This book haul features two books that I have been eyeing for quite some time and only recently decided to fork out the cash for. So, I'm hoping that both books deliver some high-quality material.
Title: Fool's Assassin
Author: Robin Hobb
Series: The Fitz and The Fool Trilogy #1
Genre: Fantasy; Fiction; Epic Fantasy; High Fantasy
Goodreads Rating: 4.34/ 5 stars
Pages: 689 (Paperback)
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Published: August 28, 2015 (Original publication: August 12, 2014)
Summary: FitzChivalry Farseer—royal bastard and former king’s assassin—has left his life of intrigue behind. As far as the rest of the world knows, FitzChivalry Farseer is dead and buried. Masquerading as Tom Badgerlock, Fitz is now married to his childhood sweetheart, Molly, and leading the quiet life of a country squire.
Though Fitz is haunted by the disappearance of the Fool, who did so much to shape Fitz into the man he has become, such private hurts are put aside in the business of daily life, at least until the appearance of menacing, pale-skinned strangers casts a sinister shadow over Fitz’s past . . . and his future.
Now, to protect his new life, the former assassin must once again take up his old one. . . .
I was first introduced to Robin Hobb through her Rain Wild Chronicles, which fell completely flat for me. But, her style of writing and her creativity made me want to explore more of her work. The Fitz and The Fool Trilogy came highly recommended and has fantastic ratings on Goodreads. Hopefully, Fool's Assassin will be the novel that makes me love Robin Hobb.
Title: We Should All Be Feminists
Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Genre: Nonfiction; Essays; Feminism
Goodreads Rating: 4.48/ 5 stars
Pages: 52 (Paperback)
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: February 3, 2015 (Original publication: 2014)
Summary: In this personal, eloquently-argued essay—adapted from her much-admired TEDx talk of the same name—Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of Americanah, offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her deep understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics, here is one remarkable author’s exploration of what it means to be a woman now—and an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.
Feminism is a topic/movement that seems to be highlighted in the news just about daily, now. Considering the current political climate that shouldn't come as a surprise. However, while much of what feminism advocates for is crucial to creating a foundation for equality for all, there are also just as many feminists who have strayed from the core of the movement and are morphing feminism into something it is not. Feminism shouldn't be stuffed down anyone's throat and feminism shouldn't be regarded as a set of guidelines that life needs to adhere to. Feminism should be regarded as liberating and unifying. In Adichie's writing I hope to find a connection back to feminism's roots and its Classical era.
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