Recently read: For awhile now I've been on a non-fiction kick. Most recently with that I finished Not Without my Sister by Juliana Buhring, Celeste Jones, and Kristina Jones. They are three sisters who grew up in the Children of God / Family International cult. It detailed the horrible abuse they suffered, their survival and escape from the cult. It was a hard read - some of the things they detailed were extremely graphic and it hurt to read - but I'm glad I finished it.
After that I wanted something a bit more lighthearted though, so yesterday I read Alcestis by Katharine Beutner. It's a fiction novel based on the Greek myth of Alcestis, who sacrificed her own life and died in her husband's place. I'd actually had the book for awhile but hadn't bothered with it, always putting other books before it. I'm glad I finally had the urge to read it though, because it was surprisingly good! Basically the author took a myth about what was held as the ideal wife - a woman who loved her husband, a king, so much that she was literally willing to die in his place - into a three dimensional character with her own thoughts, desires and ideas. The added lesbian relationship threw me off, but only because I wasn't expecting it and then suddenly BAM! XD But it was good, and heartbreaking, and I wish the book hadn't ended.
Currently reading: I'm actually switching between three books right now because I can't fully get into any of them but I don't want to abandon them. XD Pox by Michael Willrich, The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer and Trial by Ice: The True Story of Murder and Survival on the 1871 Polaris Expedition by Richard Parry. Not a ton I can say about those. They all started well and now are just dragging on and on.
Plan to read next: I'll probably start up another fiction book here in the next few days to break up the monotony of the three listed about, lol.
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For awhile now I've been on a non-fiction kick. Most recently with that I finished Not Without my Sister by Juliana Buhring, Celeste Jones, and Kristina Jones. They are three sisters who grew up in the Children of God / Family International cult. It detailed the horrible abuse they suffered, their survival and escape from the cult. It was a hard read - some of the things they detailed were extremely graphic and it hurt to read - but I'm glad I finished it.
After that I wanted something a bit more lighthearted though, so yesterday I read Alcestis by Katharine Beutner. It's a fiction novel based on the Greek myth of Alcestis, who sacrificed her own life and died in her husband's place. I'd actually had the book for awhile but hadn't bothered with it, always putting other books before it. I'm glad I finally had the urge to read it though, because it was surprisingly good! Basically the author took a myth about what was held as the ideal wife - a woman who loved her husband, a king, so much that she was literally willing to die in his place - into a three dimensional character with her own thoughts, desires and ideas. The added lesbian relationship threw me off, but only because I wasn't expecting it and then suddenly BAM! XD But it was good, and heartbreaking, and I wish the book hadn't ended.
Currently reading:
I'm actually switching between three books right now because I can't fully get into any of them but I don't want to abandon them. XD Pox by Michael Willrich, The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer and Trial by Ice: The True Story of Murder and Survival on the 1871 Polaris Expedition by Richard Parry. Not a ton I can say about those. They all started well and now are just dragging on and on.
Plan to read next:
I'll probably start up another fiction book here in the next few days to break up the monotony of the three listed about, lol.
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