Something old weekly check-in

[fred_mouse]

If you have had time to read this week, and if you have had the wherewithal to spend on the books you picked for the Something Old challenge, what have you read?

If you haven't focused on the challenge, or just read the cereal box at breakfast (or any other meal; cereal is an anytime food in this house), feel free to talk about that instead!

Comments

[fred_mouse]

I have in fact made progress on one of the two history books I picked -- the one about Europe 1900-1914. I'm frustrated by the minimal to no mention of what women were doing (except Queen Victoria, but that was mostly dying), but have hopes that this is because I've only read one chapter, not because the author didn't care to mention any. There are many many references to anti-semitism, and some really weird 'and the equivalent attitudes would be [racist statement] about Muslims' which don't always get the feeling that the author really gets how icky they are being.

[peaceful_sands]

Well done on making some progress although it doesn't sound like things are going to well. Hopefully things will improve.

[fred_mouse]

I'm getting lots of valuable context. But as I have also been reading sections of Disruptive Acts:The New Woman in Fin-de-Siecle France in recent weeks, I'm much more aware than usual of how much is being omitted.