OMG!! I love Ted Chiang! I love Ted Chiang!! This short story collection is amazing!! Amazing!! I can't tell you how much I love his writing! He takes this really interesting philosophical questions and creates an incredibly interesting and realistic world around it.
57. August by Romina Paula
I sent in a request to Get Booked by Book Riot, and this was one of their recommendations. I was looking for an amazing book in translation. This is a definite win! I really enjoyed the style, the narrator, the cat, and the setting. The narrator travels back to her hometown in Patagonia for the cremation of her best friend, who did 5 years prior.
58. Black Mad Wheel by Josh Malerman
I loved Bird Box and was so excited to read this book. And even though that was like 2 years ago, I just got to it. I think that was a good thing because I really enjoyed this book when others didn't. I think that they didn't because this book, unlike Bird Box, isn't a gripping-holy-crap-what-happens-next?!?!?!?! book. It's set in 1957 and 4 men in a band who were also in the army together (as a band) get sent by the army to Africa to investigate a mysterious sound. It was so good!
59. Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden
This is not my cup of tea. I do not read much nonfiction, and I really don't read books about torture. So, why did I read this book? It was my book club's choice, and so I read it. Was it good? Yes. Was it informative? Yes. Was it an important book? Yes. Was it relevant? Yes. Did I enjoy it? No. Should you read it? You'll have to decide that for yourself.
60. An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew by Annejet van der Zijl
I am sometimes an anxious traveler. And for my most recent trip (to Canada) I was extremely anxious. I couldn't rest and I couldn't read anything alarming. So I read this book that I downloaded for free when Amazon was celebrating translated books. It was perfect! I didn't know anything about Allene Tew and so wasn't particular interested in her, but I learned a lot and this book was a perfect balm to my frayed nerves. Two nonfiction books in a row was unexpected but I really enjoyed learning about her fascinating life and getting a European perspective on America was fascinating!
I've read 60 books so far and 41 were by women, 16 by men, and 3 anthologies with both female and male authors two of which were mostly female authors. My year of reading lots of women is still going strong!!
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