Monday Reads Update
Sept 26
A couple of weeks have passed since my last update and they have been filled with some highs and lows. My days a filled with stories of all kinds. It is film festival season, so I read during the day and go to the movies at night. I get to watch some interesting, fun, intriguing, and heart-felt movies. Over time, I might tell you about them, but the moment I am just soaking everything in. Maybe down the road you will hear from me about the wonderful stories I have had the pleasure and privilege to enjoy.
Since Friday, I have made some progress of a couple of books. I could have spent more time reading, but I was distracted a fair bit, and I needed more rest than I thought I would need. I get more tired easily, which means I need to exercise more to build up stamina for all the days I end up reading or on the computer. I need to figure out a schedule that will allow me more time being active and social, while also getting in all the work that is ahead for the fall and winter.
Now two books I have made progress with this past weekend are Shelter by Jung Yun, which reminds me of In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, and Burning Roses by S.L. Huang which is a novella in an East Asian-inspired fantasy setting and follows a couple of women warriors.
Monday Reads Update
Sept 12
Another weekend is over. I am here to provide an update on my reading. I made progress on two books, and started two more books that were not on my TBR at the start of the month.
I have around 100 pages of Misery by Stephen King left. I can see myself finishing it before the end of the day.
I read around 50 pages of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë and can see myself working on it for the next week or so. I would like to finish it before the end of the month.
The two books I started are The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr and Stephen Harper by John Ibbitson.
For some reason, I haven’t been following book awards this year as in previous years. The recent announcement of the finalists for the Canadian Giller Prize has me excited, and I was able to get a copy of The Sleeping Car Porter, which is one of the nominated books. I should be done this book fairly soon.
Things are also happening on the political sphere in Canada, so I decided to go back to a biography of a former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper. He was leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, which formed government in 2006, and he served as Prime Minister from 2006 to 2015.
One book I would like to start this week, but not sure if I will have time is The Cine Star Salon by Leah Ranada. It is also by a Canadian author and it is on my TBR for September, but I still have not had a chance to read it yet.
The book is about a young woman who wants to start a hair salon business, but her parents want her to pursue academics.
Books Mention in Post:
Misery by Stephen King
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
Stephen Harper by John Ibbitson
The Cine Star Salon by Leah Ranada
Monday Reads Update
Sept 5
Since Friday, I have completed another book. That book is Heart by Semezdin Mehmedinović. It is a literary fiction based on the author’s life. The protagonist is 50 years old. He is living in Virginia with his partner for many years. He left Bosnia as a refugee during the war which he reflects on, while also having to deal with the present. As he and his partner are getting ready to move, he has a heart attack, and is taken to the hospital where he experiences a vulnerability he had not experienced for many years.
I also completed Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis this past week, which I talk about in my Friday Reads video. Check the link below to see it.
Now here is a list of books I would like to prioritize for this work week:
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman
How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
American War by Omar El Akkad
JKStar88 Reader Friday Reads Sept 2 https://youtu.be/VU90lg9s2Ts
September TBR
I have compiled a list of books I would like to read in the month of September. I am trying to be reasonable seeing that I will be fairly busy.
Here is the list of books and a few others I did not include in the video I made.
If you would like to see my September TBR video, here is the link.
To-Be-Read
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
The Cine Star Salon by Leah Ranada
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Carry-Overs
Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis
The Book of M by Peng Shepherd
Golden Son by Pierce Brown
Extras
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
Shelter by Jung Yun
Thanks for the visit. I hope to see you again!