Next stack! (You know, it seems from the number of books I'm completing that my "to be read" stack should be shrinking. HA! They're breeding, I tell you.)
Recently finished:
1776, David McCullough: It's a nice book, eminently readable, really points up how close we were to being relegated to footnotes in the texts on the British Empire's worldwide glory. It's perhaps a bit Washington-centric, but then, how could it not be? Well worth reading.
As the Romans Did, Jo-Ann Shelton: Impressively detailed! This is a comprehensive textbook-like overview of the world of the Romans. Some chapters more readable than others, but overall really, really fascinating and an excellent reference work.
Dick Contino's Blues, James Ellroy: Another work of Ellroy short stories that just didn't do it for me. Dick Contino was apparently a real person who had a minor career as an accordion player and a small cult hit movie. Ellroy has developed one of his obsessions with the guy, tracked him down, got the real story, and wrote it up. Again, though, these stories showcase most of what I'm not such a fan of in Ellroy's writing.
Murder Between the Covers, Elaine Viets: Second book in the Dead-End Job mystery series. Just as much a hit as the first! This will have to be the next series I work on - these are compulsively readable books.
Recently finished:
1776, David McCullough: It's a nice book, eminently readable, really points up how close we were to being relegated to footnotes in the texts on the British Empire's worldwide glory. It's perhaps a bit Washington-centric, but then, how could it not be? Well worth reading.
As the Romans Did, Jo-Ann Shelton: Impressively detailed! This is a comprehensive textbook-like overview of the world of the Romans. Some chapters more readable than others, but overall really, really fascinating and an excellent reference work.
Dick Contino's Blues, James Ellroy: Another work of Ellroy short stories that just didn't do it for me. Dick Contino was apparently a real person who had a minor career as an accordion player and a small cult hit movie. Ellroy has developed one of his obsessions with the guy, tracked him down, got the real story, and wrote it up. Again, though, these stories showcase most of what I'm not such a fan of in Ellroy's writing.
Murder Between the Covers, Elaine Viets: Second book in the Dead-End Job mystery series. Just as much a hit as the first! This will have to be the next series I work on - these are compulsively readable books.
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