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I have managed to read several books for my Novella November, but not as many as I hoped.

The Diesel is a fantastical story of a transgender person in UAE, hard to make sense of. The tagged was a retelling of Shakespeare. Memory is dense and more non-fictional than I liked, but several chapters were completely engrossing. In Sicily is a picture of it's time. And Sacrifice was enjoyable and also forgettable.

Up next, I think, is Hard Times.

Rereading for my French book club

This book is full of references to colonization, full of humor too (absurd situation, dark humor, double entendre). It's a short book that is worth taking the time to read in-depth.

It's a successful rewriting of The Tempest by Shakespeare, adding contemporary themes (published in 1969).

Reading keys: Think of Ariel as Martin Luther King, and of Caliban as Malcolm X ;)

I really enjoyed this rewriting of The Tempest by Shakespeare. Highly recommend!

1. El Paso, TX
2. Hard question... A Dry White Season by André Brink
3. A Tempest by Aimé Césaire
4. Can't think of any
5. Harold and Maude
6. Can't think of any