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[miz_anneliese]

This weekend also afforded me the opportunity to finish my one book of the year. (Yes. I suck.)
The Known World, by Edward P. Jones
Interesting read. It's stories within stories of a group of people in Manchester County, Virginia, centering on several black land- and slave-owners. It's good storytelling, though some may find it occasionally juvenile; the author puts in continual reminders of who he's talking about and how they relate to one another. This helped me, as I have a habit of putting books down and promptly forgetting who's who, but those with better memories may get tired of that. He tends to jump around timelines a bit, but I quite liked the way he handled it; I wasn't confused, and I like that he gave all the characters "endings" - you find out what happens to them down the road. It's also an interesting look into the minds of slaves and slaveowners, particularly those who own their own; but the bulk is storytelling, not psychoanalysis.

All in all, I'd recommend it.

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[trav.livejournal.com]

the "putting books down and forgetting whose who and what etc. " is actually a habit I've tranfered over to my video games....which is generally why I've stopped playing RPGs. Although Eternal Sonanta looks SO PRETTY and has such a ludicris premise I' going to pick it up (I mean, the how game is supposed to be a fever dream of Chopin on his deathbed, that is glorious)