books 2006: In the Shadow of the Ark, by Anne Provoost

[supercheesegirl]

This was pretty okay, but not a standout in the "Biblical stories retold from the perspective of peripheral female characters" genre. Not like The Red Tent, which broke my heart and I still remember how it ends. I think The Red Tent is the standard against which all such Biblical novels from a female perspective shall be held.

Also, this book offered no insight--none at all!--into the question: how, exactly, did they repopulate the earth when Noah's sons apparently had nothing but sons? No daughters mentioned at all, or other women who miraculously survived. I would consider this a major plot hole. Hmph.

In happier book news, I just received two shipments from amazon: five books that I'm totally psyched to read. A Mrs. Pollifax, a Patricia McKillip, a few sequels. Five books that I'm excited about, all at once! My cup runneth over.

PS. This is book #93 for the year. I rock. \m/

Comments

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I'm not keeping a running total of how many I've read. I'll total them up at the end of the year - my goal is to read 50. But I don't want to worry about the number and get to thinking "imfgs i'll never make it" or something.