Here are
The top 7 books
I plan to read in July 2021
Click on the covers to know more
CURRENTLY READING
📚 Les Revenentes, by Georges Perec
Published in 1972 – reading with a French student
I recently finished La Disparition, by the same author. Translated as A Void in English. It was a fascinating mystery, where the letter e was never used once! And the English translator managed that feat as well!
Now in Les Revenentes, as you can guess from the French title, the only vowel used is the e!! Translated as The Exeter Text.
📚 Dictionnaire amoureux du polar, by Pierre Lemaitre
Published on October 22, 2020
Great passages on other thrillers, some rather dark, and a lot of humor, which I didn’t realize Lemaitre had, among so many other talents.
📚 The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race, by Walter Isaacson
Published on March 9, 2021 – won through Goodreads
This is so good, like anything by this author.
This is so fascinating. Great technical details, clearly explained for all. There’s a lot also about patents and legal fights.
📚 Languages of Truth: Essays, 2003-2020, by Salman Rushdie
Published on May 25, 2021 – received for review through Netgalley
I was very impressed by Rushdie’s writing in Quichotte.
I love this author’s smart brain!
And I’m going to add so many books to my TBR, mentioned in these essays.
READING NEXT
📚 History in English Words, by Owen Barfield
Published in 1926
Will be reading for The Classics Club – this was my latest spin, I am one month late
“This popular book provides a brief, brilliant history of those who have spoken the Indo-European tongues. It is illustrated throughout by current English words—whose derivation from other languages, whose history in use and changes of meaning—record and unlock the larger history.”
CURRENT AND NEXT AUDIOBOOKS
📚 Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot #24) by Agatha Christie
Published in 1941
Part of my project to listen to all of HP, for The Classics Club
“It seems that no matter how hard he tries, Poirot never quite gets a holiday. This story sees him in Devon, Agatha Christie’s home county, and, of course, among the scantily clad sunbathers, a murdered woman is found.
It was not unusual to find the beautiful bronzed body of the sun-loving Arlena Stuart stretched out on a beach, face down. Only, on this occasion, there was no sun… she had been strangled. Ever since Arlena’s arrival at the resort, Hercule Poirot had detected sexual tension in the seaside air. But could this apparent ‘crime of passion’ have been something more evil and premeditated altogether?”
📚 Impact, by Olivier Norek
Published in October 2020
I have listened to another thriller by this author, which I enjoyed a lot. This book is also a thriller, related to what we are doing to our planet, I think I’m going to enjoy t as well.
📚 I will probably also listen to Hercule Poirot #25 and #26
📚 And now that I’m done listening to the whole Old Testament, I’ll be listening to the New Testament. More slowly, because in parallel, I plan to read a very recent translation by David Bentley Hart.
CURRENT GIVEAWAYS
List of books I can swap with yours
PLANS FOR JULY
I haven’t done yet the following two points I was intending to do in June:
I am also in the process of streamlining all my Categories and Tags.
And of transitioning France Book Tours to another theme, and other forms of marketing!
Reading wise, working on my #20booksofsummer21
HAVE YOU READ
OR ARE YOU PLANNING TO READ
ANY OF THESE?
WHAT ARE YOUR READING PLANS FOR JULY?
Words And Peace 
I’m slowly working my way through the categories and tags too – I can do it only in short spurts though. It’s a bit dull work..
LikeLike
You gave me the inspiration to do it! Yes, slow work
LikeLike
Hi Emma, which audio are you listening to for the Bible? I’ve been using the Bible in One Year, a free app but after that Id like to concentrate on the NT for a while.
LikeLike
I’m listening to the free recordings on YouTube narrated by Alexander Scourby. He was the first one to narrate the whole Bible, in the 1950s. Here is the full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2hAbRtAA-stN5FGGb0pTOQbenQCM-4OL
LikeLike
Thanks, Emma. 😊
LikeLike
you are welcome. Enjoy!
LikeLike
Great list, Emma. The first two go well with our Paris in July month and some of the others would have fitted in my Six Degrees of Separation which led me via a few other books about language to The Story of the English by Joseph Piercy.
Happy Reading Month!
LikeLike
Thanks for stopping by. now on my way to visit you
LikeLike
I’d forgotten I used to collect stamps as a kid! The local post office used to have stamp exhibitions, and I used to wait to buy them in a long, long queue. I never got hold of the Georges Perec stamp, that’s for sure!
LikeLike
Talking about that, if you know anyone collecting stamps, I have a good amount to give away (not processed, still on corners of envelops)
LikeLiked by 1 person
Super, another interest that we share(d)!
LikeLike
I actually never collected them, but kept them to give to collectors
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’ve never read any Rushdie. Perhaps his essays are a good place to start? I’ve listened to Evil Under the Sun on audio. In my opinion an excellent story!
LikeLike
Yes, another great Hercule Poirot, though I thought the denouement was a bit too dragging.
Yes, if you are intimidated, start by these essays. If you have read Don Quijote though, you absolutely need to read his Quichotte
LikeLiked by 1 person
I think I’m going to try another Christie while on vacation. I did not love And Then There Were None, but Poirot might suit me better. I also am still working my way through L’étranger (getting more into it) and I definitely want to read The Meursault Investigation! Thanks for calling my attention to that one.
LikeLike
wow, And Then There Were None is still my favorite by her.
Yes, after you read L’Étranger, you need to read Daoud, and I think its quite accessible in French as well.
This summer, I also plan to read Looking for The Stranger: Albert Camus and the Life of a Literary Classic, by Alice Kaplan
LikeLiked by 1 person
Just different tastes in mysteries I think, I prefer the character-driven ones rather than the puzzle types. The Kaplan book sounds also very interesting!
LikeLike
Ah I see, I definitely love puzzles!
LikeLike
Thank you for sharing the Bible link. I’m so excited. I hope you had a wonderful weekend filled with family, love and joy.
http://www.rsrue.blogspot.com
LikeLike
It was nice, except the very little sleep (4 hours Saturday night and 4 Sunday night), because of all the tons of horrible fireworks all around us. They went up to 3 am!! I’m still hearing some, we are Monday at 10:30pm, but apparently coming from less backyards
LikeLike
Pingback: 2021: July wrap-up | Words And Peace