November Books
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pandopAn orchard invisible: a natural history of seeds - J. Silvertown
This was a fascinating little book - it isn't very long, but I learnt so much. It is also very readable, and quite funny in places.
Berlin - Pierre Frei
This is a very chilling serial killer mystery set in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. For all that it was rather disturbing in places, it was also very compelling, and I didn't want to put it down.
Women and the machine: representations from the spinning wheel to the electronic age - Julie Wosk
This was very interesting, but was far more focussed on the twentieth century than I had thought it was going to be. I was particularly fascinated by the changing portrayl of women and their mechanical ability, or lack thereof, in the media as dictated by what the government wanted them to do.
Occupation - Guy Walters
This is an exaggerated, fictional account of events during the occupation of the Channel Islands during the Second World War. Very dark, but with such a good plot and characters I didn't want to put it down.
The Lost Prophecies - The Medieval Murderers
So far this has been my least favourite of this series, mainly due to the futuristic setting of the last story - I am reading this because I like medieval!! The Russian story was excellent though, very good locked room mystery
Relics of the Dead - Ariana Franklin
These just get better and better - in this one our Mistress of the Art of Death is sent to Glastonbury to inspect the bones of King Arthur. I had been waiting a while for this, and I wasn't disappointed. The plot was nice and twisty, and I get fonder of the characters.
This was a fascinating little book - it isn't very long, but I learnt so much. It is also very readable, and quite funny in places.
Berlin - Pierre Frei
This is a very chilling serial killer mystery set in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. For all that it was rather disturbing in places, it was also very compelling, and I didn't want to put it down.
Women and the machine: representations from the spinning wheel to the electronic age - Julie Wosk
This was very interesting, but was far more focussed on the twentieth century than I had thought it was going to be. I was particularly fascinated by the changing portrayl of women and their mechanical ability, or lack thereof, in the media as dictated by what the government wanted them to do.
Occupation - Guy Walters
This is an exaggerated, fictional account of events during the occupation of the Channel Islands during the Second World War. Very dark, but with such a good plot and characters I didn't want to put it down.
The Lost Prophecies - The Medieval Murderers
So far this has been my least favourite of this series, mainly due to the futuristic setting of the last story - I am reading this because I like medieval!! The Russian story was excellent though, very good locked room mystery
Relics of the Dead - Ariana Franklin
These just get better and better - in this one our Mistress of the Art of Death is sent to Glastonbury to inspect the bones of King Arthur. I had been waiting a while for this, and I wasn't disappointed. The plot was nice and twisty, and I get fonder of the characters.
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