I am so happy summer has come again and I have time for reading for pleasure! In my reverence for making the most of this time, I have found a list that I hope to follow through the summer.
Here is the link: http://www.buzzfeed.com/ariannarebolini/how-many-of-the-greatest-books-by-women-have-you-read
That's right, it's a Buzzfeed quiz. For those haters of Buzzfeed, I know where you are coming from, but this post is actually nice. It is a quiz made to see how many books by the greatest women writers you have read. I entered the quiz with high expectations, but I was shocked to see that out of 121, I had only read 18! Oh the shame! Therefore, I sought to resolve this problem as fast as I could.
My first choice was The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, which I had heard great praise of and was most interested in because it had been compared to one of my favorite books The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston (it's on the list!). Below is a raving book review.
My next choice was The Tale of Genji by Mirusaki Shikibu. I took a Japanese Literature class on the kibyoshi (an early form of comicbook), which began with a discussion of Mirusaki Shikibu. The Tale of Genji is accredited as the first novel ever written (bet you didn't know it was written by a woman in Japan). However, the original tale is ginormous (as in twice the size of War and Peace). So in the spirit of the kibyoshi class, I found an illustrated version and a comicbook version to read! Hopefully with the two texts I will be able to get the fullest experience.
The next book up is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, which I chose to do in honor of her recent passing.
Look forward to the book reviews coming up and take a look at the quiz to see how you match up against these great women.
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