My year of reading women: Part 2
I’m back to wrap up my 2019 reading project. For a brief reminder about this year’s reading theme, you can go back and revisit part 1 here . There was a sort of plan to branch out and cover a wide range of geography and themes in my reading, but I don’t know how successful it turned out. I barely ventured pre-1950 and geographically I ended up limiting myself to North America, Europe and Africa, a smidgeon of Australia thrown in unexpectedly. It was Gary Younge’s article which originally inspired me to look at African writers, and his recommendations were all absolutely superb (I’ve been meaning to send him an email to thank him for the inspiration). But I only attempted one book from the Middle East – unsuccessfully – and otherwise skipped out entirely on South America and Asia. Shame on me. I kept my eyes and ears open for a broader range of diverse voices, but circumstances, opportunity and want kept me focused elsewhere. As an avid reader, I just love ...