Book completed
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eve_primeAn Unkindness of Ghosts, by Rivers Solomon. This book is excellent, although brutal. It's a science fiction novel about a generation ship that's set up like an antebellum Southern plantation. Our main character, Aster, is a Black physician/scientist/slave, and she has three people she's very close to: Theo, the ship's Surgeon; Giselle, her bunkmate who is somewhat insane from the tortures of their lives; and Aint Melusine, who raised her. Although all sorts of tragic things happened, the ending was satisfying. It was all much, much more readable than I'd expect, given the subject matter. I liked it very much.
Let's see, what else about today? I'm getting further along in collecting the references I need for my bibliography. Around 8:30 pm I went out to see if I could hear the owl again (which is surely a great horned owl, given its call), but I shouldn't have been surprised that there's a whole lot more human sound in my neighborhood at that time on a Friday night compared with a Thursday. And poor J. remains sick - he's been sick with this cold for 17 days now, and as of yesterday seems to have developed tonsillitis.
Let's see, what else about today? I'm getting further along in collecting the references I need for my bibliography. Around 8:30 pm I went out to see if I could hear the owl again (which is surely a great horned owl, given its call), but I shouldn't have been surprised that there's a whole lot more human sound in my neighborhood at that time on a Friday night compared with a Thursday. And poor J. remains sick - he's been sick with this cold for 17 days now, and as of yesterday seems to have developed tonsillitis.