Extraordinary birthday dinner at Rita with Bill - briefly in Wellington between Florida and Vanuatu.
Finished reading: Ancient Cuzco by Brian S. Bauer ๐
Excellent preparation for our trip to Peru in July 2024.
Finished reading: Why the Bible Began by Jacob L. Wright ๐
Fascinating analysis of the underpinnings of the development of the Hebrew Bible.
Finished reading: Mona of the Manor by Armistead Maupin ๐
Thank you to my wonderful bestie Sam Mackay for helping me to buy my latest bookstack from Unity Books in Wellington:
- Lady Chatterleyโs 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
Final catch up of books I have finished reading: Babel by R. F. Kuang ๐
Finished reading: The Life and Death of States by Natasha Wheatley ๐
Finished reading: The Glass Wall by Max Egremont ๐
Finished reading: A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived by Adam Rutherford ๐
Finished reading: Super-Infinite by Katherine Rundell ๐
Almost the end of the work year. It’s been challenging, but I work with a great team, and that has made all the difference.