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Books 2010 - 3 + one note
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Lavinia - Ursula K. LeGuin - most awesome! Gaps in the Aeneid filled in from a female character's point of view. Makes me want to relearn my Latin, and read the epic in the original latin.
A Respectable Trade - Phillipa Gregory - Interesting historical novel - follows a white woman and an African slave in late 1700s Bristol. She draws parallels between how powerless the white woman was w.r.t her husband, and how powerless the African man was w.r.t. the white woman. Both characters are fleshed out, and I especially like how the African man was not portrayed as a "savage," but as a man from a sophisticated culture. He is definitely the most sympathetic character in the book.
Perilous Gard - Elizabeth Marie Pope - A very good mystery with a bit of romance for the grade school crowd. So good I'm adding it to my library.
Year's total: 83
Also, please be aware that I may post things over there that don't make it over here, not because I want to be annoying, but because the system over there allows me greater control of what is publically available, and what is private.
Lavinia - Ursula K. LeGuin - most awesome! Gaps in the Aeneid filled in from a female character's point of view. Makes me want to relearn my Latin, and read the epic in the original latin.
A Respectable Trade - Phillipa Gregory - Interesting historical novel - follows a white woman and an African slave in late 1700s Bristol. She draws parallels between how powerless the white woman was w.r.t her husband, and how powerless the African man was w.r.t. the white woman. Both characters are fleshed out, and I especially like how the African man was not portrayed as a "savage," but as a man from a sophisticated culture. He is definitely the most sympathetic character in the book.
Perilous Gard - Elizabeth Marie Pope - A very good mystery with a bit of romance for the grade school crowd. So good I'm adding it to my library.
Year's total: 83
