#Corona lockdown list
16 May 2020, Leeuwarden, NL
- Last night (March 30) BBC News told us that this
- …coronavirus crisis could last 6 months!
- After every 3 weeks the stats will be
- …evaluated to see if we have ‘crushed the curve’.
- I am sure NL will apply similar rules.
- 6 months!! OMG.
- Now that I’ve got time on my freshly cleaned hands,
- …it is time to stock up on books not toilet paper…
- TURN OFF the news
- …and make my reading list for a long lockdown.
- There must be one or two books on this list that
- …can deflect and divert
- …the corona news….for a few hours.
- #NotGoingAnywhereSoon
- PS: no SF on the list
- …just look outside if you want that experience!
- Essayism – Brian Dillon – 2017 – Review
- Can You Tolerate This – A. Young (2016) – Review
- Critics, Monsters and Fanatics – Cynthia Ozick – Review
- The China Model – Daniel Bell – 2016 – Review
- A Warning – Anonymous (2019) – Review
- The Unmaking of the Presidency – S. Hennessey, B. Wittes (2020) – Review
- A Very Stable Genius – Carol Leonnig, Philip Rucker (2020) – Review
- Front Row at the Trump Show – J. Karl – Review
- I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us – Ed Yong (2016) – Review
- Shosha – I.B. Singer (fiction) – Review
- The Orphan Master’s Son – A. Johnson (fiction) – Review
- L’Été – Albert Camus – Review
- Collected Short Stories – Elizabeth Bowen – READING (14/79 read)
- The Moviegoer – Percy Walker – Review
- Tu seras un homme, mon fils – P. Assouline (2020) – Review
- D’un cheval l’autre – Bartabas (2020) – READING
- Thérèse Raquin – Emile. Zola – Review
- Saul Steinberg: A Portrait – D. Bair – Review
- Thomas Aquinas – Denys Turner – Review
- Brown is The New White – Steve Phillips – Review
- My Vanishing Country – B. Sellers (2020) – Review
NancyElin 
Your lists are always so impressive Nancy!
Love the Aussie contenders of course. I’m struggling with anything heavy atm, finding comfort in the more gentle times of Pym & Thirkell.
I find comfort in a late night cheese sandwich….and then
just around 9 pm a small dram of Irish Whisky in a pre-warmed cognac glass.
It really helps to calm the mind and reflect on all that is happening around me/us.
Tip: if you enjoy the comedian Ricky Gervais he posts a 20 min video nightly…his Churchillian way to “address the nation” and give us all a laugh. He is silly…but that is what we need once in a while. Have a look on Twitter @rickygervais
I just quickly read your post on your blog….and will comment later. I just have to wake up slowly to face another Corona day.
We find comfort in a late night west wing episode (or 2) & Easter egg chocolate!
I have West Wing deluxe box set…..I on season 1 dvd disc nr 2.
Online groceries arrive at my doorsept Wednesdag….I’ll put yet another
pouch chocolate Easter eggs on my shopping list!
Constellations is so good – enjoy!
Cathy, some of the “Ireland” books were intended for #ReadingIrelandMonth20…but I just ran out of ‘reading steam’ mid March. Drastic changes in daily life in NL….but I guess if this goes on for months I will have to find my ‘book mojo’ soon. Life post Cronoa will never be the same. Stay safe and a nip of Irish whisky as anti-viral nightcap does rather agree with me!
Love points 15/16 in your intro. Gave me a laugh!
And I like your list – particularly all the Aussies in there as Brona says.
Aussie authors were in the planning for #AWW20 …and I will have to really do my best to get back into those books. SF….I know, eerie images of empty world cities….deserted beaches….it is as if Nevil Shute’s On the Beach is coming to life! Stay safe….keep in touch!
Yes re On the beach! I hope not though!
This is such an impressive list!! I Contain Multitudes sounds really intriguing…
Ed Yong is a brilliant writer.
If you have not read his article in The Atlantic “How the Pandemic Will End”
….I would recommend you do! You will find the
link to the article on my #Corona update 26.03.2020 blogpost.
I read that article last week, so would be really interested in his book!
An amazing list! I’m looking forward to seeing what you make of them. I’m particularly curious about the Varoufakis, the Packer, and the Kotlowitz.
I’ve read two: Brian Dillon (which I loved) and Sebald (which I liked, but less than his novels).
Keep well! It looks like you’ve got proper companionship for staying home & reading a lot of books!