I used to participate in this meme, but somehow lost it. Now I am reminded of it by Emma and Marianne and decided to join in again. It is hosted by Jo at The Book Jotter (head over there for more details. Jo explains the idea:
"The idea being that as the end of June approaches and we are then halfway through the year, let us share the books we have read in those first 6 months. In fact let’s share 6 books in 6 categories, or if time is of the essence then simply share just 6 books. Whatever combination works for you as long as it involves 6 books. Of course the same book can obviously feature in more than one category."
There are a lot of categories so visit her page for inspiration. I have chosen the following six categories with authors and books. I list all of them alphabetically.
Six new authors to me
Honoré de Balzac
Maja Lunde
Madeline Miller
Sally Rooney
Joseph Roth
Jennifer Saint
Six authors I have read before
John Banville
Tana French
Arnaldur Indridason
Håkan Nesser
Maggie O'Farrell
Colm Toíbin
Six authors I read last year – but not so far this year
Paulo Coelho
Ernest Hemingway
Pär Lagerkvist
W. Somerset Maugham
Anne Tyler
Fred Vargas
Six books set in a country other than my own
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint (Greece)
Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (England/Italy)
Ferragus by Honoré de Balzac (France)
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen (Norway)
The Secret Place by Tana French (Ireland)
The Shadow District by Arnaldur Indridason (Iceland)
Six mysteries, thrillers or crime novels NOT by Agatha Christie
Carambole by Håkan Nesser
The Collini Case by Ferdinand Von Schirach
It Had To Be Murder by Cornell Woolrich.
The Last Good Man by A.J. Kazinski
Petsamo by Arnldur Indridason
The Secret Place by Tana French
Six books I have enjoyed the most
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
The Collini Case by Ferdinand Von Schirach
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
The History of Bees and The End of the Ocean by Maja Lunde
The Last Good Man by A.J. Kazinski
The Magician by Colm Tóibín
What a great list, Lisbeth. I have enjoyed doing this and am happy that some new people have taken this on. And to bring you back is even better. I always enjoy your lists.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of the books you mention but I have "Hamnet" on my TBR pile. And of your authors, I have read Arnaldur Indriðason, Colm Tóibín, Paulo Coelho, Ernest Hemingway, Anne Tyler, and Henrik Ibsen, quite a few.
Thanks for doing this. My Six in Six.
Thank you Marianne, definitely some of my very favourite authors this year.
DeleteI'm overwhelmed at the quantity of books you've read! I'm having a good year and not anywhere close! That's an interesting list, too.
ReplyDeleteWell Jeanie, this year has turned out well to start with. I have had time to read, and many of the books I have read has been very good.
DeleteSo happy for you you discovered Balzac this year. And I'm glad my post encouraged to go back to this meme
ReplyDeleteMe to, Emma. It was a nice acquaintance. I did read La Pere Goriot and like that one as well.
DeleteThank you very much for joining in - Sorry having to post as anon as Google/Blogger playing up and I cannot even use the other option
ReplyDeleteGlad to have you back and lots of lovely bokos for everyone to check out.
My pleasure. I used to do this before from time to time, and I liked putting the items together. Yes, there is a problem with blogger for the moment it seems. I had the same, but I could manually change it to my google account and then it came back automatically.
DeleteI have nothing but problems with the blogs at the moment, mostly with other bloggers who are on WordPress, so I don't know whether it's Blogger or them ...
DeleteMarianne, it seems to be the way. Mine has now stabilised at my Lisbeth google account again. Before, I had to change it manually.
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