I found my way to this book via a post by the #shesaid group. I have to say, what a wonderful choice! I am so in love with this book already, and it is exactly what I needed right now. It even ties into How to Think Like a Woman with a wonderful discussion of Mary Wollstonecraft‘s horrific death.
#ElinorCleghorn #UnwellWomen #audiobook #MaryWollstonecraft
bailedGot 1/3 of the way through on my 2nd attempt. I'm just not following her arguments. Probably my fault.
Excited to start my day with this novel about Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter, Mary Shelley. #TBR #historicalfiction #cofffeeandbooks
I have read & studied both women‘s works and am fascinated with their courage to publish their ideas that were way beyond the thinking of the times they lived in. Both actively read today. #20in4 #readathon
panNot for me. Disappointing as I really wanted to like this book. Truly. It was just too ambitious a task. Writing a novel from the POV of two incredibly accomplished and renowned writers, Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley, you must emulate their style and voice. That‘s where this book fails for me. It‘s not convincing. The language is remarkably ordinary. Thornton quotes MW and MWS often but it just highlights the inadequacy of the writing.
pickA novel about Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Godwin/Shelley. I‘ve always been fascinated by these two and the lives they led. And with Shelley too- the painting above (funeral of Shelley)has had me completely mesmerised since I saw it on a school trip aged 9. I go and look at it often still it‘s amazing in ‘real life‘.
These 2 feminists really broke society‘s rules and often paid the price.
Sansa and I are having an early morning read before anyone else gets up. I hope they have a long lie in.
Just started this one for #quicklunchtimeread
By design, Iread at least something from my own physical shelves every grid - until now. I was stressed juggling Libby holds and decided to give it a full grid. Tagged my favorite!
5* = Loved It, want to shout out loud about this book! I do/will own/keep a physical copy. A+
4*= I liked it, would love to discuss. Solid B
3*=Meh, no need to discuss. Avg C
2*=Nope D
1*=DNF F
pickOkay, I just panned a book for 2023 perspectives baked into 1863 characters. Interesting this was my next read because everything in the writing worked. These Mary‘s were bad ass! Mary Shelly is a gift to the literary world, and the mother she never knew - Mary Wollstonecraft was even more ahead of her time. Even with both timelines told in first person narrative, I believed the words and thoughts described this IRL mother-daughter pair.
@TheBookHippie @ravenlee @JaclynW @RavenLovelyReads @AlaSkaat @Chrissyreadit @kspenmoll @bnp turns out Mary Wollstonecraft died because the doctor attending her birth didn‘t wash his hands before shoving his hand inside of her to remove her amniotic sack. 🙄 He probably couldn‘t be bothered to wait for her to expel it naturally. 5mo