J.S.'s 2021 Reading list

[J.S.]

1. Tiger Girl - READ Jan-Feb
2.Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath - READ Feb-March
3. Mama Amazonica - READ Jun-Aug
4 Deformations - READ March-Apr
5. As Red as Rubies - READ March
6. The Mulberry Tree - READ Aug-Sept
7. Night Shift - READ Sept-Oct

[Sarah]

Happy new year J.S.! Happy reading.

[J.S.]

Sarah wrote: "Happy new year J.S.! Happy reading." Happy New Year to you, too, Sarah. If everything on my list proves as engaging as Tiger Girl currently is, it will be happy reading.

[J.S.]

So, I have read the amazing Tiger Girl by Pascale Petit and will review it shortly. I've added two more books to this year's list of poetic intentions (at the start of this thread) and have embarked on Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath, the new biography of Plath. As it's over 1000 pages long, I may be some time with this one.

[J.S.]

I've just finished As Red as Rubies and will leave a review of it in the, hopefully, not too distant future.

[J.S.]

I have now posted a review of As Red as Rubies

[Chris]

I am interested in Red Comet also. Interested to hear what you think.

[J.S.]

Chris wrote: "I am interested in Red Comet also. Interested to hear what you think." I'm about half way through and thoroughly hooked. It is a very detailed and thorough biography, though not without its flaws. I will post a review when I finish it, but it is a VERY big book!

[J.S.]

I''ve just finished the weighty tome that is Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath and will post a review shortly.

[J.S.]

I've just completed Deformations - a nuanced and thought provoking collection. I'll write a fuller review in due course.

[J.S.]

I have now posted a review of Deformations

[J.S.]

I have now completed Mama Amazonica: a jewel-like collection of bright, heartbreaking poems. I'll write a more fulsome review soon.

[J.S.]

I have posted a review of the jewel-bright Mama Amazonica

[J.S.]

I have now read The Mulberry Tree - moving, thought-provoking poems. I'll write a proper review in due course.

[J.S.]

J.S. wrote: "I have now read The Mulberry Tree - moving, thought-provoking poems. I'll write a proper review in due course." My review of The Mulberry Tree has now been posted to the review thread. I commend the collection to you.

[J.S.]

I have finished reading Night Shift - delicate, intricate and intimate poems. I will review if fully in due course. I also need to make a decision about what I'm reading next...

[J.S.]

And the review of Night Shift is posted. Mind you, I still haven't decided what I'm reading next.