Mina
I know it’s wrong of me, but I freaking adore Mina. Yes, she’s immoral and vicious and ultimately homicidal, and if she had a heart it would be in the wrong place, but she grew up thinking she was Death, and not in a fun goth kind of way. Of course, that makes her MVP in her family, but not to her mother, the jealous Miriam who waited her whole life for Kammani to rise only to see herself supplanted by the daughter she thinks is inferior.
So Mina has Issues.
We based Mina on a perfect picture of Christian Ricci:
And after that it was easy. Although not for Mina who had to cope with both her mother and Kammani, not to mention those three losers who kept thwarting her.
Of course, that’s why God made matches.
And in other news, Krissie is here (YAY!) and Lani arrives Sunday (YAY!) and then we do the book tour. Life is good.
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Mina = Ricca : perfect.
Have a great time on the “World Tour” (limited)
That’s weird. I imagined Mina almost like that photograph, sans the cute smile, but I’m not really familiar with Ricci. That high, smooth forehead is amazing.
About D&G though, the thing that resonated the most with me as both a reader and writer, was the level of sophistication in this book. On the surface it looks like fun and games, sex and whimsy, but there is an underlying thread of intelligence. Even if most of this history is fictitious you guys obviously did your research yet you delivered with a light touch. To pull that off is a master feat. I love that.
Have a great time on your book tour.
Hi - I’d been navigating here from the link on Argh!, and so didn’t realize there had been three new posts. And have been doing stuff WAY back - like asking questions about Book Clubs.
I told my aunt about the book (wondering if she wanted a signed copy from Dayton), and she asked if it was thought-provoking enough for a Book Club. I said, well, it’s not all dire and angst-y the way many Book Club selections are, but it ought to generate some discussion, as well as being fun.
Here, as with the post on Peg is one fertile source of discussion: crazy mothers and mothers that make you crazy! “Dogs I have loved” will, of course, come up, and I figured stuff about women and friendship, women and power, what is put-up-with-able from a man (or god) and what’s a deal-breaker, and how women sabotage themselves and their relationships. Am I missing some big stuff? There may be some career-related thoughts that might come up, as each woman has a somewhat different approach to her career.
There are, obviously, food issues, but I’m not sure how to frame them. Although women can always talk about food! The main food theme seems to be celebrate and enjoy.
The B&N book club seemed to focus on the writing collaboration, which is also fascinating.
Anyway, if anyone has any suggestions (based on more experience with book clubs than I have), I’d be grateful! Especially since I’m overwhelmed with work and can’t put much thought in at the moment.
Enjoy your visit and I’ll see you on Friday!
Loved the book. Great characters, great dialogue, great lines. (Though I can’t believe Daisy stomps her foot- pg. 382)
I liked Mina. (Kammani should have paid more attention to her.) And Ricci is perfect to play her.
(NB: spoilers from paragraph three)Just finished the book about 36 hours ago, and thinking about reading it again this afternoon (-:. Really good!
Mina, in my mind, was Wednesday Addams, all growed up, and I think that pic of Christina Ricci really captures that — and the roses in the background. (-: There’s something there; goth and roses.
As for book club questions, SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!
I think it’s interesting about how the goddesses are ranked. In a lot of European paganisms, it’s all about the babies; fertility is huge, and getting that baby out is really huge. YOUR THIRD SPOILER WARNING!!!However, here, fertility and childbirth are marginalized, and the Big Three are lust, sex and orgasm. Health is ridiculed! That’s really thought-provoking! Health is not only ridiculed, but offed pretty darn quick. And Death. Death looms, but death, where is thy sting?
For the bookclub, I think it would be very interesting to discuss how the goddesses might have been ranked in the past, and why, and how the current ranking reflects modern society. Bonus: how would you rank the goddesses, and why? Would you add any extra goddesses? Who, and why?
Goddesses are role models, and they also reflect our inner fears and hopes, and that’s one reason why I find them so fascinating. And incarnating the goddesses really brings them a step closer to who we are as humans. Pratchett, for example, plays around with gods, but they are more for comic relief. Death is the only biggie, I think, in Discworld. The one who comes for all.
(-: Oh yeah. I wish I belonged to a bookclub. One that read Pratchett and Dogs and Goddesses!
(I said thanks over at Argh, but let me say thanks to you three again. It was a great book! Very thought-provoking, and one that deserves lots of discussion.)