books
Finished reading: Sound Tracks by Graeme Lawson π
Finished reading: Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks π
The first book on the βCultureβ 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 π
Interesting mix of natural history, history and mythological investigation.
Finished reading: On Savage Shores by Caroline Dodds Pennock π
Finished reading: Blackouts by Justin Torres π
Finished reading: Fifth Sun by Camilla Townsend π
Finished reading: Annals of Native America by Camilla Townsend π
Finished reading: Annals of Native America by Camilla Townsend π
Finished reading: Bernardino de Sahagun by Miguel Leon-Portilla π
Finished reading: Homer and His Iliad by Robin Lane Fox π
Finished reading: The Florentine Codex by Jeanette Favrot Peterson π
Finished reading: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch π
Finished reading: How the World Made the West by Josephine Quinn π
Finished reading: Ancient Cuzco by Brian S. Bauer π
Excellent preparation for our trip to Peru in July 2024.
Finished reading: Why the Bible Began by Jacob L. Wright π
Fascinating analysis of the underpinnings of the development of the Hebrew Bible.
Finished reading: Mona of the Manor by Armistead Maupin π
Thank you to my wonderful bestie Sam Mackay for helping me to buy my latest bookstack from Unity Books in Wellington:
- Lady Chatterleyβs 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)
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Final catch up of books I have finished reading: Babel by R. F. Kuang π
Finished reading: The Life and Death of States by Natasha Wheatley π