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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Currently reading: Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin. The 13th in his Inspector Rebus series.
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Wow - I've been lax about updating.
Resurrection Men was good. The series is very much into its stride now.
Then I read
We Shall Rise by John Ringo et al. Uplifting stories set in the aftermath of his Zombie Apocalypse. An OK read.
Rosen's Almanc by Michael Rosen was next. I didn't really finish this - it has a small snippet for every day of the year. It did remind me of
The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenité (a poem on on English pronunciation) and I was able to update my copy with a couple of minor corrections.
The
Proto Zoa and
The Adventure of the Demonic Ox by Lois McMaster Bujold. Both, as expected, a delight.
Then I read
Elphie by Gregory Maguire. A prequel to Wicked. I didn't like the style, and the story didn't really add anything. I'm a bit surprised I didn't just abandon it.
And I also read (in hardback!)
The Ascent of Woman by Melanie Phillips. An account of the suffrage movement in the UK. I found the lack of a solid timeline annoying - constant mentions of things that were going to happen years into the future, or that had happened years ago. This despite the overall book being a sequence from early suffrage in the 18th and 19th Centuries and finishing in the mid-20th. I would have much preferred a more time-based approach. (This was a book club book.)
And now I'm reading
Major Bricket and the Circus Corpse by Simon Brett. The first in a new cosy murder mystery series.