Books and Stuff

A weekly round-up of my book news.

What I've been reading...

Started Pat Barker, Life Class, and, in memory of Sir Patrick, Patrick Moore on Mars.

Finished The Lying Stones of Marrakech.

What I've bought...

Russell Chamberlin, Loot: The Heritage of Plunder - £1.00
Matthew Dennison, The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's Youngest Daughter - £4.99
Patrick Moore, 80 Not Out: The Autobiography - £2.81
Douglas Scott, The Preparatory Prologue: Douglas Haig, Diaries and Letters, 1861-1914 - £100

Michael Tillotson, The Fifth Pillar: The Life and Philosophy of the Lord Bramall, KG - £1.00
Anne Tyler, Digging to America - 50p
Anne Tyler, Ladder of Years - 50p

Books and Stuff

A weekly round-up of my book news.

What I've been reading...

I finished a Patchwork Planet, which I enjoyed, and The English Whippet, which was masterly.

Carried on with The Lying Stones of Marrakech.

What I bought...

Meir Ben-Dov, Historical  Atlas of Jerusalem - £1.50
Robert Bewley, Prehistoric Settlements - £1.50
Barry Cunliffe, Iron Age Britain - £1.50
Guy de la Bedoyere, Roman Towns in Britain - £1.50
Michael Parker Pearson, Bronze Age Britain - £1.50
Francis Pryor, Flag Fen: Prehistoric Fenland Centre - £1.50
Georges Serrus, The Land of the Cathars - 50p

Books and Stuff

A weekly round-up of my book news

What I've been reading...

I finished A.E. van Vogt, Voyage of the Space Beagle.

I started Walsh & Lowe, The English Whippet, and Anne Tyler's A Patchwork Planet - I've not read any of her work before, but thought the film of The Accidental Tourist wasn't too bad.

Carried on reading Stephen Jay Gould, The Lying Stones of Marrakech.

What I've bought....

W.F. Kirby (ed), Kalevala: The Land of Heroes - £1.50
Tim Tatton-Brown (ed), The Archaeology of Cathedrals - £1.50

Books and Stuff

A weekly round-up of my book news.

What I've been reading...

Finished Darwin's Armada, which I enjoyed very much and  would recommend to anyone.  The voyage of the Beagle is well-trodden ground, but less well-known are the travels of Darwin's later allies Huxley, Hooker and Wallace.  A good read.

I had another go at Edmund de Waal, The Hare with Amber Eyes.  I'd been given it last Christmas by someone who knew I was interested in nesuke and I read half of  it some months ago before resting it.  I persevered with another fifty or so pages, but I've given up.  Despite all the praise it's got, I just find it turgid and the author's 'journey' into his family history dull.

Started Stephen Jay Gould, The Lying Stones of Marrakech, which is up to his usual standards.