Book Update

[desertvixen]

 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

Comments

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

Of course you're not. You don't even have 2 metric Bryants of books yet, let alone an imperial one [g].

We Two sounds really fascinating. And oh, good, the library has it.

[desert-vixen.livejournal.com]

It was pretty good. Gill is a good historical writer IMO. Her notes section is WOW!detailed - my only quibble is that a straight up bibliography would be nice.