Sunday, June 1, 2025

2025 Reading List Monthly Update: May

Books read in May of 2025:

"Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing" (Lili Taylor) 5-5-25
"Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division" (Deborah Curtis) 5-8-25
"Six Tragedies: Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Julius Caesar" (William Shakespeare)" 5-16-25 +
"Holding Pattern" (Jenny Xie) 5-21-25 
"Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages" (Umberto Eco) 5-28-25 
"The True History of the Black Adder" (J.F. Roberts) 5-28-25 
"The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra" (William Shakespeare) 5-29-25 
"All's Well That Ends Well" (William Shakespeare) 5-30-25
"The Merchant of Venice" (William Shakespeare) 5-31-25 
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2025 Reading List Total:

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1. "The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages" (Sara J. Charles) 1-5-25 
2. "Strange Pictures" (Uketsu) 1-10-25
3. "Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions" (Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi) 1-11-25
4. "The Violin with Human Strings and Other Tales of Musical Madness" (Antonio Ghislanzoni) 1-14-25
5. "Anuarí" (Teresa Wilms Montt) 1-16-25 
6. "Voices of the Fallen Heroes and Other Stories" (Yukio Mishima) 1-20-25
7. "When I Think of My Missing Head" (Adolfo Couve) 1-20-25
8. "Medieval Woodcut Illustrations: City Views and Decorations from the Nuremberg Chronicle" (Carol Belanger Grafton) 1-20-25
9. "Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed & Confused" (Melissa Maerz) 1-22-25 
10. "The Song of Roland and Other Poems of Charlemagne" (Anonymous) 1-29-25 
11. "The Illustrated History of the Popes" (Charles Phillips) 2-7-25
12. "The Prince" (Niccolo Machiavelli) 2-16-25
13. "The Complete Canterbury Tales" (Geoffrey Chaucer) 2-17-25 
14. "A Perfect Day to Be Alone" (Nanae Aoyama) 2-20-25
15. "Upuaut" (Brendan Connell) 2-23-25 
16. "The Aristocracy of Nerves (and One Other)" (Justin Isis) 2-24-25 
17. "Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth" (David Browne) 2-24-25 
18. "El Cid: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary" (Nora Berend) 2-28-25
19. "The Big Lebowski: The Making of a Coen Brothers Film" (William Preston Robertson + Tricia Cooke) 3-4-25 
20. "Six Histories: King John, Richard II, King Henry IV Pts. 1 & 2, Henry V, Richard III" (William Shakespeare) 3-14-25
21. "Medieval Cats: Claws, Paws, and Kitties of Yore" (Catherine Nappington) 3-16-25
22. "Orbital" (Samantha Harvey) 3-19-25
23. "The Liminal Zone 2" (Junji Ito) 3-20-25
24. "Spectacular Visual Guides: A Shakespearean Theatre" (Jacqueline Morley/John James) 3-21-25
25. "Vladivostok Circus" (Elisa Shua Dusapin) 3-27-25
26. "Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything" (Jennifer Keishin Armstrong) 3-29-25
27. "En Route" (J.-K. Huysmans/Brendan King translation) 4-6-25 +
28. "10,000 Light-Years From Home" (James Tiptree Jr.) 4-15-25
29. "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (J.R.R. Tolkien) 4-25-25 
30. "The Rainbow" (Yasunari Kawabata) 4-30-25
31. "Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing" (Lili Taylor) 5-5-25
32. "Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division" (Deborah Curtis) 5-8-25
33. "Six Tragedies: Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Julius Caesar" (William Shakespeare)" 5-16-25 +
34. "Holding Pattern" (Jenny Xie) 5-21-25 
35. "Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages" (Umberto Eco) 5-28-25 
36. "The True History of the Black Adder" (J.F. Roberts) 5-28-25 
37. "The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra" (William Shakespeare) 5-29-25 
38. "All's Well That Ends Well" (William Shakespeare) 5-30-25
39. "The Merchant of Venice" (William Shakespeare) 5-31-25 

*= book I have read at least once in the past

+= book I have read before, but not this reprint/edition/translation

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