(Trying a new thing where I reflect on the past weeks in books and the like.)
Last week was a slow reading week. The weekend was spent playing the national championship in volleyball for teachers and I didn’t get any reading done at all. The rest of the week was just as bad with a lot of work and long evenings of assessment. I read just a chapter in Great Expectations before bedtime each night. Except on Wednesday when I took some time off and read almost the whole You Deserve Nothing. And then yesterday I finally got a lot of reading time.
Books I finished
You Deserve Nothing by Alexander Maksik – set at an international school in Paris where the popular teacher has a sexual relationship with a young student. A slow start but then when the relationship started it caught my attention. I especially liked how there was no moral to the story.
Currently reading
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens – the first book in Line’s reading challenge which should be reviewed next Sunday. A very slow read at the beginning because I was only able to read a chapter before falling asleep, but yesterday I finally got to read a lot. I’m currently at page 111, it is good so far but I hope Pip soon will grow up as the child’s perspective is getting on my nerves.
We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen – what a brilliant book! Seldom have I been so shocked and so amazed by a book. Already shaping up to become one of my very favourite books so it better not disappoint in the remaining 400 pages.
Books I bought
None! (But 6 are somewhere between Amazonland and here). I also need to buy more bookshelves before buying more books.
Next week’s plan
Finish Great Expectations and We, the Drowned. Then start on a book by a female author. I’m considering Edwidge Danticat or Banana Yoshimoto. Or Jonathan Franzen or Haruki Murakami. Will make my mind up when I get there.
(Is this yay or nay?)
