grotesque. But was not keen on the other two either.

[Pamela]

Lisa wrote: "I haven't planned out my challenge reads but one of them will be My Brilliant Friend"

Will be interested to hear your views on this, I found it massively disappointing but it seems to be really popular. Must have missed something obvious :)

[[deleted user]]

Thanks for that advice Lisa. I don't often read the introductions, but I'll make sure I do with that one.

[Seraphina]

I've read a few translated books this year I can recommend:
House of the spirits-Isabelle allande
Shadow of the wind- Carlos ruiz zafon
The door-magda szabo
Silence- shusaku endo

[Jason]

First book down.

The Viper

[Paul]

Complete! Changed my selection to :

Sputnik Sweetheart
Second-Hand Time
We

[Catherine]

Well done Paul but you were originally down to read 5 books, what gives?
I also finished my challenge when I finished We. My selection was:

We of course!
Silence of the Grave
The Outsider
The Nose

[Paul]

Well done Catherine

Five review books landing on my doorstep!

[Catherine]

Ahhh well that will do it I guess!!

[Jason]

second book completed The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Just got We to go.

[Paul]

Rather than Way to Go Jason?

[Jason]

Finished this challenge now, woohoo.

[Pamela]

Well done Jason

[Paul]

Excellent