Index
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Long-term Projects
- The Classics Club
- A Century of Books
- A letter a day
- Zora Canon
- 100 Best WIT
- Lost Ladies of Lit
- Reclaim Her Name
- Speak its name
- Virago Modern Classics
- Persephone Books
- My Year of Pilgrimage
- ✓ Pilgrimage I (Pointed Roofs || Backwater || Honeycomb)
- Pilgrimage 2 (The Tunnel || Interim)
- Pilgrimage 3 (Deadlock || Revolving lights || The Trap)
- Pilgrimage 4 (Oberland || Dawn’s Left Hand || Clear Horizon || Dimple Hill || March Moonlight)
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2021 Projects & events
Year-long projects
- My reading projects
- Invisible Cities, hosted by Yamini (shakespeareandspice); Nicole (nicole is here to learn); Natalie (Curious Reader); Stephanie (time to read!); Michael (Knowledge Lost); Wil (MyBookishEmpire); and Agnese (Beyond the Epilogue)
- Argentina: Land of Smoke, by Sara Gallardo (2018, tr. Jessica Sequeira. Original: El país del humo, 1977)
- Japan: Floating Clouds, by Fumiko Hayashi (2006, tr. Lane Dunlop. Original: 浮雲, 1951)
- Morocco: Les chants de la Tassaout, by Mririda n-Ayt Attiq (1959, tr. René Euloge)
- China: Strange Beasts of China, by Yan Ge (2020, tr. Jeremy Tiang, novel. Original: 异兽志, 2006)
- Colombia: Holiday Heart, by Margarita García Robayo, tr. Charlotte Coombe
- Egypt: Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi, tr. Sherif Hetat
- Mexico: The Book of Anna, by Carmen Boullosa (2020, tr. Samantha Schnee. Original: El libro de Ana, 2016)
- Libya: “From Door to Door” (short-story. Original: Min Bab Ila Bab), by Maryam Ahmed Salama, tr. Ethan Chorin (In: Translating Libya: The Modern Libyan Short Story, ed. Ethan Chorin, 2008)
- Equatorial Guinea: La Bastarda, by Trifonia Melibea Obono (2018, tr. Lawrence Schimel. Original: La Bastarda, 2016)
- Peru: Nine Moons, by Gabriela Wiener (2020, tr. Jessica Powell. Original: Nueve lunas, 2009)
- Back to the Classics, hosted by Karen
- ✓ 19th century classic: Keynotes, by George Egerton (1893)
- ✓ 20th century classic: Pastors and Masters, by Ivy Compton-Burnett (1925)
- ✓ Classic by a woman author: The Victorian Chaise-longue, by Marghanita Laski (1953)
- ✓ Classic in translation: Asphyxia, by Violette Leduc (2020, tr. Derek Coltman. Original: L’Asphyxie, 1946)
- ✓ Classic by a non-white author: Floating Clouds, by Fumiko Hayashi (2006, tr. Lane Dunlop. Original: 浮雲, 1951)
- ✓ Classic by a new-to-you author: The Chinese Garden, by Rosemary Manning (1962)
- ✓ New-to-you classic by a favorite author: The Skin Chairs, by Barbara Comyns (1962)
- ✓ Classic about an animal, or with an animal in the title: Appius and Virginia, by G. E. Trevelyan (1932)
- Children’s classic
- ✓ Humorous or satirical classic: A Double Life, by Karolina Pavlova (1978/ 2019, tr. Barbara Heldt. Original: Двойная жизнь, 1848)
- Travel or adventure classic (fiction or non-fiction)
- ✓ Classic play: The Purple Flower, by Marita Bonner (1928)
- European Reading Challenge, hosted by Gilion
- Review page / Wrap-up page
- France: Asphyxia, by Violette Leduc (2020, tr. Derek Coltman. Original: L’Asphyxie, 1946)
- Norway: Zero, by Gine Cornelia Pedersen (2018, tr. Rosie Hedger. Original: Null, 2013)
- Denmark: Childhood, by Tove Ditlevsen (2019, tr. Tiina Nunnally. Original: Barndom, 1967)
- Russia: A Double Life, by Karolina Pavlova (1978/ 2019, tr. Barbara Heldt. Original: Двойная жизнь, 1848)
- The Netherlands: Your Story, My Story, by Connie Palmen (2021, tr Eileen J. Stevens and Anna Asbury. Original: Jij zegt het, 2015)
- Review page / Wrap-up page
- Australian Women Writers Challenge, hosted by Elizabeth
- Link Your Review page / Challenge Completed page
- Keynotes, by George Egerton (1893)
- Deal Me In Challenge, hosted by Jay
Playing Card Shuffler- ♠Spades♠: Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers, 1852-1923, ed. Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton (2020)
- ♠Ace♠: The Moonstone Mass, by Harriet Prescott Spofford (1868)
- ♠King♠: Lost in a Pyramid; or, The Mummy’s Curse, by Louisa May Alcott (1869)
- ♠Queen♠: What Was the Matter?, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1869)
- ♠Jack♠: An Itinerant House, Emma Frances Dawson (1878)
- ♠Ten♠: Nut Bush Farm, by Charlotte Riddell (1882)
- ♠Nine♠: The Gray Man, by Sarah Orne Jewett (1886)
- ♠Eight♠: In a Far-Off World, by Olive Schreiner (1890)
- ♠Seven♠: The Giant Wistaria, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1891)
- ♠Six♠: The Lady with the Carnations, by Marie Corelli (1896)
- ♠Five♠: The Were-Wolf, by Clemence Housman (1896)
- ♠Four♠: Transmigration, by Dora Sigerson Shorter (1900)
- ♠Three♠: The Wind in the Rose-Bush, by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1902)
- ♠Two♠: The Banshee’s Halloween, by Herminie Templeton Kavanagh (1903
- ♥Hearts♥: Daughters of Decadence: Women Writers of the Fin de Siècle, edited by Elaine Showalter (1993)
- ♥Ace♥:
- ♥King♥:
- ♥Queen♥:
- ♥Jack♥: A Cross Line by George Egerton (1893)
- ♥Ten♥:
- ♥Nine♥:
- ♥Eight♥:
- ♥Seven♥:
- ♥Six♥:
- ♥Five♥:
- ♥Four♥: Miss Grief by Constance Fenimore Woolson (1880)
- ♥Three♥:
- ♥Two♥:
- ♦Diamonds♦: Weird Women – Volume 2: 1840-1925: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers, ed. Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger (2021)
- ♦Ace♦: The Drowned Fisherman by Anna Maria Hall (Mrs. S. C. Hall, 1836)
- ♦King♦: The Lifted Veil by George Eliot (1859)
- ♦Queen♦: The Ghost in the Mill by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1870)
- ♦Jack♦: The Man with the Nose by Rhoda Broughton (1872)
- ♦Ten♦: Little White Souls by Florence Marryat (1883)
- ♦Nine♦: Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley (1890)
- ♦Eight♦: The Fulness of Life by Edith Wharton (1893)
- ♦Seven♦: The Library Window by Margaret Oliphant (1896)
- ♦Six♦: Good Lady Ducayne by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1896)
- ♦Five♦: Marsyas in Flanders by Vernon Lee (1900)
- ♦Four♦: The Dead and the Countess by Gertrude Atherton (1902)
- ♦Three♦: The Children by Josephine Daskam Bacon (1909)
- ♦Two♦:
- ♣Clubs♣: Victorian Fairy Tales: The Revolt of the Fairies and Elves, ed. Jack D. Zipes (1984, 22 stories)
- ♣Ace♣: Uncle David’s Nonsensical Story About Giants and Fairies, by Catherine Sinclair (1839)
- ♣King♣: Cinderella, by Anne Thackeray Ritchie [as by Anne Isabella Ritchie] (1868)
- ♣Queen♣: The Ogre Courting, by Juliana Horatia Ewing (1871)
- ♣Jack♣: The Prince’s Dream, by Jean Ingelow (1872)
- ♣Ten♣: A Toy Princess, by Mary de Morgan (1877)
- ♣Nine♣: All My Doing; or Red Riding-Hood Over Again, by Harriet Louisa Childe-Pemberton (1882)
- ♣Eight♣: The Story of a King’s Daughter, by Mary Louisa Molesworth (1884) / The Princess Nobody, by Andrew Lang (1884)
- ♣Seven♣: Wooden Tony, by Lucy Clifford [as by Lucy Lane Clifford]
- ♣Six♣: The Last of the Dragons, by E. Nesbit [as by Edith Nesbit] (1899)
- ♣Five♣: The Spell of the Magician’s Daughter, by Evelyn Sharp (1902)
- ♣Four♣: The King of the Golden River or The Black Brothers, by John Ruskin (1841)
- ♣Three♣: Bruno’s Revenge [Sylvie and Bruno], by Lewis Carroll (1867)
- ♣Two♣: The Day Boy and the Night Girl [variant of The History of Photogen and Nycteris: A Day and Night Mährchen], by George MacDonald (1879)
- Black Joker:
- Red Joker:
- Woolfiano, hosted by Robson
- January: The Voyage Out / Melymbrosia
- March: Night and Day
- April: Jacob’s Room
- May: Mrs. Dalloway
- June: To the Lighthouse
- July: Orlando
- August: The Waves
- September: Flush
- October: The Years
- November: The Years / Between the Acts
- December: Between the Acts
Events
- Winter TBR
- A Double Life, by Karolina Pavlova (1978/ 2019, tr. Barbara Heldt. Original: Двойная жизнь, 1848)
- O, The Brave Music by Dorothy Evelyn Smith (1943)
- The Skin Chairs, by Barbara Comyns (1962)
- Childhood, by Tove Ditlevsen (2019, tr. Tiina Nunnally. Original: Barndom, 1967)
- Strange Beasts of China, by Yan Ge (2020, tr. Jeremy Tiang, novel. Original: 异兽志, 2006)
- Zero by Gine Cornelia Pedersen (2018, tr. Rosie Hedger. Original: Null, 2013)
- A Change of Time, by Ida Jessen (2019, tr. Martin Aitken. Original: En ny tid, 2015)
- The Book of Anna, by Carmen Boullosa (2020, tr. Samantha Schnee. Original: El libro de Ana, 2016)
- Japanese Literature Challenge, hosted by Meredith (January-March)
- #JapaneseLitChallenge14
- Floating Clouds, by Fumiko Hayashi (2006, tr. Lane Dunlop. Original: 浮雲, 1951)
- #Siberianary, hosted by @sofareader (January-February)
- Isolde, by Irina Odoevtseva (2019, tr. Bryan Karetnyk and Irina Steinberg. Original: Изольда, 1929)
- A Double Life, by Karolina Pavlova (1978/ 2019, tr. Barbara Heldt. Original: Двойная жизнь, 1848)
- Classics Spin #25 (January 30th, 2021)
- A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney (1958)
- ReadSoulLit, hosted by Didi (February)
- The Purple Flower, by Marita Bonner (1928, play)
- The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett (2020)
- Luster by Raven Leilani (2020)
- Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi (2020)
- Reading Independent Publishers Month, hosted by Karen and Lizzie (February 2021, #ReadIndies)
- Land of Smoke, by Sara Gallardo (2018, tr. Jessica Sequeira. Original: El país del humo, 1977)
- Strange Beasts of China, by Yan Ge (2020, tr. Jeremy Tiang, novel. Original: 异兽志, 2006)
- Holiday Heart, by Margarita García Robayo, tr. Charlotte Coombe
- Reading Ireland Month, hosted by Cathy and Niall (March)
- Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan (2020)
- Wales Readathon, hosted by Paula (March)
- Booktube Spin #1, hosted by Rick (January 31st to March 31st)
- The Chinese Garden, by Rosemary Manning (1962)
The 1936Club, hosted by Karen and Simon (April 12th-18th, 2021)
- The Beauties and Furies, by Christina Stead (1936)
- Springathon, hosted by Natalie (Curious Reader), Emma (A Cup Of Books), Doris (All D Books, @booknaturalists), and Heidi (My Reading Life, @booknaturalists)(May1st-14th)
- Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life, by Marta McDowell (2019)
- The Gardens of Emily Dickinson, by Judith Farr and Louise Carter (2004)
- Two Trees Make a Forest: Travels Among Taiwan’s Mountains & Coasts in Search of My Family’s Past, by Jessica J. Lee (2020)
- The Way Through the Woods: Of Mushrooms and Mourning, by Long Litt Woon (2019, tr. Barbara Haveland. Original: Stien tilbake til livet – Om sopp og sorg, 2017)
- World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments, by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (2020)
- Spring TBR
- Three Rival Sisters, by Marie-Louise Gagneur (2020, tr. Anna Aitken and Polly Mackintosh. Original: Trois soeurs rivals, 1861)
- Life and Death of Harriett Frean, by May Sinclair (1922)
- Pastors and Masters, by Ivy Compton-Burnett (1925)
- Appius and Virginia, by G. E. Trevelyan (1932)
- Trio, by Dorothy Baker (1943)
- The Victorian Chaise-Longue, by Marghanita Larski (1953)
- Pin a Rose On Me, by Josephine Blumenfeld (1958)
- The Finishing Touch, by Brigid Brophy (1963)
- Daphne du Maurier Reading Week, hosted by Ali (May, 10-16)
- The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë, by Daphne du Maurier (1961)
- Classics Spin #26 (May 31st, 2021)
- The Old English Baron, by Clara Reeve (1777)
- Booktube Spin #2, hosted by Rick (June 30th)
- Millenium Hall, by Sarah Scott (1762)
- 20 Books of Summer, hosted by Cathy (June- September)
- A Diplomat’s Diary by Julien Gordon (1890)
- Some Emotions and a Moral by John Oliver Hobbes (1891)
- Cecilia De Noël by Lanoe Falconer (1891)
- Keynotes, by George Egerton (1893)
- Iras: A Mystery, by Theo Douglas (1896)
- Millenium Hall, by Sarah Scott (1762)
- W-3: A Memoir, by Bette Howland (1974)
- Desert of the Heart, by Jane Rule (1964)
- In Memory of Memory, by Maria Stepanova (2021, tr. Sasha Dugdale. Original: Памяти памяти, 2017)
- Summer, by Ali Smith (2020)
- Mid-Year Check In | 2021
- Spanish & Portuguese Lit Month, hosted by Stu and Richard (July – August)
- Tender Is the Flesh, by Augustina Bazterrica (2020, tr. Sarah Moses. Original: Cadáver exquisito, 2017)
- Das Dicke-Bücher-Camp, hosted by Marina
- Middlemarch (1871-72), by George Eliot
- Effingers (1951), by Gabriele Tergit
- Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath (2020), by Heather Clark
- The Brontes (1994), by Juliet Barker
- Virago All August, hosted by the Virago Modern Classics Group (August)
- Millenium Hall, by Sarah Scott (1762)
- Desert of the Heart, by Jane Rule (1964)
- Women in Translation Month, hosted by Meytal (August)
- In Memory of Memory, by Maria Stepanova (2021, tr. Sasha Dugdale. Original: Памяти памяти, 2017)
- Your Story, My Story, by Connie Palmen (2021, tr Eileen J. Stevens and Anna Asbury. Original: Jij zegt het, 2015)
- Tender Is the Flesh, by Augustina Bazterrica (2020, tr. Sarah Moses. Original: Cadáver exquisito, 2017)
- Letzte Reise, by Anna Enquist (2006, tr. Hanni Ehlers. Original: De thuiskomst, 2005)
- Austen in August, hosted by Adam (August)
- Austen Years: A Memoir in Five Novels, by Rachel Cohen (2020)
- Classics Spin #27 (August 22nd, 2021)
- The Children’s Hour, by Lillian Hellman (1934)
- A season in Middlemarch (June-October)
- George Eliot and Her World, by Marghanita Laski (1973)
- Book I: Miss Brooke
- Booktube Spin #3, hosted by Rick (September 30th)
- Emily Eden: The Semi-Attached Couple (1860)
- Louisa Baldwin: The Story of a Marriage (1895)
- Autumn TBR
- RIP Challenge, hosted by Carl (September – October)
- Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers, 1852-1923, ed. Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton (2020)
- Weird Women – Volume 2: 1840-1925: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers, ed. Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger (2021)
- Monster, She Wrote, by Lisa Kröger & Melanie R. Anderson (2019)
- Death in Her Hands, by Ottessa Moshfegh (2020)
- Hangsaman, by Shirley Jackson (1951, reread)
- The Love Child, by Edith Olivier (1927)
- Ladies of Horror Fiction Readathon, cohosted by the Ladies of Horror Fiction & Alex @the_bookubus (September 1st to September 15th)
- Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers, 1852-1923, ed. Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton (2020)
- Weird Women – Volume 2: 1840-1925: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers, ed. Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger (2021)
- Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kröger & Melanie R. Anderson (2019)
- Death in Her Hands, by Ottessa Moshfegh (2020)
- Hangsaman, by Shirley Jackson (1951, reread)
- The Love Child, by Edith Olivier (1927)
- Witch Week, hosted by Calmgrove and Lizzie (from Hallowe’en to Bonfire Night)
The 1976 Club, hosted by Karen and Simon (October, 11-17)
- Lady Oracle, by Margaret Atwood
- The Woman Warrior, by Maxine Hong Kingston
- The Hearing Trumpet, by Leonora Carrington
- Bear, by Marian Engel
- For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf, by Ntozake Shange
- Victober, hosted by Kate, Katie, and Lucy (October)
- German Lit Month, hosted by Lizzy and Caroline (November)
- November 1-7 From or set in Austria
- November 8-14 From or set in Germany
- November 15-21 From or set in Switzerland featuring Dürrenmatt Day on 18.11.2021 to commemorate his centenary
- 11.11.2021 Inventory of Losses – Judith Schalansky (hosted by Lizzy)
- 26.11.2021 The Passenger – Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz (A Literature and War readalong hosted by Caroline)
- AusReadingMonth, hosted by Brona (November)
- Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding, by Ellena Savage (2020)
- Novellas in November, hosted by Cathy and Rebecca (November)
- The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
- Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
- Nonfiction November, hosted by Rennie over at What’s Non-Fiction, Katie at Doing Dewey, Julie at Julz Reads and Leann at Shelf Aware – and, on Booktube, by Olive (November)
Personal projects
- New-to-me Authors to read in 2021
- Cora Sandel
- May Sinclair
- Marita Bonner
- The Purple Flower (1928, play)
- Fumiko Hayashi
- Floating Clouds (2006, tr. Lane Dunlop. Original: 浮雲, 1951)
- Sarah Scott
- Millenium Hall (1762)
- Mary Hays
- Most anticipated books 2021
- Let Me Tell You What I Mean, by Joan Didion (2021)
- Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton, by Gail Crowther (2021)
- Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri (2021)
- Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller (2021)
- Know Thy Shelf, from A to Z (inspired by Annabel’s Shelves)
- Local bookclub
- Feb: Parakeet: a Novel, by Marie-Helene Bertino
- Mar: Giovanni’s Room, by James Baldwin
- Apr: Girl, Woman, Other, by Bernadine Evaristo
Borderless Book Club
- Jan: Zero, by Gine Cornelia Pedersen (2018, tr. Rosie Hedger. Original: Null, 2013)
- Feb: Strange Beasts of China, by Yan Ge (2020, tr. Jeremy Tiang, novel. Original: 异兽志, 2006)
- April: Slash and Burn by Claudia Hernández
- May: Havana Year Zero by Karla Suárez (Scribd, Comma Press)
- June: Vivian by Christina Hesselholdt
- Handheld Press Book Club
- Apr: Women’s Weird
- May: Kingdoms of Elfin
- Virago Modern Classics Book Club
- Apr: Sisters by a River by Barbara Comyns
- May: The Group by Mary McCarthy
- Jun: Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule
- Jul: An Angel at My Table by Janet Frame
- Aug: Breakfast with the Nikolides by Rumer Godden
- Sep: Harriet Said . . . by Beryl Bainbridge
- Oct: The Healing by Gayl Jones
- Nov: Memento Mori by Muriel Spark
- Dec: High Rising by Angela Thirkell
- Century of books
- 1877 – “A Toy Princess”, by Mary de Morgan (fairy tale)
- 1848 – A Double Life, by Karolina Pavlova (1978/ 2019, tr. Barbara Heldt. Original: Двойная жизнь, 1848)
- 1893 – Keynotes, by George Egerton (1893)
- 100 Best WIT:
- La Bastarda, by Trifonia Melibea Obono
- Woman at Point Zero, by Nawal El Saadawi
- Persephone Books:
- The Victorian Chaise-Longue, by Marghanita Laski (1953)
- Reclaim Her Name
- A Diplomat’s Diary by Julien Gordon (1890)
- Some Emotions and a Moral by John Oliver Hobbes (1891)
- Cecilia De Noël by Lanoe Falconer (1891)
- Keynotes, by George Egerton (1893)
- Iras: A Mystery, by Theo Douglas (1896)
- Virago Modern Classics:
- The Skin Chairs, by Barbara Comyns (1962)
- Sisters by a River, by Barbara Comyns (1947)
- Life and Death of Harriett Frean, by May Sinclair (1922)
- The Beauties and Furies, by Christina Stead (1936)
- Keynotes, by George Egerton (1893)
- Millenium Hall, by Sarah Scott (1762)
- The Love Child, by Edith Olivier (1927)
- Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021:
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The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (2020) - ✓ Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller (2021)
- ✓ Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi (2020)
- ✓ No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood (2021)
- ✓ Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (2021)
- ✓ Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan (2020)
- ✓ Luster by Raven Leilani (2020)
- ✓ Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi (2020)
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- Classics Club:
- Floating Clouds, by Fumiko Hayashi (2006, tr. Lane Dunlop. Original: 浮雲, 1951)
- The Chinese Garden, by Rosemary Manning (1962)
- The Purple Flower, by Marita Bonner (1928, play)
- A Double Life, by Karolina Pavlova (1978/ 2019, tr. Barbara Heldt. Original: Двойная жизнь, 1848)
- The Old English Baron, by Clara Reeve (1777)
- Life and Death of Harriett Frean, by May Sinclair (1922)
- Trio, by Dorothy Baker (1943)
- Keynotes, by George Egerton (1893)
- Millenium Hall, by Sarah Scott (1762)
- The Love Child, by Edith Olivier (1927)
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