Status Updates From L'albero della danza

I tried to power through the book two days before the book club but alas I could not. I had the time but squandered it. I don't want to do that again and promise to read the next one fully.


The ending scaffolding has been spoiled for me slightly however, I think I will carry on. I have been enjoying the mystery of the plague and the structure of the book.

I started reading two days ago and was tempted not to because it seems in the same vein every book recommended by the book club so far. "Woe is women!" "oh the plight of women!".

That being said I'm actually enjoying it. It's historical fiction set in a Germanic region in the late 16th century dancing plague as the backdrop.

"new wood and piss" is such a specific smell and i hate that i can imagine it

i had hoped this would be a little more entertaining