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History

Is there a particular historical period or event, anywhere in the world, that fascinates you?
I guess since I've read so many books from the era, 1800s England.

Would you like to visit that time, or live in it permanently, or does the whole idea make you want to run screaming?
I'd like to visit, and experience wearing corsets, not bathing much, and all that fun stuff. Also, see what they would do with my hair.

What's the best piece of historical writing, nonfiction or fiction, you've ever read?
Rhett Butler's People. It's a retelling of Gone With the Wind from Rhett's perspective, but starts from when he was a child. All the characters and the history added so much more to the story. I actually listened to it on audiobook, and the narrator was fantastic.
The Marriage Bureau by Penrose Halson, about matchmakers in wartime London, was great.

What's the worst?
These weren't terrible, but could have been better:
The Lilac Girls
The Atomic City Girls
The German Girl
(sheesh, along with Radium Girls, you'd think I was choosing books by titles that have "girl" in it)

Is there a historical site you would love to visit?
I'm going to Italy in about a month, so I get to see a ton of them! I think I'm most excited for Rome and Pompeii.

Date: 2019-05-04 06:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coercedbynutmeg.livejournal.com
Haha, now you had me checking my Goodreads to see which books have "girl" in the title. Ones with 1 or 2 stars are these.

Girl, Stop Apologizing
Girl, Wash your Face
Gone Girl
Juniper: The Girl who was Born Too Soon

1 is fiction, 1 is a bullshit memoir, and the two Rachel Hollis ones are self-help-that-isn't-helpful.

Date: 2019-05-04 10:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com
Rachel Hollis seems to have more criticism than praise. I'm not big on self-help books anyway.

So, you don't recommend Juniper?

Date: 2019-05-05 01:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coercedbynutmeg.livejournal.com
I hate the mom. She couldn't get pregnant despite various methods, then she had to resort to a donor egg, then when she got pregnant she engaged in stupid high-impact activities that caused the placental abruption that made her go into labor 4 months early. And she was very self-righteous otherwise.

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