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No.32 the mists of Avalon by Marion simmer Bradley It's been awhile since a book post let alone a #finishedreading post. I thought this book was incredible. Though it took me two months to finish (hi parent life redux, hi) I was continually arrested by the vision, language and story it unfolded. In basic terms it is a feminist (or female centered) retelling of the Arthurian legend with the perspectives of the chief women at the forefront as they witness Britain change from worship of the goddess to Christian dominance and the resulting patriarchy which damns women for breathing in their bodies as prime sin. I would recommend this to anyone seeing how it disrupted the genre and was such a force in fantasy and feminist literature... And then I read more on the author and without retelling it here, her complicity in the sexual assault of her children almost totally ruined the reading I just had. The book stands as an achievement, it is still undeniable art but I can't in good conscience recommend anything she has written without the warning or urging that it comes with a supreme and savage disappointment of the authorship outside the art #reading #readto #bookto #bookblr #instareads #fantasylit #matterofbritain

No.19 old man's war by John scalzi What a fun, imaginative read. An absolute must for anyone into the scifi genre. The world building deft and plausible. I was recommended this book by @bokehnj and @minigeeksshop some years ago and spent a couple years hunting (happily) in my favourite used bookshops in Toronto looking for it until I found it this past February. So thanks guys, I owe you. And you too @jakyl, I'm sure I saw this on your feed once which motivated me to bump this up on the reading list. 🍻🙌🏾🤘🏾✌🏾 #finishedreading #books #bookstagram #bookblr #bookto #reading #readto #scifi

No.10 nocturnes by kazuo ishiguro A short yet packed read. Five short stories exploring art, the pure pursuit of it vs. sustaining it as something you love doing but at the cost of kneeling to a commercial interpretation. All set amongst relationships that rise and fall like movements before they fade. Always left in a fog after reading ishiguro, it's a beautiful place to be. #reader #reading #readto #bookstagram #bookto #bookblr #finishedreading

No.9 station Eleven by Emily St. John mandel arresting and captivating. This book is like a fever; urgent, aching, at times uneven and dreamy and haunting, leaving a lingering mark of its time with you. #finishedreading #canlit #bookto #books #readto #bookstagram #bookblr #reading #reader

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