June 2026 Wrap-Up

June, as expected, has largely been spent in front of the telly, watching grown men chasing a colourful ball around, and that has had a slight effect on my reading. However, I’ve done my best to at least provide a minimal service on the blog, and I even managed to add another couple of chapters to my ever-expanding The Tale of Genji coverage (consider yourselves lucky that I’ve mainly been preferencing highlights over full replays). In addition, inspired by the North-American release of Jón Kalman Stefánsson’s The Heart of Man, I managed a reread of his famous trilogy, revisiting them for a very special post. I’ll get to the books I’ve been reading (in between games) very soon, but first, let’s get down to business – here are the June stats ***** Total Books Read: 8 Year-to-Date: 61 New: 5 Rereads: 3 From the Shelves: 4 Review Copies: 3 From the Library: 1 Novels: 5 Novellas: 1 Short Stories: 1 Non-Fiction: 1 Non-English Language: 5 (2 Icelandic, 2 Mandarin, Japanese) In Original…