Atelier lecture du mercredi
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dhampyresaQu'avez-vous fini de lire?
The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams: I thought the ending happened super fast and I still not completely sure what's going on. I wish we had more about Trillian, because she sounds super cool (doctor in astrophysics and mathematocs, ran away to sapce because fuck yeah SPACE!), especially compared to Arthur, who is pretty boring. I feel like I should have enjoyed it a lot more than I did. In some ways, I felt like I was reading the outline of a novel instead of the novel itself.
Qu'est-ce que vous lisez actuellement?
The Ring of Solomon, by Jonathan Stroud: IT IS GREAT! I enjoyed the Bartimeus trilogy greatly way back when I first read it (it might even have been in French, idk) and so far I am enjoying this book greatly too. Bartimeus of Uruk's voice is a delight, there is plot happening and I loved getting to see things from other people's perspective (Balkis and Asmira). I have to admit it felt strange not to be in Bartimeus' head, but omg I like Asmira so much already. The mixture of first personPoV and limited third person PoV is interesting. (I keep misspelling/misreading Solomon as Salomon, because lol French, I guess? I still think Salomon sounds better.) I am mad excited for more of this book and more Bartimeus and more Asmira and more Balkis even and just more of this book. I am enjoying so much! (I would have loved a "Bartimeus in Uruk" book, because you guys, he knew Gilgamesh!, but this is also very good.)
Qu'est-ce que vous lirez après?
Mais, j't'en pose des questions?
I'm not sure what I'll read next. On the one hand, I feel like re-reading the Bartimeus trilogy, but on the other I suddenly want to read in French again, so idk. (Before anyone asks: my rule for reading books is - and has been for over a decade - "Original language is I can read it, whatever translation is easiest to get if I don't", so no Bartimeus trilogy in French for me.)
Also! May 7 is the anniversary of Olympe de Gouges's birth. She was (one of) the earliest French feminists and she's famous for her "Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne" (Declaration of the rights of women and female citizens), which pointed out that the "Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen" (Decalaration of the roghts of men and male citizens) pretty much only applied to men. It starts with "La Femme naît libre et demeure égale à l’homme en droits" (Women are born and remain equal in rights to men) and only gets better from there. She was also pro-abolition of slavery. She's pretty great and I hope she gets into the Panthéon, because "aux grandes femmes, la patrie reconnaissante" too, you know?
The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams: I thought the ending happened super fast and I still not completely sure what's going on. I wish we had more about Trillian, because she sounds super cool (doctor in astrophysics and mathematocs, ran away to sapce because fuck yeah SPACE!), especially compared to Arthur, who is pretty boring. I feel like I should have enjoyed it a lot more than I did. In some ways, I felt like I was reading the outline of a novel instead of the novel itself.
Qu'est-ce que vous lisez actuellement?
The Ring of Solomon, by Jonathan Stroud: IT IS GREAT! I enjoyed the Bartimeus trilogy greatly way back when I first read it (it might even have been in French, idk) and so far I am enjoying this book greatly too. Bartimeus of Uruk's voice is a delight, there is plot happening and I loved getting to see things from other people's perspective (Balkis and Asmira). I have to admit it felt strange not to be in Bartimeus' head, but omg I like Asmira so much already. The mixture of first personPoV and limited third person PoV is interesting. (I keep misspelling/misreading Solomon as Salomon, because lol French, I guess? I still think Salomon sounds better.) I am mad excited for more of this book and more Bartimeus and more Asmira and more Balkis even and just more of this book. I am enjoying so much! (I would have loved a "Bartimeus in Uruk" book, because you guys, he knew Gilgamesh!, but this is also very good.)
Qu'est-ce que vous lirez après?
Mais, j't'en pose des questions?
I'm not sure what I'll read next. On the one hand, I feel like re-reading the Bartimeus trilogy, but on the other I suddenly want to read in French again, so idk. (Before anyone asks: my rule for reading books is - and has been for over a decade - "Original language is I can read it, whatever translation is easiest to get if I don't", so no Bartimeus trilogy in French for me.)
Also! May 7 is the anniversary of Olympe de Gouges's birth. She was (one of) the earliest French feminists and she's famous for her "Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne" (Declaration of the rights of women and female citizens), which pointed out that the "Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen" (Decalaration of the roghts of men and male citizens) pretty much only applied to men. It starts with "La Femme naît libre et demeure égale à l’homme en droits" (Women are born and remain equal in rights to men) and only gets better from there. She was also pro-abolition of slavery. She's pretty great and I hope she gets into the Panthéon, because "aux grandes femmes, la patrie reconnaissante" too, you know?
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Date: 2014-05-09 04:44 am (UTC)There are other books but we still get more of her characterization from her actions and appearances than her. I think I actually liked So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish the best. I love Fenchurch but unfortunately, Adams didn't...
I also haven't read the final sequel, "And Another Thing..." which wasn't written by Adams and Wiki said that he kills off Thor which is just unacceptable...I don't recall Loki being mentioned in any of the books, sorry.
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Date: 2014-05-09 11:04 pm (UTC)Wait, Thor is in those books? I had no idea!