pickI re-read this today and it still made me sad. I want to listen and read more of Hawthorne's work, he was my favorite author in high school. I always enjoyed his commentary on women's agency and rights and their treatment by men/the patriarchy. (The Scarlet Letter/Young Goodman Brown are also great examples of this.)
This short story at its core is about the ethical use of science and I find that interesting.
pickListened to Levar Burton read this short story about a girl asking for a miracle.
It's part of the Dead Djinn Universe; steampunk Cairo where mechanical Angels, Djinn and, amongst others, boiler-plate eunuchs live among the human inhabitants of the city.
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#OutWithTheOldInWithTheNew #YearEnd #20in4 #readathon
pickThe second prequel story to A Master of Djinn. An introduction to the strange and mysterious "angels" and an emotional trial for a young girl.
https://reactormag.com/the-angel-of-khan-el-khalili-p-djeli-clark/
Thank you Donna for the card and little goodies for my birthday! Thanks for bringing me a birthday smile 😊.
I‘m about to head out for a day of hiking to waterfalls with some good friends. It‘s a beautiful day!
#Bookspin Trying to read those Americas books!
1. We Measure the Earth
2. Olga Dies
3. A Million Aunties
4. Run Towards
5. Bad Girls
6. Never so Bad
7. How The Garcia Girls
8. The Savage Detectives
9. The Sleeping Car Porter
10. Fresh Banana Leaves
11. A Small Place
12. I am a taxi
13. Love and Drowning
14. Nasty Brutish
15. Book of Goose
16. Solito
17. Pure Colour
18. Wild Tongues
19. Fruit of the Drunken Tree
20. Love after Love
bailedI was disappointed that I had to bail on this one, because I was really intrigued by “At Night We Walk in Circles” many years ago. I just could not get into these short stories, however. They just seemed too vague, with characters I couldn‘t relate to, as well as many of them being set in the US when it was my #Peru choice for #ReadingTheAmericas2023.
so-so3/5⭐ Beautiful descriptions of the steampunk and city elements, with some interesting exploration of truth and forgiveness, but not particularly earth-shattering.
A non-pukeworthy Christmas story, read for you by Shawn the Book Maniac
Reginald on Christmas Presents by H.H. Munro (SAKI)
https://youtu.be/Pxez3VwJFfQ
