pickI‘ve always been a medieval nerd, so I enjoyed this memoir. The author decides to take a pilgrimage on foot to Canterbury, just like the peasants of older days did. Filled with history, this is an educational memoir with healthy dollops of Chaucer thrown in. Folks who enjoy Renn fairs will enjoy this book.
Peter Lovesey‘s recent death has prompted me to read some of his books. He is credited as the 1st mystery writer to set a whole series in the past with his Inspector Cribb series. I‘m reading his Peter Diamond series now. This one was about Chaucer!
Recent acquisitions:
📖 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (Selected): An Interlinear Translation (Revised and Enlarged) edited by Vincent F. Hopper
📖 Villette by Charlotte Brontë
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My favorite from January was this excellent medieval fiction which is sort of adjacent to The Canterbury Tales. I loved this book so much. Medieval fiction is my favorite. I loved the perspective on how life could have been for women during the 1300‘s. It was so entertaining to me. I just felt like I was THERE, right in the story.
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pickI really enjoyed this. It's a highlight of my year. I read it in the morning for 20 to 40 minutes and relished it, reading only six or so pages at a sitting, for about 3 months.
I loved the humor, the language, the tone, the poetry of sound (and spelling), and the linguistic play. I‘m looking forward to Canterbury Tales.
