What did I read this month? #9
- juillet 06, 2020
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I started June with the new Hunger Games book, desperate to read it as I love the series so (so) much. In the end, I haven’t even finished it yet (too long to get started, not interesting enough for the moment – what do you think?), but I still read great books.
Quand nos souvenirs viendront danser by V. Grimaldi
You might remember her from my
previous post as I read plenty of her books at the beginning of the year. They all became all time favorite, and this
one as well. It’s a story about old people, of memories, friendships, family
and love. Plenty of love. You may cry and laugh with this book, but your heart
will do that with you. It’s beautiful as we are in the end of an 80 year-old
woman with a lot of memories to remember and a big full life. This is just a
book about the beauty of a simple life, through the eyes of the people we never
normally see.
Les gens heureux lisent et boivent du café by A. Martin-Lugand
You can see
a French pattern here. But those kinds of books are always the ones I tend to
read when I want a beautiful and meaningful story through simple things. This
one starts with a crushing story. It becomes beautiful, sad yet hopeful. It’s
really short – too short, so you might feel like some bits are missing or
everything is happening quite fast. It’s still beautiful. Oh, and there is a
second book, so I might read that one day.
An American marriage by T.
Jones
As part of the
#pollyflorencebookclub for June, An American marriage was the book chosen. I
thought it could be something interesting and really catchy. And, nope. It
wasn’t. One black man got arrested for something he didn’t commit
(interesting), but we only follow his marriage (not interesting). The characters
were mostly strangers towards another as I didn’t notice any connection. I was
waiting for some fight and justice story, and that did not happen either. I was
really disappointed with this book, especially because it was written in a way
that it was difficult to see who was talking as they all had the same way of
talking. Well, the characters didn’t have any character. So the writing style
was disappointing. Anyway, you get it. Not a winner for me.
That’s mostly it for June as I only
read 5 books. I’m still planning on reading French books so get ready for that
next month! Now, tell me what you’ve been reading and if you’ve read any of
those books I mentioned.
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