Zoladdiction 2014 – Wrap Up

April seemed to come and go too quickly…. Now the month ends, and so Zoladdiction 2014—an event of reading and appreciating Émile Zola’s works to celebrate his birth-month. I feel like I should have done more with this event. Last year I could do much more than only reading and reviewing. But this year I have been busy as a Lector at my church, and as this year’s Easter was on April, I must dedicate most of my time for the preparation. Moreover, my boss has been assigning me to tackle more works than last year, and so I was left with a very limited time (and energy) to read books—in which, nevertheless, I have successfully squeezed two Zola’s just in time!

Anyway, here is my wrap up for Zoladdiction 2014:

Books I have read and reviewed (2):

The Kill (La Curée)

Nana

Post about Zola or his books (1):

Bois de Boulogne from The Kill

(More) books to be added to my collection (2):

The Fortune of the Rougons

(yes, I finally came to this, the first of the series)

The Belly of Paris

(still hasn't arrived yet, although I bought it together with The Fortune)

How was it?

As usual, I enjoyed my (almost) full month of Zola. I have been wondering; won’t reading 2 books successively by the same author make me bored? After Zoladdiction 2013, I knew I would, but Zola would always be an exception. I was amazed and entertained by the two books, although both won’t be my next favorites. As last year’s, Zoladdiction 2014 was a satisfying event, and I think my love to Zola is getting stronger now.

What next?

1. I WILL positively host another Zoladdiction next year—yay to that!

2. I think I will read another Zola this year, apart from this event. I’m still thirst of another (more) gripping Zola. Hopefully The Debacle would be a good choice.

3. If I have more time this year, I would love to dedicate it to enrich the content of my Zola blog. Well, right now the contents are mostly copy-paste from my classic blog (shame on me!), but I really want to write more dedicated posts about Zola and his works.

Now…., how were YOU doing? Share with us in your wrap-up posts, and submit the link here. I’m really curious!

NOTE:

The Master Post’s linky would be open only until May 3^rd (because of the limitation from the provider). For you who haven’t submitted your reviews or other posts until the deadline, you could still submit it here (in the Wrap-Up post). This one will be open until May 10^th.