That Same London
Aug. 18th, 2007 10:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
maribouOnly 2 books in this post because when it is over I will be caught up through the end of July. Hurray!
That Same Flower, by Jostein Gaarder
A short novel purporting to be a letter to St. Augustine from the concubine (and mother of his child) that he put aside after living with her for 15 years. It was savory reading, but I am sort of stunned it got so many five-star reviews - I mean, could it be more predictable? Anyway, it was definitely 3 or 4 stars, worth reading if you're interested in Augustine or feminist theology or Jostein Gaarder.
(155/250)
London, by Edward Rutherford
Sprawling epic that travels from prehistoric times through almost the present day, with repeating names to emphasize intergenerational continuity (at least I think that's why he does it). I've been keeping this as my back-up book for months and it performed admirably. I wouldn't have wanted to sit down and plow through the whole thing, but in manageable chunks it was very satisfying.
(156/250)
That Same Flower, by Jostein Gaarder
A short novel purporting to be a letter to St. Augustine from the concubine (and mother of his child) that he put aside after living with her for 15 years. It was savory reading, but I am sort of stunned it got so many five-star reviews - I mean, could it be more predictable? Anyway, it was definitely 3 or 4 stars, worth reading if you're interested in Augustine or feminist theology or Jostein Gaarder.
(155/250)
London, by Edward Rutherford
Sprawling epic that travels from prehistoric times through almost the present day, with repeating names to emphasize intergenerational continuity (at least I think that's why he does it). I've been keeping this as my back-up book for months and it performed admirably. I wouldn't have wanted to sit down and plow through the whole thing, but in manageable chunks it was very satisfying.
(156/250)
