trashmermaid's reviews
14 reviews

Henry and June by Anaïs Nin

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

support women's rights, and women's wrongs!

the power of women's narratives is that if it is told lyrically enough - the way only a woman can - i can be moved to cosign marital infidelity. the girl can't help it! she's an artist, and above all, she's french! besides, isn't it just so annoying when your husband loves you?

flippancy aside, this book has revelations in it that make it required reading for any girl who's ever felt out-of-place in a relationship, a social group, or in one's purpose in life as a wife, mother, woman, artist, human. cheating on your boring husband can apparently help reveal those things to you, if you're a girl. if you're a man, jury's still out. ask Henry Miller i guess.

this one is for the girls who want to bite into life, to tear it apart between their jaws, who want to relish in the smoky din of a seedy cabaret, who want to drink cheap wine and wear fine perfume, who want to wallow in pits of sin and crawl their way back to sunrise on their hands and knees. it's for girls who want to Live. great book to cap off women's history month. 

Bitter Harvest by Ann Rule

dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films by Kier-La Janisse

dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.5

Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures & Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs by Paul Koudounaris

dark informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

4.5

Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses by Paul Koudounaris

dark informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

challenging emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Fire & Blood: 300 Years Before a Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The Terror by Dan Simmons

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0