September was a fairly calm month, with a bit of catching up with review copies and review writing. Other activities meant that I didn’t read that many books last month, but never fear – there are still plenty of reviews on the way 🙂
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Total Books Read: 9
Year-to-Date: 95
New:9
From the Shelves: 1
Review Copies: 8
Novels: 5
Short Stories: 2
Non-English Language: 8 (2 Hungarian, 2 Korean, French, Portuguese, Spanish, German)
Japanese Literature Challenge 8: 0 (4/1)
Books reviewed in September were:
1) Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
2) Boyhood Island by Karl Ove Knausgaard
3) Antón Mallick Wants to Be Happy by Nicolás Casariego
4) The Plains by Gerald Murnane
5) One Spoon on this Earth by Hyun Ki-young
6) A Distant Father by Antonio Skármeta
7) Ich nannte ihn Krawatte (I Called Him Necktie) by Milena Michiko Flašar
8) Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb
9) I Live in Bongcheon-dong by Jo Kyung-ran
10) The Things We Don’t Do by Andrés Neuman
Tony’s Turkey for September is:
Hyun Ki-young’s One Spoon on This Earth
An interesting book marred by an awful translation – another turkey, I’m afraid…
Tony’s Recommendation for September is:
Antal Szerb’s Journey by Moonlight
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October will see much of the same, but as the month draws on, I’ll be turning my focus to all things Teutonic. Yes, German Literature Month is not far off, so it’s time for me to get cracking 😉
Tony's Reading List 
Looks like a happening month, Tony, and you remind me that still I need to give vol. 1 of the Knausgaard a go before the end of the year. Does reading in German slow you down much, though, or is it close to your English reading speed?
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9 is still darn good! here is mine: http://wordsandpeace.com/2014/10/01/2014-september-wrap-up/
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Richard – My German reading isn't quite as fast as my English reading, but in some ways that makes me pay more attention to the text as I'm always concerned that I may be missing nuances. I actually probably read less carefully in English as I'm more confident that I'm not missing anything 😉
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Emma – Thanks – nine's still below average for me, though 😉
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I shall be mainly German lit next month as well plus a couple of nobel hopefuls at the start of the month .
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Stu – I never bother with the Nobel stuff as it's a bit of a lottery. The German lit, however, is another story… 😉
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While I enjoyed Murakami's latest, it wasn't one of my favorites of his. I'll have to pursue your recommendation of Journey by Moonlight…love an Italian story even if it is a marriage gone awry. I'll be reading German Lit month with you and the others, looking forward to it already. (By the way, my feed has changed as I'm now at WordPress rather than Blogger. Just sayin' ox)
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Bellezza – I quite enjoyed the Murakami; as with all of his books, it'll require a little distance before I can decide where it stands in his collected works, though…
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And, there's a new one by him coming out (in the states on Dec. 2) Can't remember the title exactly, but something about The Strange Dinner? I'll have to check, don't laugh at me.
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Bellezza – I'm afraid I'll have to laugh as it's unforgiveable for a bibliophile to forget that it's actually called 'The Strange Library' 😉
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