I read the first book in this trilogy last year and loved it. This book continued the tale and did not disappoint! I devoured this book, and it feels so relevant to me.
7. Swimmer Among the Stars by Kanishk Tharoor
I love short stories! Love them!! So I had to check this book out. It was interesting and I enjoyed various aspects of stories. My favorite was probably the first one (Swimmer among the Stars) where linguists/ethnographers(?) are interviewing the last speaker of a language. In that story there is a lot of reflection on the connection between language and culture... right up my alley. But my second one was Cultural Property because the main character is an Indian archaeologist in England who wants to steal from the dig to take this British artifact to England. I definitely liked that!
A couple of nice quotes from Cultural Property-
“Why can’t we own fragments of your past, since you’ve taken so much of ours?”
“Nobody feels more entitled to their own history than the English.”
8. Binti: Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okoforator
The last installment in the Binti trilogy! I really wanted to read this the day it was released, but I had so many library books stacked up. And truth be told, I've been hardly reading this year because I took up crochet again...
9. Trees for the Forest by Patricia Cast
This is a book from 1978 that I found in a shelf of used books at the comic book store in town. I loved the title and so I grabbed it. It is a collection of 9 "myths". Some of the stories are clearly drawn from famous stories or historical events and some are not- at least as for me. For the most part they are interesting but nothing that I really feel like is going to stay with me with the possible exception of the last story about Helen of Troy. With that said, it is a quick read. I practically read it all in one sitting.
10. Forgotten Tigers by Annie Bellet
I have read quite a few Annie Bellet stories and find her quite unique. I adored her collection Till Human Voices Wake Us and was excited to read this. Then for reasons I don't recall, I didn't read it. It has sat patiently waiting for me to read it for several years. Well, 2018 is my year to tackle my pile of unread books. Sure I read all the time, but I tend to read library books and ignore the books I currently own under some strange and possibly misguided impression that I can always read the books I own and not the library books. Well, I am so very glad I went back to this book! She comes at topics in a way I never anticipating and is interested in exploring ideas that I don't expect.
