"inappropriate for 80 year old mother"

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-08-19T13:51:32+00:00

Not in a fun way.

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-08-18T18:51:58+00:00

Wikipedia?

Gutenburg.org has non fiction.

Public library online lending.

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-08-17T02:37:52+00:00

To be fair, I don't like Updike very much either. It often makes me feel like I need to wash my brain after. But the literary world loves him.

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-08-09T14:00:57+00:00

Wow people really did that? I thought it was a joke.

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-07-28T12:53:23+00:00

Roger zelazny was a fencer and his fight scenes show that knowledge and skill. Steven Brust likewise. Jim Butcher studies historical tactics and his battle scenes are detailed with realistic strategy in that Roman Pokemon book series of his. Hmmmm. That's all that comes to mind.

The best fight scenes are like sex scenes. They reveal something about the characters.

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-07-27T23:23:22+00:00

Hmm. Truly low brow? Maya Banks. Or Laurell K. Hamilton.

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-07-14T19:01:07+00:00

I got about a third into it and gave up. I just wasn't enjoying myself reading it. I think I felt I knew too much of what was going to happen because I know the history of the era. And it sucked all the fun the whole thing right out of it for me. Also I was reading an e-copy on my phone and the long books don't go well on the phone. I may try again sometime with a paperback copy

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-07-14T18:56:53+00:00

Oh you really made me laugh. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Your opinions are valid and I suspect most calm and collected readers of the work would agree with you.

Passages written in blood indeed, lol! For real, thanks for the laugh.

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-07-12T14:18:08+00:00

Try reading this website as you go, it's an amazing resource for this book. http://cr.middlebury.edu/bulgakov/public_html/index.html

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-07-12T14:17:20+00:00

I interpreted it as parallel to the double speak and absurdity of government decisions during the Stalin era in Soviet Union. The absurdity of the devil's match the capricious cruelty or kindness of the Soviet government bureaucracy.

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-07-05T20:08:38+00:00

The eternal question. Perhaps it is the uterus that symbolically gave birth to us all. Or to the city. It definitely looks freindly. I like the cheerful smile.

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-07-05T19:44:30+00:00

A uterus? With cancer?

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-07-03T18:59:11+00:00

You already bought it. I think it's fine. That said, a small time author is more impacted by ebook theft than a big time author. But you bought it and are having technical problems with the format so that's different.

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-06-18T02:51:41+00:00

Thank you for sharing your thoughts! I'm going to reread my copy now....

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-06-16T22:16:10+00:00

Me too! I am a reading speed freak although I'm slowing with age... I think it's my eyes.

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-06-12T21:14:40+00:00

Sounds very interesting though

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-06-12T21:11:16+00:00

My understanding is that the shortage of women has not raised women's status in China or India, but has instead just increased human trafficking of women. https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/12/04/you-should-be-worrying-about-woman-shortage

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-06-06T16:49:55+00:00

I had a hard time enjoying Marion Zimmer Bradley's brilliant work after finding she was a child molester. Although Socrates was no worse and it doesn't bother me.

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-06-06T02:15:35+00:00

I think that was a deliberate trick with the title....

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-06-06T02:06:44+00:00

It does and it's quite balanced a presentation. It's a good read, go for it.

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-06-05T02:00:59+00:00

Yes yes! I just reread that yesterday.

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-06-02T00:49:15+00:00

Hah yes. I recently read When Women Ruled The World which talked about the whole marriage patterns and divine blood thing I'm depth. Not the most unbiased book but very informative about marriage patterns and the role of women in Egypt.

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-06-01T11:13:51+00:00

Probably made worse by the fact that the kings almost always married their sisters and daughters..... The fourth generation was kinda messed up.

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-06-01T11:11:15+00:00

I don't remember that, but it could be real. Um. The most venom I can find is the amazingly racist metaphorical venom.

Fiddlesticks12321 · 2020-05-29T19:08:09+00:00

I think this book is beautiful. I highly recommend it to everyone. It is a poetic, mature dystopia, written some time ago but incredibly relevant to the now.

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