Book update

[angela_o]

I'm kind of a sucker for parallel timeline stories, so this one worked for me. #45 is The Plague Tales by Ann Benson. Parallel stories of a medieval Jewish doctor during the plague years and a doctor from an indeterminate, but not far in the future America who travels to England and inadvertantly digs up a sample of that same medieval plague strain. In this future, massive unnamed disease outbreaks have caused a reordering of global societies. I liked the book overall, but found the medieval sections to be much more engrossing.

Speaking of medieval, I was at a fanfic site obviously frequented by the very young and saw a story summary wherein the author used "midevil" to describe the period. Made me literally laugh out loud.

Comments

[muffinkath7.livejournal.com]

Have you checked out The Sinner's Tale by Will Davenport yet? If not, you MUST, if you like Parallel time stories.

My sister is presently reading one called Labyrinth, which she says is pretty good. I forget who the author is. I'll ask her tonight.

[angela-o.livejournal.com]

I need to recheck and see if my library has gotten it in yet. I think I've heard of Labyrinth. Isn't it written by a woman? I'll add that to my "to be checked out" list as well. :)

[angela-o.livejournal.com]

My library only has The Painter by Will Davenport and I've read that one already. They do have Labyrinth though, so I placed a hold on it.

[muffinkath7.livejournal.com]

It's by a woman. Kate something I think. I forgot to ask Allie.