Saturday, July 24, 2021

Books I read (January - July 2021)

January
- Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, Audre Lorde
- El viaje de Baldassare (Le Périple de Baldassare), Amin Maalouf
- We (Мы), Yevgeny Zamyatin
- Loxandra (λωξάντρα), Maria Iordanidou
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark

February
- Mr. Vertigo, Paul Auster (2nd time)
- Mastering React Test-Driven Development, Daniel Irvine
- Refactoring Workbook, William C. Wake (2nd time)
- La canción de Salomón (Song of Solomon), Toni Morrison
- A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole
- Stardust, Neil Gaiman

March
- The Girls of Slender Means, Muriel Spark
- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, John le Carré
- Miss Davis. La vida y luchas de Angela Davis (Miss Davis. La vie et les combats de Angela Davis), Sybille Titeux de la Croix, Amazing Ameziane
- Call for the Dead, John le Carré
- Dime una adivinanza (Tell Me A Riddle) Tillie Olsen. ("I Stand Here Ironing", "Hey Sailor, what Ship?", "O Yes" y "Tell me a Riddle")
- Madres e hijos (Μητέρες και γιοι), Theodor Kallifatides

April
- Carpas para la Wehrmacht (Smrt krásnychsrncu), Ota Pavel
- El Accidente (Accidentul), Mihail Sebastian
- What Abigail Did That Summer, Ben Aaronovitch
- A Murder of Quality, John le Carré
- Mujer al Borde del Tiempo (Woman on the Edge of Time), Marge Piercy
- Una soledad demasiado ruidosa (Příliš hlučná samota), Bohumil Hrabal

May
- Sexo fora de norma. Literatura erótica feminista ("Normal y corriente", Joan López Rovira; "Follar normal", Alba Serrano Giménez; "Tardes", Bel Olid; "Muy temprano es el paraíso", Laura Sala Belda; "Los pies de Goliat", Francesc Xavier Ferrer Busquets; "Cita con su amante", Manelic; "Tinderear", Montserrat González Cardús; "Las pilas", Lluís Planellas Giné; "La ermita", Maria Izquierdo Burguès; "Letrófila: una fantasía textual", Òscar Arenas Larios; "Sand", Gala Rodríguez; "Hallar el norte", Gemma Nafria Riera; "Cómo amarte, Mar", Laura Tomàs Mora; Epílogo, Sílvia Catalán)
- The Looking Glass War, John le Carré
- Sostiene Pereira (3rd time), Antonio Tabucchi
- Written in Dead Wax, Andrew Cartmel

June
- The Warrior's Apprentice, Lois McMaster Bujold
- The Accidental Tourist, Anne Tyler
- ¡Universo!, Albert Monteys

July
- How To Control Your Anxiety Before It Controls You, Albert Ellis
- The Mountains of Mourning, Lois McMaster Bujold
- The Myths of Happiness, Sonja Lyubomirsky
- The Word for World is Forest, Ursula K. Le Guin