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Viva la Monja Alférez! This is the story of Catalina de Erauso, a 16th-17th Century "transvestite nun." It's her short autobiography -- first a nun in the Basque region of Spain in the late 1500s, she donned men's clothing and escaped. She passed as male in Spain, working here and there, and then left for colonial travels to South America (Peru mostly, and Chile). There she soldiered, dueled, killed, and adventured. She eventually confessed her transgressions and became legendary. Although the prose is not that interesting (and not at all lurid), the story is fascinating.

this book was highly readable and clever... perhaps too clever at points and certainly dragged a bit in the middle, but the conclusion of the book was exciting and unexpected. pessl creates fantastic metaphors from high and low culture that were fun the whole way through.

Very good book I just finished. One of those books that come highly recommended and doesn't disappoint. The first 2/3 of the book is very engaging. Last 1/3 isn't as suspenseful but interesting nonetheless.

A fairly interesting book, but not really all that great. I suppose it was good for its genre though.

Woodland animals await the snowfall in this brilliantly illustrated story by Sebastian Meschenmoser. My audience squealed with giggles over squirrel's antics, hedgehog's confusion and bear's grumpy expressions. When the first flake falls, the result is magical. This is a nice addition to a winter storytime line-up.

Uh, kind of embarrassed that I didn't get this one read until now considering my history and linguistics interests. I really enjoyed it--better than the movies, even, and I wish that I had read it before seeing them. I admit that the Christ symbolism was somewhat less than I expected--or rather, it was in different areas and characters. It definitely deserves to be considered as one of the most popular (but not best) books ever written.