March is coming to an end, and a busy month it's been round these parts. I've been frantically racing through the books on the IFFP longlist, hoping to get through the twelve I hadn't previously read before the shortlist is announced. I think I might just about make it - but it'll be close ;)Anyhow, all this means that the numbers are well up this month on my fairly slow start to the year - shall we?
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Total Books Read: 12
Year-to-Date: 26
New: 12
Rereads: 0
From the Shelves: 1
Review Copies: 3
From the Shelves: 1
Review Copies: 3
From the Library: 8
On the Kindle: 0
Novels: 12
Novellas: 0
Novels: 12
Novellas: 0
Short Stories: 0
Non-English Language: 12 (2 Arabic, 2 French, Spanish, Norwegian, Dutch, Turkish, Croatian, Afrikaans, Albanian, Italian)
In Original Language:1 (1 French)
Aussie Author Challenge: 0 (0/3)
IFFP 2013 Longlist: 11 (15/16)
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Books reviewed in March were:
Books reviewed in March were:
4) White Masks by Elias Khoury
5) A Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgaard
6) The Detour by Gerbrand Bakker
7) HHhH by Laurent Binet
8) Silent House by Orhan Pamuk
5) A Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgaard
6) The Detour by Gerbrand Bakker
7) HHhH by Laurent Binet
8) Silent House by Orhan Pamuk
Tony's Turkey for March is: nothing
While HHhH didn't really grab me, it was far from being a turkey - and that's as close as it got this month :)
Tony's Recommendation for March is:
Gerbrand Bakker's The Detour
Bakker's slight novel was easily my favourite of the five IFFP longlisted books, but the other books I posted on in March were all good too. I was tempted to give the prize to Trollope's magnus opus, and Khoury's and Barbal's books gave me pause for thought. However, I couldn't really go past The Detour, an excellent example of why we read these longlists - to discover great books and great authors :)
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A couple more from the IFFP and then the pace is off (thankfully). Well, as far as the reading goes anyway - there'll be plenty of IFFP reviews for you all to enjoy in April :)
