Recommendations… Women in Translation 2020 3 Aug 20201 Aug 2020 Welcome to WITMonth 2020!! This is that time of year when we remember and celebrate those women writing books not in our first language. You may remember from prior years…
Fiction… Still I Miss You by Inês Pedrosa, translated by Andrea Rosenberg 3 Jan 202029 Dec 2019 As the title suggests, Still I Miss You is about two estranged people who have cared about each other. It had been one of my WIT Month reads last year…
Herstory… Voyages Through Time and Space: The Life of a Russian Psychic by Liliya Sariecheva, translated Robert Osland 16 Dec 20193 Oct 2019 It can be surprisingly complicated to find the memoir of a woman in translation that I can get through. That's not to say that those out there aren't good, but…
Fiction… The Price of Paradise by Susana López Rubio, translated by Achy Obejas 15 Aug 201931 Jul 2019 This is not normally my kind of romance and even though I wasn't head over heels about it, I did enjoy this book. The Price of Paradise takes place in…
Herstory… The Crossing: My Journey to the Shattered Heart of Syria by Samar Yazbek, translated by Nashwa Gowanlock and Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp 12 Aug 20192 Aug 2019 I didn't really know what to expect with this book. I knew that there was conflict in Syria, that much is hard to miss, but I had no idea how…
Herstory… Women in Translation Memoirs 5 Aug 20198 Aug 2019 WIT Memoir This is my third WIT Month since I've been doing Memoir Monday and it's already getting harder to find memoir to read for this month. Surely they are…
Fiction… The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami, translated Allison Markin Powell 1 Aug 20191 Aug 2019 Women in Translation Month begins again! For those of you not familiar, every August we take some time to seek out women authors whose books have been translated into our…
Fiction… Sapphire Blue and Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier, translated by Anthea Bell 17 Jan 201915 Dec 2018 Stars: 3 of 5 I'm reviewing these two together because I had the fortunate ability to read them in succession and am not even sure where the one left off…
Recommendations… Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier, translated by Anthea Bell 27 Dec 201823 Nov 2018 Stars: 4 of 5 I have to admit that I was spellbound by this book almost as soon as I started it. The prologue has just the touch of mystery…
Fiction… The Birdwoman’s Palate by Laksmi Pamuntjak, translated by Tiffany Tsao 20 Sep 20185 Sep 2018 Review: This was supposed to be one of my WIT books this year, but my August fell apart and I was grateful to have worked far enough ahead of the…
