Book Recs (and one non-Rec)

[latin_cat]

Well, seeing as I've become something of a lazy fangirl recently (the fic muse, I believe, has taken an unsanctioned holiday) I'd thought I'd give myself a kick and post something. I've been reading quite a bit recently, and thought I'd share some recommendations.

Non-Fiction:

The Frigates: An Account of the Lighter Warships of the Napoleonic

Comments

[canadian_jay]

*runs for the brain bleach* I knew shouldn't have read that cut! xD

All the other books sound lovely and fantastic though, I must say. Particularly "The Frigates".

[latin_cat]

Perfectly awful, isn't it? XD I tend to wonder what the publisher's were thinking, but there's no accounting for taste I suppose...

The Frigates is certainly good; one of the best non-fiction I've read in a while. And from the fiction Nathan Peake is certainly worth a go - I've just finished reading the second one I found it just as engaging, if not moreso, than the first. If you like your intrigue, then I'd definitely say give it a try.

[canadian_jay]

Oh, definitely not...

*g* Intrigue's all well and good, but I generally prefer to involve nasty modern or futuristic criminals, tbh. I like me my serial killers and high tech spies Although it does sound like a good time. ^_^

[gauroth]

"The Pirate Devlin" seems like a really bad Harlequin Historical Romance, to me. There's the ignorance of having a jungle in West Africa, of course; and then there's slashy pirates.

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

[latin_cat]

Deary, deary me.*g*

[lady_branwyn]

As daylight faded into bladed shadows, the jungle pulled him deeper into its crushing green.
Aiiiee! The hills are alive!

[latin_cat]

Quite unnerving, I know.