RIP (Read In Progress) Wednesday

[spiralsheep]

What are you reading?

Murderbot community discussing the books and tv series at murderbotbookclub.

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[spiralsheep]

Recently finished reading The Museum of Whales You Will Never See, and Other Excursions to Iceland's Most Unusual Museums, by A. Kendra Greene, which is a collection of non-fiction (mostly) essays about the meaning and practice of making and keeping museums in the context of the 266 museums (official tourist board count) in Iceland where the population is about 330,000 people (= 1 museum for every 1250 people). The writing style is a crossover between quirky popular travel writing and the publisher Granta's thinky-thoughts house style. Posted seven quotes because it's very quotable:
https://spiralsheep.dreamwidth.org/667697.html

Currently reading Cwen, by Alice Albinnia, 2021, which is trans-inclusive, women-centred, feminist speculative fiction set on an archipelago of small islands in the British Isles but where 51% of local power has recently been legislated to women (including Mx Thompson who was hired to teach at the high school). Written in a very readable style, with the mischievousness of the best feminist fiction.

And Don't Kiss Me, the Art of Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore, 2006, which is a collection of essays about the lives and art of CC & MM, plus a generously illustrated catalogue of the Jersey Heritage Trust's collection of Cahun & Moore's art, letters, and other archived documents such as news clippings (leaving out the contents of CC & MM's published books). Awkward shape and heavy weight but on special loan so I have to read and return it quickly.

[soricel]

Cwen sounds like it would be up my alley...going to look into it!

[spiralsheep]

I'm on page 69 and there's now also a trans woman character Lucette Smith. Some of the reviews complain about too many characters but I think they're supposed to be like a Greek Chorus of women and when individual character matters then it's made clear (so far). Can't believe nobody recced this to me!