OCTOBER 2025

The Collector by John Fowles

dnfed this pretty quickly... i'm in a bit of a reading slump so trying to read a genre that is a out of my comfort zone did not really help :(

SEPTEMBER 2025

Água Viva by Clarice Lispector

i will finish this!! just need my braincells to collaborate

AUGUST 2025

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor

i had never heard of elizabeth taylor before this book was chosen for the club but i’m glad i picked it up! i always enjoy reading about mundane microcosmos, though this one was a bit gloomier than my usual reads. the mood of the story shifts between playfulness and sadness, some feelings of loneliness and vulnerability rang true even at my ripe old age of 26… by the end i got a bit bored with mr osmond’s antics, but the last few pages were a (good) punch in the gut.

JULY 2025

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

did not enjoy this very much… i can appreciate its innovative structure and overarching themes but overall i could not get into it (possibly bc i also had to study it in high school) sigh…