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Reading Wednesday
Sep. 25th, 2024 05:58 pmIt's been almost two months since I did a reading Wednesday oops, lol. Anyway, books of note:
Death at Morning House, by Maureen Johnson - A stand-alone murder mystery. It's very similar to her Stevie Bell books in that there's a crime that happened a long time ago--I think in the '20s, in this case?--and a modern day crime and the narrative weaves between the two. I think she's very good at it, and this book was quite fun.
SPQR, by Mary Beard - This one took me about a thousand years to finish, and I honestly don't remember a lot of what I read, but I did learn a lot about the Republic, about which I had previously known...Julius Caesar and Marc Antony and very little else. This is also where I first read about Mithradates, which prompted me to switch over to a biography of him a while back.
Henry V, by William Shakespeare- Watched the Hollow Crown version on a whim, then decided to pick up the play. Probably one of my favorites, honestly.
King John, by William Shakespeare - It was in the big volume of history plays that I got from the library for Henry V, and I hadn't read this one before. It was okay. The entire thing is in verse and it's definitely not Shakespeare's best verse. IIRC this was written pretty early, and it shows.
Full Speed to a Crash Landing, by Beth Revis - A very short sci-fi thing about a crashed ship on a planet that's in its volatile, volcanic stage. There's a government crew sent to retrieve a Thing, and a scavenger who is allegedly there for scrap metal etc. I would have liked it to be longer, and there are two sequels, but the library doesn't have them, which is annoying because it left off kind of abruptly and I would like to know what happens next.
Morbidly Yours, by Ivy Fairbanks - The author's name is very hobbitish, I am just now noticing. Anyway, a Texan who works in animation moves to Galway after her husband dies and ends up neighbors with a funeral home. The mortician's grandfather left a clause in his will that the guy has to marry by his 35th birthday or he doesn't get to keep the business. You see where this is going. I did quite like the resolution in the end, though, and it was a quick and fun read.
Death at Morning House, by Maureen Johnson - A stand-alone murder mystery. It's very similar to her Stevie Bell books in that there's a crime that happened a long time ago--I think in the '20s, in this case?--and a modern day crime and the narrative weaves between the two. I think she's very good at it, and this book was quite fun.
SPQR, by Mary Beard - This one took me about a thousand years to finish, and I honestly don't remember a lot of what I read, but I did learn a lot about the Republic, about which I had previously known...Julius Caesar and Marc Antony and very little else. This is also where I first read about Mithradates, which prompted me to switch over to a biography of him a while back.
Henry V, by William Shakespeare- Watched the Hollow Crown version on a whim, then decided to pick up the play. Probably one of my favorites, honestly.
King John, by William Shakespeare - It was in the big volume of history plays that I got from the library for Henry V, and I hadn't read this one before. It was okay. The entire thing is in verse and it's definitely not Shakespeare's best verse. IIRC this was written pretty early, and it shows.
Full Speed to a Crash Landing, by Beth Revis - A very short sci-fi thing about a crashed ship on a planet that's in its volatile, volcanic stage. There's a government crew sent to retrieve a Thing, and a scavenger who is allegedly there for scrap metal etc. I would have liked it to be longer, and there are two sequels, but the library doesn't have them, which is annoying because it left off kind of abruptly and I would like to know what happens next.
Morbidly Yours, by Ivy Fairbanks - The author's name is very hobbitish, I am just now noticing. Anyway, a Texan who works in animation moves to Galway after her husband dies and ends up neighbors with a funeral home. The mortician's grandfather left a clause in his will that the guy has to marry by his 35th birthday or he doesn't get to keep the business. You see where this is going. I did quite like the resolution in the end, though, and it was a quick and fun read.
