Will I ever get my blogging back on track?
New In
Not a lot of new books arrived in January, and that’s a good thing because I no longer have any space. From my La Kube subscription, I received Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'éléphants by Mathias Enard, who is apparently translated in Portuguese but whom I’d never heard of. I also bought a second hand Penguin Edition collecting Nellie Bly’s work which I’d been hunting down for a while.
My boyfriend offered me a graphic novel, Pearl, by Sherri L. Smith and Christine Norrie, an historical fiction I’m very intrigued about. I also got two new releases: Páscoa Feliz by José Rodrigues Miguéis (I’ve always wanted to read something of his) and Jonathan Cott’s Rolling Stone Interview to Susan Sontag. I’ve only read one Sontag about 10 years ago and remain curious about her life and work.
What I read
I think I can call January a successful month. I read Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes for my work book club where I was moderator, A História do Novo Nome by Elena Ferrante, Poesia e Prosa by Judith Teixeira and I finally got around to read The Talented Mr Ripley, by Patricia Highsmith - a slow burn but very much worth it.
Other things
January is very long, February is very short. This month for my book challenge I’ll be reading O País do Carnaval by Jorge Amado and História de Quem Vai e de Quem Fica by Elena Ferrante. And, of course, I’ll try to fit in some other reads…
My goal for 2026 is to read at least 5 minutes every day. Working 60% of the week from home and driving to work the days I do go to office has reduced a lot of the time I used to do most of my reading - the public transport commute, so my reading has been more erratic the past few years. I have succeeded so far, so yay?