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I am just starting Machiavelli for Women by Stacey Vanek Smith. I'm not usually a self-help reader, but this was chosen by my book club. I am familiar with the author from hearing her on the Planet Money podcast so am actually looking forward to digging in!
Baggage by Alan Cumming, 2nd autobiography…
Enjoyed it
Fast read
Interesting life
Didn’t realize he was as successful in stage work
Or that he had done some of the movies he did
Knows many well known people in entertainment
Hope he writes 3rd book with lots of stories about The Good Wife
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Fictionalized life of Marie of France, first (acknowledged) female poet writing in 1100s England
Don’t know it was as impressive as the reviews (was nominated for Booker Prize)
Felt more surface than depth even though Groff does use a split sort of 1st and 3rd person narration
Easy enough to read
Eleanor of Aquitaine one of characters who influenced Marie’s life
So if you like Medieval era maybe interesting for you
Set mainly in nunnery w/Marie as Abbess
I have had Memory of Violets on my TBR list for a long time and this is a good reminder to maybe look into it!
I think it was mentioned here (several) years ago.
I just finished Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce and it was very different. Some of the plot was a bit much, but overall the writing is great and the characters are so well developed.Just take a leap of accepting some of the story and it works out beautifully.
Going to try Universe of Two next.
Again, I really wanted to love Miss Benson's Beetle, but try as I might, I just could not get into it. Sadly, another DNF for me.
I just began rereading Woodswoman by Anne La Bestille. It's non-fiction. +I read it for the first time many years ago. It's written by a woman who tired of the city life. She moved into the woods in the NYS Adirondack Mountains. She built her own log cabin and lived alone with her dog/s. No modern conveniences. She traveled by canoe.
It's an interesting window into the life many of us consider living now and then.
This is La Bestille's second book about her big move. The first one was good too, but her second was better as she became more comfortable with the isolation and self-sufficiency. She gives us a lot of information about the Adirondack Mountains too.
Her books are really interesting. I own the first two books about her living in the woods, but it's hard to find the others. Anyway, glad you enjoyed them!
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