Rowena’s Comments (group member since Aug 06, 2013)

Rowena’s comments from the All About Books group.

katie wrote: "Terri wrote: "I'm reading The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration. It's about the black migration from the American South to northern cities. The book f..."

Hi Katie,

Invisible Man was such an eye-opening read for me. Devastating is definitely the word.

Greg wrote: "Rowena wrote: "I'm currently reading Tomb of Tutankhamen by Howard Carter to feed my love of Egyptology. I've been pleasantly surprised by how readable it is, very exciting!"

That o..."

Will definitely check in with my thoughts:)

I'm currently reading Tomb of Tutankhamen by Howard Carter to feed my love of Egyptology. I've been pleasantly surprised by how readable it is, very exciting!

Terri wrote: "I'm reading The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration. It's about the black migration from the American South to northern cities. The book follows 3 diffe..."

I've been contemplating reading that one too, Terri.

Dave wrote: "Hello everyone! My name is Dave and I am a habitual reader. I used to be a high school English teacher who taught lit courses, but don't hold that against me. I have read a bit of everything and cu..."

Welcome to the group, Dave!

Join us as we discuss our February/March non-fiction group read Iron Curtain : The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1945-1956

Aaron(Reblast) wrote: "Hi all. I'm Aaron, an avid reader and writer from Nova Scotia, Canada. Pleasure to meet you all and I look forward to interacting with you.

Hi Aaron,

Welcome to the group:) My Aunt lived in Nova Scotia for many years, she loved it there. A Happy New Year to you too!

The poll for our non-fiction group read for February/March is now open for you to vote:

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Hello everyone,

Thanks so much for your nominations. As it's now January 5, I will now freeze this thread :)

Dhanaraj wrote: "If anyone interested in British Raj/Indian history I can nominate a book - William Dalrymple's White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India. An interesting book and ve..."

I'll second that

Great poem! I have so-called "nappy" hair which I love so I can definitely relate to this poem:)

Dominique wrote: "Hello,

My name is Dominique, l'm from Montreal. I love love books! I pretty much read anything and always looking to broaden my TBR. Can't wait to discuss and meet new people!"

Hello Dominique,

Welcome to the group! Montreal is one of my favourite cities in Canada. Hope you enjoy the group discussions:)

What a cute little town, Chrissie! You're very welcome.

What I found on Wikipedia was this:

Combray is a commune in the Calvados department in the Lower Normandy in north-western France.[1]

Combray is also an imagined village in Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time), a book which was strongly inspired by the village of his childhood, Illiers, which has now been renamed Illiers-Combray in his honor. Combray is the title of the first part of the first volume of À la recherche du temps perdu, titled Du côté de chez Swann (Swann's Way).

You're welcome, Chrissie. It's primarily set in Combray (I've been told that it's a fictionalized village but there is an actual place with the same name in France). I really loved "Swann's Way", I enjoyed the stream of consciousness style and the theme of unconscious memory. I hope you enjoy the book, Chrissie!

LauraT wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "So who has read À la recherche du temps perdu? I haven't and feel like I ought to. it is on my wishlist but I just never get around to doing it. I feel I ought to at least try the ..."

I agree with you here, Laura. I've read the first three books in the series, may attempt to finish up the series next year!

Chrissie wrote: "Rowena, we both gave it five stars! I have to thank you for bringing it to my attention.

I don't really understand what you mean by "decolonizing research". Could you explain."

You're very welcome! Of course:) The research refers to that which focuses on people who are often excluded from academia, i.e. non-Westerners whose type of knowledge has often not been taken seriously as it doesn't fall into the Western tradition. Hope I'm making sense!

LauraT wrote: "Rowena wrote: "Alice wrote: "I don't know why I'm taking so long to finish A Tale of Two Cities! I like the story, but (don't let Jean know this!) am finding Dickens' writing style a bi..."

I'll keep trying with him Laura, I promise:)

Alice wrote: "I don't know why I'm taking so long to finish A Tale of Two Cities! I like the story, but (don't let Jean know this!) am finding Dickens' writing style a bit cumbersome :P"

I feel the same way about Dickens, Alice!

Jenny wrote: "I've shared this poem once before as a link in poetry chat, but Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet, translator, essayist and artist, died a bit over week ago on November 29th, and if felt rig..."

oh my gosh, I was out of the country so I didn't hear this sad news:( I adore his poems:(