It’s hard to think how much good can possibly come from projects like this one. Between the myth series here and the Shakespeare series that’s currently being published by the likes of Jo Nesbo, Margaret Atwood, and Edward St Aubyn, there’s not much in the way of good novels. There’s some interesting takes and various other kinds of things like that, but when a project is sort of “assigned” I think the limits are built in already. It’s the same way about a lot of […]
More random weird books
Ok so I don’t know if I know what this one is about. I mean I DO but I don’t. This book starts with alternating narrators: one is a giantess in the English Civil War ala ie Cromwell, and another is her adopted ward who is a kind of cross-dressing time-traveler. Ok, so I got 60 words so far. And that’s kind of the whole book? I mean there’s definitely some adventures and mishaps and a lot of craziness. It reads like a a Terry […]
A spy, a Scottish detective, and a gender-less narrator walk into a book
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: 3/5 Stars Sometimes when I have seen the movie version of a book first, I run out the same day and find a copy of the book. Sometimes I even go read books for movies coming out even if I have no desire to see the movie, just in case I ACCIDENTALLY see the movie. I am not saying it’s sane; it’s just what I do. With this one, I saw the movie a few years back and I think I […]
Our bodies, our selves.
Years and years ago, my beloved theory professor and mentor at my MA institution recommended Jeanette Winterson, and most specifically, Written on the Body, if I wanted to better grasp queer theory and literature. I found a copy at Goodwill but have not opened it until now, and now I regret only the many years that I did not absorb this amazing and beautifully-written text. This novel is written in a nonlinear fashion by an author whose gender is never specified. This author discusses past […]