Reading Pilgrimage 2026

Reading Pilgrimage
ReadAlong 2026
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Reading Pilgrimage is intended to help readers discover and appreciate Dorothy Richardson’s masterpiece Pilgrimage.
~*~ JANUARY:
Introductory Session

FEBRUARY:
Pointed Roofs
Published: 1915 |

MARCH:
Backwater
Published: 1916 |

APRIL:
Honeycomb
Published: 1917 |

MAY:
The Tunnel
Published: 1919 |

JUNE:
Interim
Published: 1920 |

JULY:
Deadlock
Published: 1921 |

AUGUST:
Revolving Lights
Published: 1923 |

SEPTEMBER:
The Trap
Published: 1925 |

OCTOBER:
Oberland
Published: 1928 |

NOVEMBER:
Dawn's Left Hand
Published: 1931 |

DECEMBER:
Clear Horizon
Published: 1935 |

JANUARY:
Dimple Hill
Published: 1938 |

FEBRUARY:
March Moonlight
Published: 1967 |

~*~ * header image source: cover for Pilgrimage 4 by Dorothy Richardson
* My first pilgrimage of Pilgrimage was in 2022 (here). I finished first book and got partially through second.

Japanese Literature Challenge 19

Japanese Literature Challenge 19
hosted by Dolce Bellezza (details)
January 1 to March 31, 2026

The Amberglow Candy Store
by Hiyoko Kurisu
translated by Matt Treyvaud
Fantasy, Magic, Cozy, Candy, Japan | Published: 2025 | my rating: 5

Little Shrew
by Akiko Miyakoshi
Children's, Animal, Friendship, illustrated | Published: 2024

Hotel Iris
by Yoko Ogawa
translated by Stephen Snyder
Psychological, Erotic, Japan | Published: 1996 (first)

Nobu: a memoir
by Nobuyuki Matsuhisa
Memoir, Restauranteur, Japan | Published: 2017

Murderbot

Mystery, Mayhem, Murderbot
Must-reads!
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All Systems Red
by Martha Wells
SciFi (2017)

Artificial Condition
by Martha Wells (2018)

Rogue Protocol
by Martha Wells (2018)

Exit Strategy
by Martha Wells (2018)

Network Effect
by Martha Wells (2020)

Fugitive Telemetry
by Martha Wells (2021)

System Collapse
by Martha Wells (2023)

Then watch series...

Murderbot
season 1 (2025)

~*~ * header image source: murderbot

Book pile: yellow treats

This year's summer reading pile includes a lot of yellow covered treats.

Japanese Literature Challenge 18

Japanese Literature Challenge 18
hosted by Dolce Bellezza (details)
January 1 to March 31, 2025

Kanazawa
by David Joiner
Contemporary Fiction, Kanawawa, Japan | Published: 2022 | my rating: 4

Nails and Eyes
by Kaori Fujino
translated by Kendall Heitzmann
Horror, Short Stories, Japan | Published: 2013 (first) | my rating: 4

Lonely Planet Journeys: Lost Japan
by Alex Kerr
Travel, Memoir, Japan | Published: 2013 | my rating: 5

Under the Eye of the Big Bird
by Hiromi Kawakami
translated by Asa Yoneda
SciFi, Speculative, Japan | Published: 2016 (first)