June feels so long ago, I can barely remember all the things (and books that happened). So I’ll just lightly discuss the ones I enjoyed. Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq This was this year’s Booker Prize winner and I liked this a lot. It’s a collection of stories that to me, speaks to the interiority of the female being in religious (Muslim) South Asian society. I find that religion, particularly Islam in Asia, gives a heavy, suffocating air to...