Not-Necessarily-Wednesday Reading

[chomiji]

So I did a little Rosemary Sutcliff nostalgia re-reading: The Witch's Brat and Flame-Colored Taffeta. I enjoyed them, although they are not my favorites (those would be The Silver Branch and Dawn Wind).

Then I started something that I had seen listed on many people's lists of favorites in recent years but had never picked up for whatever reason, The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker. I am enjoying it immensely! The jinni and the golem both end up in the New York City of (I think) the earliest 20th century. The book takes many digressions, telling side stories of people involved with the pasts of the two supposedly mythological beings, before returning to the the main storyline once more. The two have just met for the first time. I have no idea how this is going to end! "In tears" is a possibility, but given how many positive reactions I've heard for this book, I'm hoping for better.

Comments

[muccamukk]

I think Jinni is set between 1900 and WWI, but I don't remember the dating exactly. I really liked it.

[conuly]

It's definitely set pre-WWI, because the Ottoman Empire is a going concern.

[conuly]

It'll be an emotional roller coaster!