What I read for #WITMonth 2022

Hello readers!

Women in Translation month is nearly over, so I wanted to wrap up my reading list for this month and talk about some great books in translation I was able to pick up in August. The list is not very long, but each one of those books was very unique and there was not a single one I didn’t like. I initially wanted to pick up a lot more books for WIT month, but August was a bit of a mood reading month for me, so that didn’t quite happen, but 5 books is a very respectable number, plus I read WIT all year long really.

So, without further ado, here are the books I read this month!

Rant Review: Upgrade by Blake Crouch

Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with this advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review!

I am very sad to say I did not like this at ALL. I loved Dark Matter so much (despite its flaws) and enjoyed Recursion but found it rather uncreative and just not that great, but this one I considered DNF-ing so many times. The only thing that got me through it was the fact that I’ve seen quite a few positive reviews, which made me think maybe by the end of the book I’d change my mind. But I did not.

Upgrade feels like the author did a lot of research for it and made sure to write all of it onto the story instead of integrating this research seamlessly and focusing on writing a good, loosely scientific book with all the tension and entertainment that one expects from a thriller.

Summer Reading: Recommendations for Different Vibes

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So I had this vague idea for a blog post in a while, but then I read Book Recommendations for Different Types of Summer Readers on Goodreads and realized that was exactly what I wanted to write. I read rather variedly and in large quantities, so it’s a very fun experiment for me to try and put together this kind of lists! Lately I’ve been gravitating towards a certain kind of book, so I’m afraid my list won’t be as broad as I hoped, but this was fun to try anyway!

The Classic Reader

Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith

Okay so it might be I’m slightly obsessed with this book. But I really think this makes for a great travel companion, since the most crucial part of the book (the main characters meeting) takes part in a train. During a time when traveling is so chaotic and uncertain, taking a train sounds a lot more attractive and that means that the journey becomes part of the trip – so I’m quite charmed by the idea of matching your journey with your reading.

My Women in Translation Reading List for 2022 #WITMonth

Hello readers!

It’s finally #WITMonth, one of the best months of the year! My life has been such chaos I entirely forgot about it until I saw the Women in Translation account tweet about it. So here we are, hastily compiling a list!

IT'S HERE! #WITMonth https://t.co/jZ9By2Q0GR

— #womenintranslation (@Read_WIT) August 1, 2022

My list if not very long because I’ve been in such an unpredictable mood lately of what to read, so maybe I’ll pick up a bunch more WIT reads this month.