Recent reading
Mar. 13th, 2024 06:02 pmI would like to rec A Lineage of Amazons by ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
nnozomi, which is a beautiful Swallows and Amazons fic, with the author's usual lovely style and attention to the material details of daily life, and it also has a theme that comes together so well from sections that at first seem disparate.
The Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry by Rosalie Fry (1959)
Recced bysovay. Oh, this was lovely, and I enjoyed the illustrations as much as I did the text. The seals/selkies here are such a contrast with Mollie Hunter's A Stranger Came Ashore--this book feels warm and welcoming, while still mysterious, while in Hunter's book, the selkie is a threat. But actually I would have enjoyed this even without the selkies: the family stuff and the descriptions of the sea and the islands are great.
The Oak and the Ash by Annick Trent (2023)
I have beta-read this before, but it's the first time I read it for pleasure, which is such a different experience. Aww, George is definitely my favorite character here; I like him a lot. <3 I also very much enjoy all the details of material culture--I know the author does a lot of research on things like that, and it adds so much to the reading experience. I think this book's plot hangs together better than in the author's previous book: the element that will lead to conflict is set up right from the start, and the resolution works really well for me, too.
Sex and the Church in the Long Eighteenth Century: Religion, Enlightenment and the Sexual Revolution by William Gibson and Joanne Begiato (2017)
Recced bygaronne; the Church here is the Anglican Church. Fic research, I guess? It's always interesting to learn more about attitudes towards sexuality, and in this case how they hang together with religious attitudes. The authors' main thesis seems to be that contrary to what some other people have claimed, changes in views on sexuality in the 18th century did not arise as much from the Enlightenment and people growing less religious, as from movements within the Church.
nnozomi, which is a beautiful Swallows and Amazons fic, with the author's usual lovely style and attention to the material details of daily life, and it also has a theme that comes together so well from sections that at first seem disparate. The Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry by Rosalie Fry (1959)
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sovay. Oh, this was lovely, and I enjoyed the illustrations as much as I did the text. The seals/selkies here are such a contrast with Mollie Hunter's A Stranger Came Ashore--this book feels warm and welcoming, while still mysterious, while in Hunter's book, the selkie is a threat. But actually I would have enjoyed this even without the selkies: the family stuff and the descriptions of the sea and the islands are great. The Oak and the Ash by Annick Trent (2023)
I have beta-read this before, but it's the first time I read it for pleasure, which is such a different experience. Aww, George is definitely my favorite character here; I like him a lot. <3 I also very much enjoy all the details of material culture--I know the author does a lot of research on things like that, and it adds so much to the reading experience. I think this book's plot hangs together better than in the author's previous book: the element that will lead to conflict is set up right from the start, and the resolution works really well for me, too.
Sex and the Church in the Long Eighteenth Century: Religion, Enlightenment and the Sexual Revolution by William Gibson and Joanne Begiato (2017)
Recced by
garonne; the Church here is the Anglican Church. Fic research, I guess? It's always interesting to learn more about attitudes towards sexuality, and in this case how they hang together with religious attitudes. The authors' main thesis seems to be that contrary to what some other people have claimed, changes in views on sexuality in the 18th century did not arise as much from the Enlightenment and people growing less religious, as from movements within the Church.
