Devourer of Books

I found The Sacred History of Britain by Martin Palmer on the discount table at Half Price Books for $5. Sometimes there is a good reason that books are on the discount table, but I decided to give it a chance anyway. Religion? British history? A bargain? Count me in!
I am very glad that I [...]

Margaret George’s “Memoirs of Cleopatra” begins with the young princess Cleopatra’s memory of General Pompey coming to Egypt and her role in charming him with her wit and personality in order to help her father keep his kingdom and of course tells her story up through her infamous death.
I feel like I did not give [...]

The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s Eye View of the World is the second book I’ve read by Michael Pollan (and still, his name makes me laugh everytime…his name is ‘Pollan’…and he writes about plants…anyone?). I picked up this book because I very much enjoyed The Omnivore’s Dilemma and was hoping for something similar which, [...]

Queens of England by Norah Lofts is a comprehensive overview of every Queen of England beginning with the wife of William the Conqueror and going through Queen Elizabeth II. It was a remarkably easy read, considering it comprises about 900 years of English royal history. It was also a very engaging read, I learned about [...]

I was lucky enough to receive a copy of The Translator: A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari from someone who received it as an Early Reviewer and passed it along to me:
This was a very poignant memoir of a very important issue. Daoud is a Zaghawa tribesman from Darfur. After being educated, he [...]

“Victoria Victorious” is one of the the longer of the Jean Plaidy books I have read. Now, this makes some sense as Queen Victoria is still the English monarch with the longest reign. However, the length, composition, and flow of the novel reminded me greatly of “Queen of This Realm,” Plaidy’s novel of Queen Elizabeth.
Indeed, [...]