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[threeplusfire]

I'm on book #53 for the year. This ravenous consumption of novels reminds me of being ten, twelve years old. When I knew I had to read everything because I would never have enough time for all the live I ought to live, that my body was a betrayal, that there were so many things I didn't know.

If you've read anything really good recently, I'd love to know. I like good novels and niche histories and biographies.

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[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

If you're open to children's fiction, I loved E.C. Spykman's Terrible, Horrible Edie so much that I tracked down the other three (sadly still very out of print) books in the series. (THE is the third of four books, but can be read on its own without any context needed.) The author loathed the pervasive sexism of her childhood culture and it shows in her portrayal of the family dynamics, particularly between the two proto-feminist sisters and their eldest, openly misogynistic brother.