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cake4breakfast in anthropologist

'fun' book recommendation

Nov 16, 2006 00:55

Howdy all! I thought I would write a little blurb up for a novel I just finished reading that might appeal to some members of this community.

English Passengers: A Novel, written by Matthew Kneale was a Booker Prize finalist, which means I suppose, that I wasn't the only one who liked it. ; ) Based in the mid-nineteenth century, English ( Read more... )

australia, racism, fiction, aborigines, colonialism, race

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petal_abstract November 16 2006, 01:00:46 UTC

The Mummy Congress : Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead by Heather Pringle. Hands down one of the best archealogy-sciencey-mummy books ever. She writes stand alone chapters about everything from peat bog mummies to Crechan Man. The book reads like a collection of short stories. Its a relaly fun read...And you learn a ton!

granola_dyke November 16 2006, 01:05:25 UTC

Stiff and Spook by Mary Roach. Freakin' hilarious, easy to read, science-y books. Stiff is especially interesting because she talks about peoples' reactions to dead bodies :)

jen92373 November 16 2006, 16:15:22 UTC

If you like mysteries, try the Mary Russell series by Laurie R. King. It's a spin-off of the Sherlock Holmes novels. In a nutshell, Holmes has gotten older and decides to take on a brilliant apprentice- who happens to be female. They are funny and brilliantly written. The first book is titled THE BEE KEEPER'S APPRENTICE. You don't neccessarily have to read them in order after Bee to understand what's going on (they mostly stand alone), but I was glad I chose too.

theresalighton November 17 2006, 01:18:22 UTC

I recently read The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver and I highly recommend it. I think it's fairly popular, but if you've never heard of it, it's about a family of missionaries who move to the Congo for a couple years in the...50's? 60's? One of those decades. It's a good read.