Finished reading: Sound Tracks by Graeme Lawson πŸ“š


Finished reading: Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks πŸ“š

The first book on the β€œCulture” Series, now a classic science fiction setting. Explores the Culture largely from the view on an antagonist in the midst of a devastating galactic war. Covers vast and immense scope with finely crafted characters and intense interpersonal relationships and conflict.

Brilliant.


Finished reading: Hard by the Cloud House by Peter Walker πŸ“š

Interesting mix of natural history, history and mythological investigation.


Finished reading: On Savage Shores by Caroline Dodds Pennock πŸ“š


Finished reading: Blackouts by Justin Torres πŸ“š


Finished reading: Fifth Sun by Camilla Townsend πŸ“š


Finished reading: Annals of Native America by Camilla Townsend πŸ“š


Finished reading: Annals of Native America by Camilla Townsend πŸ“š


Finished reading: Bernardino de Sahagun by Miguel Leon-Portilla πŸ“š


Finished reading: Homer and His Iliad by Robin Lane Fox πŸ“š


Finished reading: The Florentine Codex by Jeanette Favrot Peterson πŸ“š


Finished reading: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch πŸ“š


Finished reading: How the World Made the West by Josephine Quinn πŸ“š


Finished reading: Ancient Cuzco by Brian S. Bauer πŸ“š

Excellent preparation for our trip to Peru in July 2024.


Finished reading: Why the Bible Began by Jacob L. Wright πŸ“š

Fascinating analysis of the underpinnings of the development of the Hebrew Bible.


Finished reading: Mona of the Manor by Armistead Maupin πŸ“š


Thank you to my wonderful bestie Sam Mackay for helping me to buy my latest bookstack from Unity Books in Wellington:

  • Lady Chatterley’s Lover (D.H. Lawrence 1928)
  • Mona of the Manor (Amistead Maupin 2024)
  • A History of Japan in Manga (Shunchiro Kanaya 2022)
  • The Land Wars - the dispossession of the Khoisan and AmaXhosa in the Cape Colony (John Laband 2020)
  • Normal Women- 900 years of making history (Philippa Gregory 2023)

#books #bookstack #history #friends


Starting the year out right


Final catch up of books I have finished reading: Babel by R. F. Kuang πŸ“š


Finished reading: The Life and Death of States by Natasha Wheatley πŸ“š