June reading wrap-up

All the books I finished in June, with particularly long thoughts about reading Biography of X by Catherine Lacey

Books:
1:50 Biography of X by Catherine Lacey (2023)
17:55 Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel (trans. Rosalind Harvey) (2020)
20:21 Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector (trans. Alison Entrekin) (1943)
A Breath of Life / Un souffle de vie by Clarice Lispector (trans. Johnny Lorenz / Teresa Thiérot & Jacques Thiérot) (1978)
22:14 Death by Landscape by Elvia Wilk (2022)
23:35 My Brilliant Friend / L’amica geniale by Elena Ferrante (trans. Ann Goldstein) (2011)

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[alessandrajj]

Perto do coração selvagem (Near to the wild hearth) it's my favorite Clarice book! It's great to see that our author is having so much success out there. Kisses from Brazil!

[jorjastonej]

Wow. The Biography of X sounds like looking into a kaleidoscope and finding more than light, color, shape, and change. Brilliant.

[alattemorning]

Pew is GREAT! It's strange & packs a lot of fascinating ideas in such a short page count.

[ivanainthecity]

End-of-month wrap-ups stress me out too, but I love watching other people’s 😂. I can’t wait to read some Nettel. I think I’m gonna save her for my upcoming trip to Mexico City…

[Carolina.FrayedPages.]

Excited to hear your thoughts on the second installment of My Brilliant Friend.

P.S. really enjoy having my morning coffee while listening to your reviews! Cheers! ☕️

[RoisinsReading]

I really enjoyed Still Born too. Can't wait to read some Lispector in August

[DogEaredMusings]

Loved your review!! Can’t wait to see what you think of the rest of the quartet.

I also finished biography of X and I loved your review!
it’s such a surreal book and the parts that work make it a pretty cool investigation! I feel like the audiobook would be a really compelling way to read it? Was it multiple narrators for the interview parts?

[jameskatie]

you have made my want for biography of x intensify so much with this review haha. the uk version is a MASSIVE hardback at the moment though—like, way bigger than standard dimensions and fuck carrying that around.

death by landscape is definitely in my best reads of the year as well! aaaand i absolutely must get to the neopolitan quartet. x

[SpringboardThought]

Ohh new covers for the Ferrante books?? About time. The original ones are a crime.

[ellemdays]

Clicked on this video thinking it was still June LOL but here we are almost done with July

Biography of X sounds so fascinating!! Been looking to branch out from what I normally read, might pick this one up

[csp]

eeeek Sophie! I can't believe you've already finished the second one! I will pick it up tm so we can chat about it soon👀

[kiranreader]

i really need to read death by landscape! i finallyyyy filmed my may/june wrap up, filming them really do take a lot of effort lol!