
My list for the month!! #tbr
I have no idea where June went but this photo challenge looks super fun… you should join us! #julyjazz @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
The Birthday Fairies are looking forward to celebrating with these special birthday Littens in July!
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If you‘d like to add your special day to the Litsy Birthday calendar for a little extra dose of #birthdaylove ❤️, just send YOUR Litsy handle and birthdate to litsybirthdays@gmail.com . 😊
An important book in South African literature. It‘s an easy and entertaining read. Hard to believe it‘s from the 40s - before apartheid and still so accurate 🤷🏼
Preparing for a 1-2 week long sick leave. Also have 5 books from NetGalley. Do you think this is enough? 🫣
I‘m working through some Booker listed books i‘ve own. This is the 1999 winner, and probably Coetzee‘s most well-known work.
It‘s fantastic, unsettling, dark. Lit prof David Lurie sleeps around, and a maybe rape of a student ends his career in disgrace. His Dantean hell is to go to his daughter‘s farm. He loves his daughter. What happens there parallels his own crimes. Coetzee keeps it moving, keeps the reader glued and surprised. Fantastic.
I‘m not sure how to feel here. There are two different stories. One story follows an an agent involved with the Vietnam Project, his obsession, and his descent into madness. The second story is about Jacobus Coetzee, a white settler in 18th century South Africa on a hunting expeditions that goes awry. I‘m not going to sit here and say I *enjoyed* spending time with either of these men, but I think that‘s the point. 242/1,001 #1001Books
Walking embodiment of the patriarchy Prof David Lurie creates a situation for which he will pay dearly if not learn. His disgrace sends him to his daughter‘s place in the country where we get to see his racism, too. At once an exploration of attitudes that need to disappear and post-apartheid South Africa, this book is brilliant. Glad I finally read it.
And the celebrations continue…July Littens, you‘re up next! 🎂🎂🎂🩷 Looking forward to all the birthdays coming up next month. 😊
If you‘d like to be added to the #birthdayfairies calendar and receive a little extra #birthdaylove on your special day, just send your Litsy handle and your birthdate to litsybirthdays@gmail.com.
Get your party hats ready, July babies!! 🥳🥳
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