Friday Reads: Character Development? Naming the Translator? Am I Asking Too Much?

Friday Reads: Character Development? Naming the Translator? Am I Asking Too Much?

 #InvisibleCitiesProject 
Kathy James-Cavan’s Zoom talk, “Jane Austen and Diversity: Laughter through Gritted Teeth” https://artsandscience.usask.ca/news/articles/5861/Jane_Austen_and_Diversity_Laughter_through_Gritted_Teeth

The Bookstore Crawl video from 2018, featuring Kathy and a bunch of other lovely readerly friends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Q7Yrsl2U0

Book Naturalists Book Club
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Doris's announcement video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdv8RxyZgwM
Heidi’s announcement video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzC2ki7nfaM&t=403s
Books mentioned:

The Miseducation of Evie Epworth - Matson Taylor: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48591020-the-miseducation-of-evie-epworth

Rabbit Foot Bill - Helen Humphreys: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48253890-rabbit-foot-bill?from_search=true&qid=zLlgMn6YXu&rank=1

The Lost Garden - Helen Humphreys: The Lost Garden - Helen Humphreys: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1302575.The_Lost_Garden?ac=1&from_search=true
My full review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZH_uynNcqY

The Twilight Years - Sawako Ariyoshi, Mildred Tahara (Translator): https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/748936

The Last Chapter  Leila Abouzeid, Leila Abouzeid & John Liechety (Translators): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/723275.The_Last_Chapter

For Bread Alone - Mohamed Choukri, Paul Bowles (Translator): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/155766.For_Bread_Alone?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=zjvD7qM3oA&rank=5

We Have Buried the Past - Abdelkrim Ghallab, Roger Allen (Translation): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26240277-we-have-buried-the-past?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=X8V23T0Y02&rank=1

About My Mother: A Novel - Tahar Ben Jelloun, Ros Schwartz (Translation), Lulu Norman (Translation): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27134197-about-my-mother

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments - Aimee Nezhukumatathil: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48615751-world-of-wonders
(She pronounces her own name at the beginning of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDV-xRooeQM&t=21s)

Docherty - William McIlvanney: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/512009.Docherty?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=HeGMO5nzQn&rank=1

Kiss of the Spider Woman - Manuel Puig, Allan Baker (Translator): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/588242.Kiss_of_the_Spider_Woman

Dead Girls - Selva Almada, Annie McDermott (Translator): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49008146-dead-girls?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=mpMMZDbyyC&rank=1
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