20booksofsummer23 – Imogen is Reading and Watching the World: On Books, Film, Art & More

Imogen is Reading and Watching the World: On Books, Film, Art & More

I'm a UK-based editor for a major publisher. I'm making it my off-duty duty to experience FIVE books, FIVE films, art, TV, music and food from every country in the world (where feasible). See drop down menus for my progress.

Book review: Purge by Sofi Oksanen (Finnish book of the month)

A novel following the lives of two women through Estonia’s fractured 20th century history

Book review: A Bookshop in Algiers by Kaouther Adimi (Algeria)

A fictionalized account of the establishment of a legendary bookshop in Algiers

The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna (Finnish book of the month)

Blackly comic novel of escapades involving a disillusioned Helsinki journalist and his adopted hare

Book review: The Turnout by Megan Abbott (USA)

Overwrought and sensuous tale of obsession and rivalry set around a family-owned ballet studio

My 20 Books of Summer 2023

Cathy at 746book is running her 20 books of summer reading challenge again this year and here’s my list