A distinct personality with strong principles, she was not always the easiest to take to but I respected her as a character and found her interesting with her depth and flaws.

The Second Books of Adam and Eve is an account of the history of the patriarchs who lived before the Flood. The story itself could be a great subject for a book in the right hands, because at times it reminds me of Name Of The Rose by Umberto Eco. A smart, funny, scientific deep-dive into the power of a woman’s body, Eve surprises, educates, and emboldens. Weeks later I'm still thinking about the compelling and complex treatments of themes of knowledge, community, agency and kinship.

And why, seriously why, do women have to sweat through our sheets every night when we hit menopause? Fascinating…An impressive feat…A book that is at once highly complex…and very readable, while avoiding the behavioral economics pop-science trap of drawing too-neat conclusions…. Previously they had been in the garden land, which was beautifully planted with all kinds of trees, but now they now saw themselves in a foreign land which they did not know, and had never seen before.

I really want to like the more feminist takes on fantasy which are cropping up more and more (the GSFF book subscription which I received this through is doing a good job of highlighting them), but they are consistently fallen down on the caricature like presentation of men, losing any subtlety and ending up trying to bludgen the reader with pretty much all male characters being one note evil. También me ha gustado mucho la forma en la que ha contado la historia y cómo cada personaje tiene una personalidad muy marcada, ayudando a diferenciar a las diferentes monjas del convento.Then, one carnival night two women (badly injured and in need of assistance) find themselves at the convent’s gate—and effectively answering all of Beatrice’s prayers. I hope you discover some exciting book reviews, enter a few giveaways and enjoy the bookish content here. Sin embargo, todo empieza a truncarse cuando aparece un hombre del Padre que busca a las dos mujeres y el libro. The Gentle Sleep Book, parenting expert Sarah Ockwell-Smith‘s indispensable guide for exhausted parents of new-borns to five-year-olds looking for gentle, no tears, sleep solutions, is available on an Audible. There’s definitely some pretty dark (and harrowing moments) that make up Beatrice (and many of the the other sister’s) emotional journeys so I do suggest checking out the TWs beforehand.