The Alphabet Soup Book Tag: F is for Fictionalize (Original)
The A is for Author Playlist: [ Ссылка ]
The E is for Ending Playlist: [ Ссылка ]
The N is for Novella Playlist: [ Ссылка ]
The W is for Writer Playlist: [ Ссылка ]
Books mentioned (in alphabetical order by author):
The Heart's Invisible Furies - John Boyne: [ Ссылка ]
The Absolutist - John Boyne: [ Ссылка ]
(My ranty review: [ Ссылка ])
A Ladder to the Sky - John Boyne: [ Ссылка ] (My full review: [ Ссылка ])
Starling Days - Rowan Hisayo Buchanan: [ Ссылка ]
Harmless Like You - Rowan Hisayo Buchanan: [ Ссылка ]
Room - Emma Donoghue: [ Ссылка ]
Sunset Song - Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Fruits of the Earth - Frederick Philip Grove
Psalm 44 - Danilo Kiš, John K. Cox (Translator) (My full review: [ Ссылка ])
Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life - Yiyun Li (My “review”: [ Ссылка ])
My Struggle: Book 1- Karl Ove Knausgård, Don Bartlett (Translator)
My Struggle: Book 2: A Man in Love - Karl Ove Knausgård, Don Bartlett (Translator)
Unknown Soldiers - Väinö Linna, Liesl Yamaguchi (Translator)
The End of Eddy - Édouard Louis, Michael Lucey (Translation)
History of Violence - Édouard Louis, Michael Lucey (Translation) (My full review: [ Ссылка ])
The Group - Mary McCarthy
A Place for Us - Fatima Farheen Mirza
Fathers and Sons - Ivan Turgenev, Isaiah Berlin (Translator)
Father's Day - Simon Van Booy
Prompts:
No, your answers to the following prompts do not have to feature book titles or authors that start with the letter F unless specifically stated below.
1. F is for Fictionalize: any or all of these: (a) your take on autofiction, (b) the writer you’d like to write a novel based on your life, and/or (c) a work of autobiographical fiction you’d recommend
2. F is for Farm: a great book set on a farm or about farming, and/or one you want to read
3. F is for Frank, Franz, Franny, or....: a writer you recommend or want to read whose first and/or last name starts with F (bonus points for both first and last name)
4. F is For The Love Of God : an experience of extreme exasperation while reading — about a book in its entirety or a smaller section thereof
5. F is for Find: a book with lots of F’s in the title (bonus points for more than two)
6. F is for Father: a work of fiction in which fatherhood is a central concern
7. F is for Finland: a book set in Finland or by a Finnish author you’d recommend or would like to try (find out about one if need be - it’ll be fun!)
8. F is for Fangirl: a new (or new-to-you) writer you’re really excited about
9. F is for Fling: you loved one book by this writer but nothing else
10. F is for Friends: a novel that satisfyingly explores friendship
11. F is for Far and Wide: tag feverishly!
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Chris and Emily of The Book Cougars: [ Ссылка ]
Tanya of the sampler girl: [ Ссылка ]
Christy of Dostoevsky in Space: [ Ссылка ]
Lucas of Bits of Lit: [ Ссылка ]
Wiebke of 1book1review: [ Ссылка ]
Kim at K Becker’s Books: [ Ссылка ]
Liv J Hooper: [ Ссылка ]
Nell of Reflective Rambling: [ Ссылка ]
David Murphy: [ Ссылка ]
My Goodreads is [ Ссылка ]
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