Oh look, it's a reading list
Sep. 3rd, 2012 01:34 pmI...
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.