WWW Wednesday
From here: To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?
Currently reading:
oh dear, I tend to read five books at once...
Second volume of War and Peace - I reread the first one last year and took a break, and now I am back at it, thinking all kinds of things about how Tolstoy sees maturity, intellectual life and women...
Simon Shama, Citizens - French revolution in great detail (I think the Bastille was at page 380), quite fascinating.
The first Bryant and May book by I don't remember who - slow going, maybe I am not as interested in mysteries any more? Or is it that Bryant and May failed to charm me yet?
Graham Parry, Trophies of Time - about English antiquarians, quite useful.
Sir John Ross, Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez - because after watching Trafalgar the musical I realized I missed Nelson and his gang and needed to read up on them again.
Andrew Roberts, Waterloo - I should maybe find a big map of Waterloo, or something. Amateur military historians amaze me, no matter how much I've read about Waterloo it never settles into a complete picture.
Recently finished reading: G.L. Oldy - Shelter for Heroes - rereading one of my favourite Russian fantasy novels (which I like most of all for details of everyday life and creating the sense of place)
What I will read next:
H.V. Morton's book on Spain, I think. Or something else about Georgian navy.
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• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?
Currently reading:
oh dear, I tend to read five books at once...
Second volume of War and Peace - I reread the first one last year and took a break, and now I am back at it, thinking all kinds of things about how Tolstoy sees maturity, intellectual life and women...
Simon Shama, Citizens - French revolution in great detail (I think the Bastille was at page 380), quite fascinating.
The first Bryant and May book by I don't remember who - slow going, maybe I am not as interested in mysteries any more? Or is it that Bryant and May failed to charm me yet?
Graham Parry, Trophies of Time - about English antiquarians, quite useful.
Sir John Ross, Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez - because after watching Trafalgar the musical I realized I missed Nelson and his gang and needed to read up on them again.
Andrew Roberts, Waterloo - I should maybe find a big map of Waterloo, or something. Amateur military historians amaze me, no matter how much I've read about Waterloo it never settles into a complete picture.
Recently finished reading: G.L. Oldy - Shelter for Heroes - rereading one of my favourite Russian fantasy novels (which I like most of all for details of everyday life and creating the sense of place)
What I will read next:
H.V. Morton's book on Spain, I think. Or something else about Georgian navy.
This entry was originally posted at http://taelle.dreamwidth.org/56367.html. Please comment there using OpenID.