Amelia, Book III

The Mummy Case, by Elizabeth Peters.

Amelia Peabody, Book II

The Curse of the Pharaohs, by Elizabeth Peters

Oral History

Oral History Primer, by Gary L. Shumway. A very short book of suggestions for oral history interviews.

Half a book

Fire from Heaven, by Mary Renault. This novel about the childhood of Alexander the Great probably shouldn't be on the list since I didn't finish it, and I'm sorry I started it.

The Fourth Queen

The Fourth Queen, by Debbie Taylor. A story about a Scottish girl who becomes Empress of Morocco.

Vatta, Part III

Engaging the Enemy, by Elizabeth Moon. This is the third and most recent installment in the "Kylara Vatta" series, and the story definitely isn't going in the direction I expected. I was disappointed to see some colorful characters go, so I can only hope they'll resurface in some way in Book 4.

Not a How-To

Poisons: From Hemlock to Botox and the Killer Bean of Calabar, by Peter Macinnis

Brother Cadfael

The Potter's Field, by Ellis Peters

Amelia Peabody, Part I

Crocodile on the Sandbank, by Elizabeth Peters

Yarn Harlot

The Secret Life of a Knitter, by Stephanie Pearl McPhee. I'm not doing a very good job at the book-a-day thing lately - more like book-every-other-day, if I'm lucky. Too much time at work and too many distractions at home.

Alternative History

The Seven Hills, by John Maddox Roberts

Historical Fiction

The Little Balloonist, by Linda Donn (2006).

This one caught my eye on the "New Books" shelf at the local library. It's a novel about Sophie Blanchard, Napoleon's official balloonist.

Kylara Vatta

Marque and Reprisal, by Elizabeth Moon. I have the next one in the series waiting for me at the library!

Bishop Blackie!

The Bishop in the Old Neighborhood, by Andrew Greeley. Bishop Blackie is absolutely my favorite fictional character ever.

Brother Cadfael

The Pilgrim of Hate, by Ellis Peters

Nuala Anne!

Irish Crystal, by Andrew Greeley. The most recent installment in the Nuala Anne McGrail mystery series.

Experimental Travel

Lonely Planet Guide to Experimental Travel, by Rachael Antony, Joel Henry, and Andrew Dean Nystrom.

Knossos

At the Palace of Knossos, by Nikos Kazantzakis

Alexander

Alexander the Great: A Novel, by Nikos Kazantzakis

Amelia Peabody

Children of the Storm, by Elizabeth Peters

The Origins of the Urban Crisis

The Origins of the Urban Crisis - by Thomas J. Sugrue.

Another class reading for my last final!

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

by Jane Jacobs.

So I haven't been that successful at this project - either the reading or the blogging. But now that summer's here, I can try to catch up.

Today's book is assigned reading for tomorrow's final exam. It's very entertaining - Jacobs wrote in the 1960s about the need to preserve city life, and it's just as true today. She makes me want to pack up and move to a city - and, if it's possible, she leaves me hating suburbs and developers even more than I already did.