> > Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley ( a lighter > > read?) i think mark e. in seattle has read this, ask > > him what he thought. > > A WONDERFUL read!! I want to read it again this summer. There are also > prequels and sequels to this book. I highly recommend this one! >
'Mists of Avalon' is a wonderful book! I thought the mini-series paled in comparison. The Arthurian legend told from the viewpoints of the women. Entertaining & fascinating reading. Allison also mentioned Virginia Woolf who had a unique & fascinating writing style. 'Orlando' was her love-letter to Vita Sackville-West and is a fun read. Pretty decent movie made out of it, too. 'Mrs. Dalloway' is also good and worth the read just for the way it's constructed. This one had a very good film made of it as well that was pretty successful at capturing what is going on in the character's heads which is a lot of what the book is all about. The novel moves from one character's pov to the next as their paths cross and sort of connects up two nearly unrelated stories. For some reason this literary device makes me think of Rickie Lee Jones' song 'Satellites'. Mark E. who has started 'The Voyage Out' but hasn't done much reading lately so hasn't gotten too far into it yet.
