AUGUST TBR | AUGUST 2019
This month, I think will be the most productive month with reading. I have had my University reading list through, so hopefully I will be trying to push my way through the longer list of books than last year.
Saying that, I would also like to read some other books that I have had stashed away for a few months. The first book I will be reading is Hame by Annalena McAfee. This book is set on the fictional island of Fascaray, and is focused on the poet Grigor McWatt. I bought this book in Edinburgh, as I thought it would be a fitting book to read to get more interest in to the lives and history of Scottish people and tradition. I'm currently around 50 pages in, and so far it is enjoyable. There's a few different types of literature in the book; from poetry to prose, so it is interesting to read nevertheless.
The other book I am currently reading is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I have read the book before, but I want to read it again for my University reading. Specifically, I will be studying an American literature module, and this is of course one of those on the list. It's a classic.
Another one of the books on my American literature module is Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote. I've watched the film of Breakfast at Tiffany's which of course stars the amazing Audrey Hepburn. A few years back I was obsessed with the film and would literally watch it every chance I got. Although I've read In Cold Blood by Truman Capote and really didn't enjoy it, so I'm a bit apprehensive about reading this one.
The next few books that I hope to read are part of the Victorian module I will be studying at University. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy is the first one I will read, as I've read this one before and enjoyed it. The novel is set in the 1870's, and focuses on the protagonist of Tess D'Urberville and her journey through the Long Depression of the 1870s. From what I can remember it highlights the sexual morals and politics of patriarchy and the time of tradition and religious authority.
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is the next book, and it is recognised as a classic and the one book that it seems everyone has read as a child. Well, I didn't and haven't even had the interest in reading it until I have to for University. I'm looking forward to it, as I am with any book but as I said it's never been a book that's interested me.
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell is the last book I hope to read in August. I've been wanting to get to this book, as the plot really interests me. All I know is that the protagonist represents the perspective of Southern England to the reality of the working class poor in the industrial city of Manchester, in the North of England.
I'm hoping I get to all of these books, because I've got a lot more on my reading list for Uni. Have you read any of these?
Happy Reading!
Rose x
Saying that, I would also like to read some other books that I have had stashed away for a few months. The first book I will be reading is Hame by Annalena McAfee. This book is set on the fictional island of Fascaray, and is focused on the poet Grigor McWatt. I bought this book in Edinburgh, as I thought it would be a fitting book to read to get more interest in to the lives and history of Scottish people and tradition. I'm currently around 50 pages in, and so far it is enjoyable. There's a few different types of literature in the book; from poetry to prose, so it is interesting to read nevertheless.
The other book I am currently reading is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I have read the book before, but I want to read it again for my University reading. Specifically, I will be studying an American literature module, and this is of course one of those on the list. It's a classic.
Another one of the books on my American literature module is Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote. I've watched the film of Breakfast at Tiffany's which of course stars the amazing Audrey Hepburn. A few years back I was obsessed with the film and would literally watch it every chance I got. Although I've read In Cold Blood by Truman Capote and really didn't enjoy it, so I'm a bit apprehensive about reading this one.
The next few books that I hope to read are part of the Victorian module I will be studying at University. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy is the first one I will read, as I've read this one before and enjoyed it. The novel is set in the 1870's, and focuses on the protagonist of Tess D'Urberville and her journey through the Long Depression of the 1870s. From what I can remember it highlights the sexual morals and politics of patriarchy and the time of tradition and religious authority.
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is the next book, and it is recognised as a classic and the one book that it seems everyone has read as a child. Well, I didn't and haven't even had the interest in reading it until I have to for University. I'm looking forward to it, as I am with any book but as I said it's never been a book that's interested me.
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell is the last book I hope to read in August. I've been wanting to get to this book, as the plot really interests me. All I know is that the protagonist represents the perspective of Southern England to the reality of the working class poor in the industrial city of Manchester, in the North of England.
I'm hoping I get to all of these books, because I've got a lot more on my reading list for Uni. Have you read any of these?
Happy Reading!
Rose x
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