tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657123451990194155.post148894652925242202..comments2023-05-20T06:11:32.661-04:00Comments on Mrs. Doctor Dear: Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books Read This Year (So Far)Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336628314435149912noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657123451990194155.post-14567217857002976992014-06-10T16:48:27.478-04:002014-06-10T16:48:27.478-04:00Thanks for stopping by! I've just checked out...Thanks for stopping by! I've just checked out your blog, and I definitely would recommend Octavia Butler. She was one of the first African American sci-fi writers, in a genre that is typically geared towards White men. She has a few dystopian books as well, for example The Parable of the Sower and The Parable of the Talents. They aren't cheerful, but they're interesting.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09336628314435149912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657123451990194155.post-313082102582669442014-06-10T16:46:56.259-04:002014-06-10T16:46:56.259-04:00It took me a while to decide to read Gulag: A His...It took me a while to decide to read Gulag: A History, just because it's such a depressing subject matter, but it is really good. The most surprising thing is that while I was reading it, several people asked what I was reading, and not one of them knew what the Gulag was. <br /><br />I definitely didn't enjoy Mary Barton as much as North and South, but it did hold my attention and I liked it.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09336628314435149912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657123451990194155.post-68095609986394623612014-06-10T11:57:14.895-04:002014-06-10T11:57:14.895-04:00Ever since I adopted my daughter, who's bi-rac...Ever since I adopted my daughter, who's bi-racial, I've found slavery books to be even more poignant reads for me. I can't read them without thinking about how different life would have been for her had she been born during that period in history. Makes them more disturbing, but also more affecting. I'll definitely put KINDRED and SOMEONE KNOWS MY NAME on my TBR list. Thanks for the head's up!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344704891037668456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657123451990194155.post-54778534862137322722014-06-10T10:29:30.661-04:002014-06-10T10:29:30.661-04:00I think need to re-read Mary Barton at some point,...I think need to re-read <i>Mary Barton</i> at some point, it's my least favourite Gaskell novel and I feel like I didn't give the novel much of a chance. Yay for <i>Fangirl</i>, <i>The Reader</i> (it raises questions, to say the least), and <i>Northanger Abbey</i>! I have yet to read Applebaum's <i>Gulag: A History</i>; strangely enough despite having written a few papers on the 1930s, I never used it as a reference or read it outside of class...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.caffeinatedlife.net/blog/2014/06/10/meme-top-ten-tuesdays-95/" rel="nofollow">My TTT</a>Lianne @ caffeinatedlife.nethttp://www.caffeinatedlife.netnoreply@blogger.com