pickBe warned this isn‘t fiction like the rest of the canongate myths series (my fave recent series?? Love it so much!) as I assumed it would be. It‘s a beautifully written theological look at Samson and Delilah, teasing out so much meaning and power from the smallest sections of the original story and language and how it‘s been interpreted by Jewish scholars. I know so little about Judaism but this was fascinating!
bailedI‘ve decided after 104 pages that I really am not enjoying this book. The writing is beautiful and for another reader, this might be a fascinating story, but it is barely holding my interest. I forced myself through a few books this month that I hoped would improve for me. I don‘t feel like doing that again.
Tentative March TBR
Delilah by India Edghill
Lullabies by Lang Leav
What Did We Use Before Toilet Paper by Andrew Thompson
Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
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Silent Victim by Caroline Mitchell ~ Awaiting its arrival!
My pig is #prettyinpink #literarylove
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‘A little onward lend thy guiding hand ....‘. I hadn‘t read this for nearly forty years, not since I studied it at school for English A Level ... towards the end of the last millennium (which makes it sound even longer ago!). I was pleasantly surprised by how well I remembered it, and how much I could actually quote unprompted. #johnmilton #samsonagonistes #schooldays #book #poetry #books #bookstagram #literature #currentlyreading #eyelessingaza
Ik heb steeds dat liedje in mijn hoofd:
Simson Simson alle Filistijnen... Verdwijnen, verdwijnen... Als jij komt
"She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah"
This story of Samson and Delilah has intrigued me for years, and yet... I haven't read it. If I ever get the end of my #TBR pile, it will undoubtedly be a #Hallelujah moment. #JuneTunz
pick"Be honest now. You stared at the frog, didn't you?" Just finished this today and it was so fun! It's about a girl named Abigail Rook who is trying to make it on her own in the 1890s when she meets up with Jackaby who is an investigator. Not just any investigator though. Soon Abigail finds her self thrust into the world of the paranormal to solve a crime. Good, quick mystery and some good laughs. Also, #Samson ?
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