In July, thanks to my summer holidays, I had more time for reading than I usually have which was really, really nice.
Here is a wrap up of my July reads:
Books read: 8
Books read in English: 7
Books read in Finnish: 1
Finnish books read: 1
Fiction: 7
Nonfiction: 1
Books reviewed: 5 (& one more to come in August)
Here's the list of the books I read in July plus links to my reviews:
- Beryl Bainbridge: The Birthday Boys
- Mikhail Bulgokov: The Master and Margarita
- Emma Donoghue: Landing
- Bernardine Evaristo: Blonde Roots
- Henry de Montherlant: Chaos and Night
- Sofi Oksanen: Puhdistus (English translation: Purge)
- Leila J. Rupp: Sapphistries: A Global History of Love Between Women (review will be up later)
- Betsy Tobin: Ice Land
Sofi Oksanen and Purge
Sofi Oksanen with her gothic looks and fearless opinions is definitely the most talked about writer in Finland. But, most importantly, she really is an amazing writer with a distinctive, strong writing style. She has written three novels this far and all of them have been very popular in Finland. Puhdistus, her third and most popular novel, was published here in 2008 and this year it came out in English translation both in the US and the UK with the name Purge. After finally reading the book in the beginning of July, I'm simply amazed by her writing and would highly recommend the novel to all you fellow bloggers. Go, nay, run to your nearest library or bookstore to see if they have Purge available!
Take a look at Sofi Oksanen's website (it's in English) to learn more about her and her books, including Purge.
(The photo in the beginning of this post was taken in the lovely, little Slovenian coastal town of Piran last week.)
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