What are you currently reading?
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Reading a little book on Chinese Water Deer and have a book coming on how to make canoe paddles! Project for the kids!
I've just finished the four books in the Aristophania series of graphic novels.
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I'm part of the way into Economix but not sure that I'll persevere; it seems to me that the author is not at all impartial and it is starting to read more like propaganda than like education.
I have The Anglo Saxons by Marc Morris waiting for me.
Aristophania
Avec Aristophania, Xavier Dorison et Joël Parnotte créent une saga de French Fantasy en 4 tomes. Dans un décor à la Pagnol, les deux auteurs transfor…
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I'm part of the way into Economix but not sure that I'll persevere; it seems to me that the author is not at all impartial and it is starting to read more like propaganda than like education.
I have The Anglo Saxons by Marc Morris waiting for me.
Rewild your mind from Nick Goldsmith, it did something for me.....
Bernard Cornwells new Sharpe book..Sharpes Storm. Can't comment on it yet as i've only just started. But if its like any of his newer 3, it'll be good.
SWMBO bought me a copy of Walden a little over fifteen years ago...
I had a hard time reading it.
He built his cabin with planks and nails taken from the liquidation sale of a bankrupt, lived by earning money from tutoring for kids of rich locals, played at self-reliance and wrote in a weird, fake, olde-worlde style like the worst of Lovecraft and Emerson.
I think that if he was alive today, he'd be living in a remote cottage out in the wilds of Wales, Scotland or the West Country, with a Range Rover Evoque hidden in the barn.
I have heard goods things about that. I am a dork and love science fiction. Currently reading the latest Halo book (probably read about 30 others).
The original story line for the Halo games was written by Greg Bear who's written many good science fiction books. His two books Eon and Eternity are some of the finest works of science fiction in my opinion and I highly recommend them to any fans of the genre.I have heard goods things about that. I am a dork and love science fiction. Currently reading the latest Halo book (probably read about 30 others).
I've never read Neal Asher. Are his books any good?
I've really enjoyed World Walkers, the only other Asher book I've read is The Gabble. He has a real talent for believable alien world building. I'd say give him a go.
Oh, dont forget I said that, but he is well worth reading regardless.
But no, a guy whose wilderness is a handy jaunt into town to do his washing. (Probably someone elses chore)
Anyhow, latest book;
Bog Fashion by Nicole DeRushie
All you needed to know about Bronze and Iron Age clothing
the Archaeology
And the practicality.
(Maybe a book also handy for those who want to make their own clothes and just about can thread a needle...)
RIP Greg.
The three precursor trilogy books he wrote are my absolute favorite. Mans a good world builder. I think Kelly Gay is following in his footsteps however.
I've just finished the most recent Blake & Mortimer, n°31 in the series.
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Got the most recent Asterix waiting for me.
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Got the most recent Asterix waiting for me.
Wild Swans - Three Daughters of China, by Jung Chang.
Almost a three-generational autobiography (two bios and an autobio) of a slightly privileged family in China, covering 1909 to 1978. The family histories are seen within the context of all the political upheaval going on in China at the time: the war between the Kuomintang and Communists, The Great Famine and The Cultural Revolution. An amazing amount of turmoil and displacement within the country during that time, and a lot for anyone to live through, and especially for someone to be born into.
A gripping read, I found...
Almost a three-generational autobiography (two bios and an autobio) of a slightly privileged family in China, covering 1909 to 1978. The family histories are seen within the context of all the political upheaval going on in China at the time: the war between the Kuomintang and Communists, The Great Famine and The Cultural Revolution. An amazing amount of turmoil and displacement within the country during that time, and a lot for anyone to live through, and especially for someone to be born into.
A gripping read, I found...
Political Girl - Life and Fate in Russia by Maria Alyokhina.
Maria is a member of the Russian Punk Band and Activist Group Pussy Riot.
An easy read in bite-sized pieces. And very interesting, albeit disturbing, detailing her times in and out of prison, detentions, house arrest and ankle-tagging as punishment for protest and opposition in Putin's Russia. A very brave woman, as indeed are her friends and colleagues who are undergoing similar punishment. Some of it is contemporaneous with Alexei Navalny's time in opposition.
Maria is a member of the Russian Punk Band and Activist Group Pussy Riot.
An easy read in bite-sized pieces. And very interesting, albeit disturbing, detailing her times in and out of prison, detentions, house arrest and ankle-tagging as punishment for protest and opposition in Putin's Russia. A very brave woman, as indeed are her friends and colleagues who are undergoing similar punishment. Some of it is contemporaneous with Alexei Navalny's time in opposition.
