I had a "summer weekend" in winter this weekend. Often, during the summer, I'll get a big, juicy novel and spend the weekend hanging out in the parents' RV reading straight through. No RV time in the winter, but I started Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall" on Friday night and except for sleepy-time, I bare...
I understand how this book can be as polarizing as it is. Knowing that I went into this book prepared to either love it or hate it. While I don't think it's the best book every written, I do think it's worthy of 4.5/5 stars. Note: I won't be putting spoilers in this review as it is my opinion that m...
(Cross-posted from Goodreads, originally published August 2011. Some minor edits.) I have always been fascinated by the history of England under the Tudors, particularly Henry VIII. I chalk this up partly to a morbid fascination, and partly to a genuine desire to understand the circumstances leadi...
A short review today, for three reasons: I am lazy. I’ve done a lot of work today. This book took forever to read, for some reason. No offense to Hilary Mantel and Wolf Hall, but I’m ready to move on. This is one of those books I bought like a year ago and for some reason never got around to...
I was reading Wolf Hall and another historical fiction at roughly the same time, and while doing so, I was trying to put my finger on what makes Mantel's go at historical fiction so different. And then, which I like better. And whether or not I was unconsciously affording Wolf Hall more respect beca...
Having confused Thomas Cromwell with Oliver Cromwell (understandably, I think -- besides, it turns out that they’re related through Thomas Cromwell’s sister, so it’s not that much of a stretch), my expectations of this book were a little skewed. It was only when I reached the latter half of the book...
bookshelves: published-2009, historical-fiction, lit-richer, autumn-2013, epic-proportions Read from October 11 to 19, 2013 NB My original red man walking which depicts an audio read was taken away. This one *points up* is a HydraEverything that needs to be said has been said about so all you are...
Climbing this book was like reading a mountain. (Wait, what?) I am exhausted, yet fulfilled. I’m also feeling a bit out my depth. Ever since I finished my Master’s degree two years ago, I haven’t read that many CAPITAL L ‘Literature’ books, mostly out of what you might call ‘avoidance.’ So I’m a b...
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