Monica's Updates en-US Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:45:09 -0800 60 Monica's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg ReadStatus8732714354 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:45:09 -0800 <![CDATA[Monica wants to read 'Blindness']]> /review/show/7076872738 Blindness by José Saramago Monica wants to read Blindness by José Saramago
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]]> Review5956590394 Sun, 05 Nov 2023 15:37:41 -0800 <![CDATA[Monica added 'A Room of One’s Own']]> /review/show/5956590394 A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf Monica gave 4 stars to A Room of One’s Own (Paperback) by Virginia Woolf
Insightful and eloquent, Woolf’s essay broadly discusses “women and fiction�, from men’s literary portrayals of women to subject matter found in women’s fiction, and from women’s prose to the careers of early female writers. Most importantly, Woolf advances that for a tradition of women’s fiction to develop, women authors require “a room of one’s own and five hundred pounds�, alluding to the financial and intellectual independence that are necessary for free, open writing. Good writing thus depends on material factors.

The highlight for me was the section which focused on pioneer women authors and how their works relate. We owe so much to Aphra Behn. ]]> ReadStatus7159466394 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 19:51:05 -0700 <![CDATA[Monica wants to read 'The Remains of the Day']]> /review/show/5948179193 The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Monica wants to read The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
]]> Comment267376603 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 04:45:15 -0700 <![CDATA[Monica commented on Monica's review of Capitalism & Slavery]]> /review/show/5021191676 Monica's review of Capitalism & Slavery
by Eric Williams

From what I recall I’d say it was definitely historically-based, and in my opinion a foundational text. The whole book consists of case study after case study of the inextricable relationship between the development of capitalism and the rise, transformation, and fall of the slave trade. Though rooted in history, it is a “liberal myth buster� - many political economic concepts can be gleaned from it. Would definitely recommend!! ]]> Comment267376460 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 04:39:43 -0700 <![CDATA[Monica commented on Monica's review of Climate Change and the Nation State: The Realist Case]]> /review/show/5348989707 Monica's review of Climate Change and the Nation State: The Realist Case
by Anatol Lieven

Thanks for both recommendations!! I haven’t heard of either but I’ll be sure to check them out :) ]]> ReadStatus7157082520 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 04:38:47 -0700 <![CDATA[Monica wants to read 'Too Many People?: Population, Immigration, and the Environmental Crisis']]> /review/show/5946432183 Too Many People? by Ian Angus Monica wants to read Too Many People?: Population, Immigration, and the Environmental Crisis by Ian Angus
]]> ReadStatus7130337839 Mon, 23 Oct 2023 06:55:35 -0700 <![CDATA[Monica wants to read 'The Second Body']]> /review/show/5927326876 The Second Body by Daisy Hildyard Monica wants to read The Second Body by Daisy Hildyard
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