Sep. 3rd, 2012

oloriel: (discworld - library rules)


I...
actually read some books in the past month! Months. Whatever.

So I guess I should try to do that book list thing again. Because I last did it in January and I'm sure you've all missed it. Oh well, at least it'll be a bit longer this time? :P

Authors in Bold: Titles in Bold and Italics.
Tongue-in-Cheek commentary subtitle by yours truly - if I can think of something.
Potentially spoilery summary/review/commentary under the LJ-cut for your protection. )

Oh dear, let's hope I'm not forgetting something.

Gyles Brandreth: Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death
RPS and Crime in Victorian England, Pt. II
Potentially spoilery summary/review/commentary under the LJ-cut for your protection. )

David Procter and Francis Grose: Lobcocks and Fartleberries: 18th-Century Insults to Confound your Foes
No spoilers here, it's a dictionary after all )

Terry Pratchett: Snuff
Potentially spoilery summary/review/commentary under the LJ-cut for your protection. )

Cornelia Lohmann: Babys in Bewegung - Mit allen Sinnen
OK, this is not a spoiler-cut, just a length cut )

Daniel Pool: What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew
Truth Is Stranger Than Discworld
No spoilers here either, 'cause this is real history )

Jonas Jonasson: Der Hundertjährige, der aus dem Fenster stieg und verschwand
Like Forrest Gump. In Sweden. Except with Cursing (and an Elephant).
Potentially spoilery summary/review/commentary under the LJ-cut for your protection. )

Kathryn Stockett: The Help
I's In UR Histories, Appropriating UR Fight
Potentially spoilery summary/review/commentary under the LJ-cut for your protection. )

Bruno Keiser: Adelheid - Königin, Kaiserin, Heilige. Ein Leben in bewegter Zeit.
Neither Fish Nor Fowl Nor A Good Honest Biography
Potentially spoilery summary/review/commentary under the LJ-cut for your protection. )

Next reading list... up in December. Or next year? WHO KNOWS.

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