Books Read in January

January:
Fiction (7):
According to Queeney -- Beryl Bainbridge
Dr Johnson's later years, and his friendship with Hester Thrale. ( Read more... )

Earthly Joys -- Philippa Gregory
The fictionalised life of John Tradescant the Elder, gardener to Charles I, the Duke of Buckingham and Robert Cecil. ( Read more... )

Long John Silver -- Bjorn Larsson (trans Tom Geddes)
Pirates, arrrrr! ( Read more... )

The Time Traveller's Wife -- Audrey Niffenegger
Only finished this last night and am still thinking about it. ( Read more... )

A Time of Angels -- Patricia Schonstein
Oddly reminiscent of The Vintner's Luck (Elizabeth Knox) which is one of my favourite novels. ( Read more... )

The Book of Dead Days -- Marcus Sedgwick
The 'dead days' are the days between Christmas and New Year, when I started reading this. It's a YA novel, quite dark, and the first volume of a series.( Read more... )

The Grand Tour -- Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
Sequel to Sorcery and Cecilia, the prototype Regency-romance-with-magic. ( Read more... )

Non-Fiction (3):
I've dipped into a great many more non-fiction books, but not read 'em all the way through.
31 Songs -- Nick Hornby
Not just any 31 songs -- and not, in fact, 31 songs that I know, though obviously I recognise quite a few of 'em -- but 31 songs that illustrate parts of Hornby's life. ( Read more... )

Eva Peron
-- Alicia Dujovne Ortiz (trans Shawn Fields)
Had an urge to watch Evita (the movie, which I've never seen) recently: couldn't, so read this instead. ( Read more... )

Last Breath: The Limits of Adventure -- Peter Stark
Splendidly gory book about the medical details of various deaths -- hypothermia, drowning, altitude sickness, jellyfish stings ...( Read more... )