Book Update

 The going-over of the collection is complete, and I have the book catalog up to date.

 1686 books.  (This does not count books in to-be-read pile or books belonging to the MV.)

 9 bookcases (not counting the three shelf one in MV's room).

 I don't have a book addiction, what makes you ask?

 Notable reads of the latest period:

Apocalypse by Nur/Burgess, looking at the role of seismic disturbances during the end of the Bronze Age and the role they may have played in ending it.  While I'm not a big pre-history person, the idea that earthquakes contributed seems pretty reasonable - at least as reasonable as the whole Sea Peoples theory. 

Mission of Honor was already reviewed here.

Murder on Lexington Avenue by Victoria Thompson - not a bad mystery, but she needs to stop talking about the UST between her protagonists and show us.  Three pages of UST in a book isn't enough, thanks much.

Alice, Princess Andrew of Greece by Hugo Vickers was an enjoyable read.  A little dishy, but not overly so, and he did a decent job of tying it in with other events.

We Two: Victoria and Albert by Gillian Gill was an interesting look at that particular marriage, and the sculpting of their joint image, both by them and by others.  The notes section is insanely detailed. 

DV

30 Days of Books Meme - Day 1

 I decided to give this whole 30 days of whatever meme a second chance.  We'll see if I can keep up this time.  I find it easier to talk about books than movies, so that gives me some hope.

Day 01 – Best book you read last year - I went back through the "book report" tag on this one, and am going to have to go with a fairly recent read, Mission of Honor by David Weber.  After 5 years of keeping us waiting for a mainline Honor Harrington book, he gave us one that rocked.  It wasn't 800 pages in hardcover, the technical stuff didn't go to insane extremes, he killed off major characters, and he made me cry a little.  The review is here, but it has SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS!  I picked it as the best book because it brought me roaring back into a series that I started considering dead (especially since it was almost 5 years since the last book). 

( 30 Days of BOOKS )