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Mar. 9th, 2010 10:50 amBeen lazy!
Lots of books to report.
Becoming Queen, a biography of Queen Victoria's early life. I found this interesting. And naturally more accurate than the film "young Victoria" (although I also like staring at people in pretty costumes).
Life Stories (Attenborough). My brother bought this for me for XMyth, which was a great gift! It's a lovely book, with nice stories and pictures of (mostly) animals. Definitely worth reading if you like Attenborough's work
Morgaine volume 4 (Cherryh). I actually liked this one a lot better than the previous. I think no. 2 put me off a bit.
The God Engines (Scalzi). I loved this one, only problem - very short (it's a novella). Fantasy, in a break from previous mil SF stuff.
Anthony and Cleopatra (McCullough). Last volume of the First Man in Rome series. Chunky and dense, but good. I think they probably bear re-reading in quick succession for less forgetting-things-between-volumes, but didn't suffer awfully from all the forgetting. This one takes us from the formation of the triumvirate through to the death of Anthony.
Lots of books to report.
Becoming Queen, a biography of Queen Victoria's early life. I found this interesting. And naturally more accurate than the film "young Victoria" (although I also like staring at people in pretty costumes).
Life Stories (Attenborough). My brother bought this for me for XMyth, which was a great gift! It's a lovely book, with nice stories and pictures of (mostly) animals. Definitely worth reading if you like Attenborough's work
Morgaine volume 4 (Cherryh). I actually liked this one a lot better than the previous. I think no. 2 put me off a bit.
The God Engines (Scalzi). I loved this one, only problem - very short (it's a novella). Fantasy, in a break from previous mil SF stuff.
Anthony and Cleopatra (McCullough). Last volume of the First Man in Rome series. Chunky and dense, but good. I think they probably bear re-reading in quick succession for less forgetting-things-between-volumes, but didn't suffer awfully from all the forgetting. This one takes us from the formation of the triumvirate through to the death of Anthony.