I have finished this book but the Internet has died on me, forcing me to think for myself (horror) as I type this review (seeing how I cannot look at other people's reviews of it, and I really need to type this now while the memory is fresh ( Read more... )

The Wild Geese is a short novel by Mori Ōgai, written in Japanese in 1911 to 1913. It is about requited but unfulfilled love as well as male-female relationships in 1880s Japan. The book is beautifully written, straightforward, so I'll quote parts of it ( Read more... )

This is a short novel by Egyptian writer Nawal El Saadawi and takes place in the 50s-70s ( Read more... )

The Comfort of Strangers, by Ian McEwan. One of his earlier and lesser-known works, according to Wikipedia ( Read more... )

After getting up this morning, I picked up this book with a heavy heart, as I had only 50 pages to go and it would soon be over. Mistress of Ambiguities is the fourth and last book in the Silverglass series. It continues with Nyctasia's hard work as ruler of Rostshyl to strengthen the city-state and her power over it. While before she was in danger ( Read more... )

"If you ask men if they spend any time hiding, they usually look at you as if you're nuts. 'What, me hide?' But if you ask women whether men hide, they immediately know what you mean." (from jacket summary ( Read more... )

The yellow wallpaper" is a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, published in 1899. It is public domain, so here is one place you can read it: http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/wallpaper.htmlRead more... )

I was sitting in an office and a newlywed was sitting across from me, looking at her wedding pictures on a computer and complaining about how fat she looks. She said, "I am SAD!" That sounded so unintentionally funny. But I do feel bad for any normal woman who somehow thinks she is overweight. I mean, seriously. If she looks fat because the camera ( Read more... )

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That was a crazy test, and I didn't do perfectly. But I'm glad that this frees up time for me to finish a book, check out another one, and start on my five exhibition reviews... yikes ( Read more... )