The Mists of Avalon
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Purchased at Wall Township Library book sale as trade/relay/release fodder.
A fantastic retelling of the legend of King Arthur by the women in his life. Forget everything you thought you knew about Guenevere and Morgan LeFay - you'll see them in a totally different light after this read.
Bradley has written additional novels centering on Avalon, but this is the gem in the bunch.
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Offered on the Ain't No Place I'd Rather Be relay.
A fantastic retelling of the legend of King Arthur by the women in his life. Forget everything you thought you knew about Guenevere and Morgan LeFay - you'll see them in a totally different light after this read.
Bradley has written additional novels centering on Avalon, but this is the gem in the bunch.
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Offered on the Ain't No Place I'd Rather Be relay.
Arrived today. Thank you!
This book is just not going to get read by me. Perhaps another time I will be ready for a nice thick book. :)
Accepted by Fuzz-ball as part of the "Very Wanted Books" Relay
Accepted by Fuzz-ball as part of the "Very Wanted Books" Relay
Arrived today in the mail, thanks lauraloo29! I've got a couple of books to get through before I get to it, but I _will_ be reading it.
I've always been a bit of a sucker for the Arthurian legend related stories but have only done very limited reading on the legend itself. I read this book hoping to change this. It's definitely not quite what I had expected, but I was very pleasantly surprised. Bradley is without doubt an excellent writer. I found it very interesting to see the story told from the female/pagan perspective, bringing a whole new dimension to the legend. I'll admit I was a little disappointed that so many of the main aspects of the legend were glossed over so quickly, and found the end of the book to be rushed, but considering what aspects of the legend she was trying to emphasize, as well as the messages she was trying to get across, I can understand why she did it. I was a bit amused to notice it in the “picked by woman for woman” section of my local bookstore, but am certainly not ashamed to have read it being male. I think accusations of it being nothing more than feminist propaganda are highly exaggerated and mostly likely from people who have yet to read the book.
I think I had a friend or two eying this book as I was reading it. I'm going to hold on to it for a bit to give them a chance to read it too, otherwise I'll probably be releasing it into the wild some time soon. Thanks for making this book available to me!
I think I had a friend or two eying this book as I was reading it. I'm going to hold on to it for a bit to give them a chance to read it too, otherwise I'll probably be releasing it into the wild some time soon. Thanks for making this book available to me!
Passed the book along to a friend back in Dec 2006, who was very interested in reading it, and told her to pass it along to someone else when she had finished.