Despite the name of this tag “gender politics” these posts do not have to be about gender per se, they just have to have some mention of gender, or the role of women/men in it that made me go hhhhmmmm.
20 December 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
Setting: contemporary, USA
6 Stars
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Okay, first off the cover to this is awful. Really, it is. And second of all, I did have huge problems with this book. But I’ll get to them later, first off lets re-cap!. Faythe Sanders is not your average … Continue reading
War is hell. Especially on a planet torn up between warring religious countries. Nyx has done her time at the front, been a hero and had her body rebuilt. Then she joined the bel dame, government mercenary/bounty hunters to you … Continue reading
3 March 2011
Genre: sff, short stories
8 Stars
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Author Kameron Hurley has been getting a bit of coverage in the sff-world lately on account of her debut novel God’s War and to tie in with this publicity a collection of her short stories has been released. Many of … Continue reading
2 March 2011
Call no: 155.3
Genre: non-fiction, Pop psych
10 Stars
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How our minds, society, and neurosexism create differences ISBN: 0393068382 ; Quotes I liked Suppose a researcher were to tap you on the shoulder and ask you to write down what, according to cultural lore, males and females are like. … Continue reading
13 February 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
Setting: future
2 Stars
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When I spotted this in Chapters bookshop I knew I had to buy it, if only because it is the inspiration for Carl’s blog. Plus, you know, it is one of those sci-fi adventures that you really should have at least flicked through at some stage.
Slippery Jim is our narrator, and our hero, of sorts. He is also the Stainless Steel Rat, or at least that is how he describes himself. Slipping through the technological world and committing many daring acts of thievery and innumerable cons. Safe and secure in the knowledges that his wits, charm and logic will get him out of danger. Until, that is, he is caught. The Special Corps, so special that no one is really sure they exist until, of course, they catch you, succeed in arresting him. But instead of throwing him in jail, or punishing him they offer him a job. Come and work for them. So he does, after all, he was never a bad man, just one who wanted his bit of freedom.
20 December 2010
Genre: history, non-fiction, sociology
Setting: Britain, Interwar Europe
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Full title: Singled Out: How Two Million British Women Survived Without Men After the First World War ISBN: 9780670915644 In 1978, when she was eighty-five years old, Margaret Jones, known as May, wrote her autobiography. The term “lost generation” is … Continue reading
26 September 2010
Genre: detective & mystery
Setting: 1910s, USA - Connecticut
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by Vera Caspary
It is Christmas, 1913 and Charlie Horst sees himself as the luckiest man in the world. He has a beautiful wife who completes his life. And this is to be their first Christmas together. Bedelia, whose whole life revolves around making her husband happy, has decorated their home lavishly for their Christmas party. But a new neighbour, Ben Chaney, begins to show an interest in Bedelia and her past. And then there is Charlie’s case of “severe indigestion”. Is there more to Bedelia than meets the eye? Could she possibly be “the wickedest woman who ever loved”? Continue reading
12 September 2010
Genre: detective & mystery, historical fiction
Setting: Britain - Civil War & Revolution, England
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By Iain Pears
This was a wonderful read. When I first started it I had no idea what to expect; I knew nothing about it apart from the fact that it was an Historical Favorites pick and so, most likely, an historical novel :). It opens with Marco da Cola setting down his recollections of his time spent in England. He travelled over in an attempt to help with his family’s business troubles. However there was little he could do and soon he found himself in Oxford among the professionals there and became embroiled in the case of Sarah Blundy, and the possible murder of Robert Grove. As well as delving into medical experiments with blood transfusion.
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29 October 2009
Genre: fictional biography, historical fiction
Setting: Britain, Britain - Tudors
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Winter had withdrawn its iron grip from the land and triumphant spring burgeoned over the countryside. I enjoyed this book a lot more than i had suspected I would when I picked it up. But it only cost me .25 … Continue reading