Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme started by @Lauren’s Page Turners but is currently hosted by Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog. This meme is quite easy to follow – just randomly pick a book from your to-be-read list and explain why you want to read it. It is that simple.

This week’s book:

The Delta Function by Rosa Montero

Blurb from Goodreads

In La función delta (1981), the second novel of the best-selling Spanish author Rosa Montero, the real world is as unmapped and treacherous as ever for her countrywomen, but more universal concerns impinge. Translated into English by Kari Easton and Yolanda Molina Gavilán, The Delta Function explores a woman’s fears of being abandoned, of being alone, and of dying. A unique double narrative structure throws into relief time’s effect on her self-identity, sexuality, and relations with others. Readers will be inspired to confront and rethink their own version of the world around them.

Why I Want To Read It

Happy Monday, everyone! Just like that, we are already in the first workweek of the third month of 2026. Woah—how time flies! Time takes its natural course. It flows forward, sans regard for any of us, whether we are ready to move forward or not. As such, I hope that the year is going—and will continue to go—well for everyone. I hope the year will curry favor with you all. Things are starting to look up at work. Because it is the first week of the month, I am busy due to month-end closing processes. This comes after a rather slow workweek. I am thankful that things are beginning to settle into a more normal rhythm. There are still challenges before me, but hey, I do enjoy challenges—well, at least from time to time. Anyway, I hope everyone has had a good start to the workweek and the year. The new week brims with hope and fresh starts. I hope it flows in everyone’s favor. Wishing you continued success and happiness.

I know—not many people get excited about Mondays (though I’m sure a few are out there). I, too, am not exactly a fan. I hope that as the week moves forward, you slowly gain a semblance of momentum. After all, we’ve got to start somewhere, and Monday is one of those starting points. More importantly, I hope everyone is doing well—mentally, emotionally, and physically. With the new month, I have commenced a new literary journey. From Latin America and the Caribbean, I have traveled across the Atlantic to Europe to immerse myself in the works of European writers. It took me some time to decide where to land next, but in the end, I chose to read European writers since most of the books on my 2026 reading challenge list are by European authors. I began this journey with Polish Nobel Laureate in Literature Władysław Reymont’s The Peasants. It is quite a hefty book, but I cannot wait to see what it has in store.

For this weekly bookish meme, I will be featuring works by European writers I am looking forward to. Since March is Women’s History Month, I will be highlighting mostly works by European women writers, starting with Spanish author Rosa Montero. I have to admit, my foray into works by Spanish writers (those from Spain) is rather limited—more so when it comes to Spanish women writers. If memory serves me right, the only Spanish author I have read so far is Carmen Martín Gaite. I hope to expand this list. I am glad to be discovering new writers like Montero. Like many writers, she began as a journalist, even winning the National Journalism Prize for her articles and literary reports in 1980. She published her first novel, Crónica del desamor (Chronicle of Enmity), a year earlier.

Meanwhile, The Delta Function is her sophomore novel. Originally published in 1981 as La función Delta, the novel grapples with the trials and tribulations of women’s liberation in the post-Franco years. In this way, it reminds me of Gaite’s Variable Cloud. Despite being published in the early 1980s, the novel alternates between its present and the future—the future being 2010. This dual time frame allows readers to examine the novel’s main theme by comparing the past with the future and observing how things have changed. I sense that it reflects Montero’s prognosis of what the future holds for Spanish women. This premise alone piques my interest. And with this month’s motif, The Delta Function would fit right in. However, obtaining a copy may prove to be a challenge.

Still, I hope to secure a copy—if not soon, then eventually. How about you, fellow readers? How was your Monday? What books have you recently added to your reading list? Drop your thoughts in the comments. For now—happy Monday, and as always, happy reading!