This month, I planned a Robertson Davies Reading Weekend to take place around the author’s birthdate of August 28. It was a lovely long weekend of reading and discussing his wonderful books with fellow aficionados, and I hope it introduced him to some new readers. You can find all the details in the wrap-up post.
Otherwise, I feel as though this month has been somehow extra long and took me on some amazing journeys near and far (in the pages of a book, that is). It was a good time to look back over my Around the World reading project and remember all of the fascinating places that I’ve visited.
Where has your reading taken you this month?
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Reviews
- For Back to the Classics, Le Petit Prince
- And for Robertson Davies Reading Weekend, The Cunning Man
Other Books Read
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway – Back to the Classics, Review to come- Inferno by Catherine Cho – Review to come
- Anxious People by Fredrik Backman – Around the World
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman – for an upcoming Witch Week discussion post
- Magic Flutes and A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson
- Swedenborg by Gary Lachman
Other Features and Events
- I gave an update on my Around the World reading project, with stops in Ireland, Israel, Sweden, Switzerland, West Africa, Bhutan, Iceland, Korea, Japan, Ghana, and Chile.
On my other blog
- In Doublespeak I shared some of my adventures in learning two languages.
- And in Settling into Switzerland, thoughts about other things that require some adjustment.
Shared in the Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer and the Monthly Wrap-up Round-up hosted by Feed Your Fiction Addiction
The Emerald City Book Review Archive 
I’ll be posting my review of Anxious People on Friday! Loved it!
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I’m very glad to hear that.
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I’m REALLY looking forward to Anxious People – I’ve had my eye on it for months!
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I think you’ll enjoy it!
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I love The Old Man and The Sea. Read it in high school and loved it! Also read Anxious People this past month, good too! Happy September!
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Yes, I liked them as well.
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Glad you squeezed in some comfort reading with Ibbotson!
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Yes, you gave me that impetus and it was a good one.
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a very rich month! Enjoy September
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I did have some great reading! September is starting out well too.
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Ooo I hope you enjoyed A Song of Summer as much as I did – A lovely tale. While my reading took me on quite a journey from rural Ireland and Yorkshire in The Cottingley Secret, to the sleepy Cotswolds in another Agatha Raisin mystery and finally to Germany during the great religious reformation of the 16th century. I am quite tuckered out! Happy reading in September, Lory. 😃
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Yes, I think I read it some years ago but it was fun to read again. Sounds like you went on some amazing literary journeys.
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I love traveling through books, especially now when we can’t travel/choose not to because of the risks. In August I got to travel back in time to the Revolutionary War in Rebel Spy. I also traveled to one of my favorite cities–Seattle in Today Tonight Tomorrow. Both of these books ended up being my favorites of the month.
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Thank goodness we can still travel through books. I looked at Today Tonight Tomorrow and it looks like a lot of fun.
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This was fun! Great characters and a fun plot. If you also like rom coms and enemies to more, you will enjoy.
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