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

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Just started reading The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Storiesand so far it's been lovely.

Leslie wrote: "Rowena wrote: "I'm reading Maxine Hong Kingston's China Men, which is a mixture of fiction and non-fiction. Very good so far."

I really liked her book [book:The Woman Warrior: Memoir..."

Bought that one on Saturday for 25 cents!:)

I'm reading Maxine Hong Kingston's China Men, which is a mixture of fiction and non-fiction. Very good so far.

Hi Maggie,

Thanks for starting this thread. I also enjoyed Jackie Collins books. She definitely wrote some great independent women, Lucky Santangelo being my favourite. May she rest in peace.

I'm reading two non-fiction books at the moment: A Woman Speaks: The Lectures, Seminars and Interviews of Anaïs Nin and In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose. Nin and Walker are two of my favourite feminist writers so I decided to treat myself with their words during my birthday month. So far so good:)

Leanne wrote: "Hello all, I'm Leanne and I'm from Derby, England, now based in Nottingham. Reading is a lifelong love of mine and I will give almost anything a try - I struggle with romance novels but that's abou..."

Welcome to the group, Leanne:)

Just finished reading Tomb of Tutankhamen. Fascinating read if you like archaeology and Egyptology. I love both and learned so much!

Nancy wrote: "I just finish best non-fiction book. Dark Confessions of an Extraordinary, Ordinary Woman was inspiring, entertaining, and easy to understand. I'm still learning English."

That looks good, Nancy. Glad you enjoyed it:)

Chrissie wrote: "Gosh, Out of Africa / Shadows on the Grass is throwing me up and down like a yo-yo! I had some nagging worries when reading sections of Out of Africa, but in Shadows on the Grass it be..."

I'm hesitant to read books about Africa written by non-Africans for that reason. I've had a few upsetting encounters with dehumanizing language used towards non-Europeans in literature. Too bad about Blixen because she really is a lovely writer.

Hi everyone, we now have 6 nominees for our next non-fiction group read. Thanks everyone for nominating! We'll be setting up a poll shortly.

Looks like we have 5 nominations that have been seconded so far. One more is needed and then we'll set up the poll. Thanks, everyone.

Diane S. wrote: "Deleted my nomination and will second Pink's."

Thanks, Diane.

Halima wrote: "I second Funny Letters from Famous people"

Thanks, Halima

Karen wrote: "I'll second the Mitfords letters but also nominate In Tearing Haste: Letters Between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor which is very funny as well as being enormously fasci..."

Thanks, Karen:) We now have three books seconded.

Pam wrote: "I second Funny Letters from Famous People."

Thanks Pam and Noorihuda!

Charbel wrote: "Jean wrote: "I'll nominate those by Charles Dickens.

Since this is a massive feat, I'd suggest either the first out of the three volumes edited by his daughter Mamie [book:The Let..."

Thanks Jean and Charbel.

Noorilhuda wrote: "@Jenny do you mean actual letters like Saul Bellow's correspondence? or Under The Sun by Nicholas Shakespeare? Abelard and Heloise kind of thing?"

Hi Noorilhuda,

All three of those would be fine. Thanks!

Galilee wrote: "Just a question, can I nominate my newly released kindle book? And do we nominate in this thread..
Thank you"


Hi Galilee,

Let me check with the other mods, I'm not sure if you can do this but I'll get back to you. And yes, you can nominate in this thread.

Jean wrote: "Sort of working through my books on penguins to decide which, if any, to keep. Reviewed two so far - one co-authored by Tony Soper, who I always enjoyed on TV link here and another which couldn't b..."

I didn't know you were a penguin fan, Jean!

Brooklyn wrote: "Hi all, my name is Brooklyn and I'm a bookworm :)"

Welcome to the group, Brooklyn:)