May Reading Wrap Up
Welcome to my May reading wrap-up. It’s a short collection of finished books this month, spanning radically different topics.
We’ve a 50-year-old sci-fi novel that completely blew my mind, which is part of my new reading project seeking the perfect pastoral utopia, and another instalment from my ongoing Agatha Christie Project, where I am trying to read every book Agatha Christie wrote in no particular order.
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My copy of Woman on the Edge of Time. (Photo: Rachel Foster)
Woman on the Edge of Time
By Marge Piercy. First published May 1976
A seminal piece of utopian speculative fiction that completely blew my mind this month. It explores a radically gender-neutral society that has dismantled the patriarchy, but at a fascinating biological cost. If you've ever wondered what a true utopia looks like in fiction, check out my full review and thoughts on the price of equality.
My copy of An Ordeal by Innocence. (Photo: Rachel Foster)
An Ordeal by Innocence
By Agatha Christie. First published 1958
This is the fifteenth book I have read in my project to read everything by Agatha Christie. As a standalone novel, this offers a great opportunity to step away from the usual formula and indulge in a deep exploration of the human condition. How do people live with one another when any of them might be the murderer? I am especially struck by the quality of the dialogue and conversations in the book. Very authentic and realistic. It does mean the mystery unfolds through exposition, but of such a high quality it isn't at all annoying. Really excellent.
