This book was fascinating and challenging but I felt excluded. The writer explicitly states she’s writing for women in their 40s and 50s so older women don’t form part of her analysis. The examples are chilling, but the last person I want to disagree with is another feminist. A good read though, well written, equallyContinue reading “March into April”
Category Archives: book
May (we continue to read, please?)
This was a month in which I read not widely but well. I ended May with my reading mojo restored but at times I thought I’d never pick up a book again. I have a very low fear threshold. Enid Blyton’s “Five and the Mystery Train” scared me so much as a child I couldn’tContinue reading “May (we continue to read, please?)”
April
Libraries use the Dewey Decimal System or the Library of Congress method of categorising (and therefore shelving) books. Bookshops are a little more relaxed but generally you know what you’re getting on a shelf marked “Local Interest” or “Literary Fiction.” What about the libraries in our own homes? Things might be colour co-ordinated or alphabetisedContinue reading “April”
March on
I’d sworn off big books for a while, but I had this on order at the library, and when the library calls, you must answer. I’ve read pretty much everything by this author, and although nothing has quite reached the heights of The Poisonwood Bible I’d never let a book by Kingsolver pass me by.Continue reading “March on”
How many weeks?
(what I read in January part 2) There is a benefit to the month that seems to go on for at least six weeks. Lots more time to read. Dark evenings and wet fields keep this walker indoors and there’s still a hint of resolution in the air. I continued my January reading with thisContinue reading “How many weeks?”
Suzy D Harris 