The Sunday Salon: February's Reading

Photo Credit



Another month is nearly complete so I'm updating on my reading status. I only managed 5 books which is really poor as 4 of them were novellas, I've been in one of those strange moods most of the month were books aren't holding my attention. I've watched stacks of TV instead, which is something I rarely do. On a positive I read 3 books from the Caribbean and they seemed to pull my out of my slump for a while, so I've got a few Caribbean books lined up to hopefully grab my attention.

Last night I went to see Sherlock Holmes, I was surprised how good it was, and how busy the cinema was as this film was out before Christmas. Oh, and I also had a mediocre pizza which I managed to have a mini allergic reaction to, the whole way through the evening my face, particularly around my mouth itched and was puffy - luckiy the cinema is dark!
Today I woke to the sound of heaby rain again, thankfully I've done most of the jobs I need to do outside the house so I can be a bit of a hermit today. I have the joys of marking to get done but then I plan to read away. I have the penultimate chapter of A Suitable Boy to read for a readalong, and then I'm going to takle the last 100 pages of The Fellowship of the Ring, and the last 130 pages of The White Tiger. Plus read a few Caribbean short stories and some more poems from my current anthology.

EDITED as I've just finished A Suitable Boy, but I won't call it 6 books for the month as I've been reading this a book a week for the last 18 weeks, and what a great journey it was :)

How's your reading been this month?
FEBRUARY:
Summertime, J.M Coetzee
The Fire Gospels, Michel Faber
Ruins by Achy Obejas
Whole of a Morning Sky by Grace Nichols
Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth


My Around the World Reading map is starting to look a little healthier.

visited 11 states (4.88%)
Create your own visited map of The World
Africa:
South Africa
Summertime, JM Coetzee

Americas:
Antigua
Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid
Cuba
Ruins by Achy Obejas
Guyana
Whole of a Morning Sky by Grace Nichols
Haiti
After the Dance by Edwidge Danticat
USA
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

Asia:
India
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
Russia
Dr Zhivargo by Boris Pasternik
Tibet
Sorrow Mountain by Ani Prachen

Europe:
The Netherlands
The Fire Gospels, Michel Faber
UK
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Alice in Wonderland by C.S Lewis