Marion: I’m about one third of the way through Matthew Pearl’s 18-year-old novel The Bookaneer, which I’m liking more now that our narrator has arrived in Samoa and we’ve met Robert Louis Stevenson and his family.
Bill: Since our last update I read:
- The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence: sure to be on my Best of ‘23 list
- The Essential Peter S. Beagle: Volumes I and II by Peter S. Beagle: an excellent (no surprise) collection of Beagle’s short stories
- Witch King by Martha Wells: A good fantasy with an intriguing set of characters
- The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien de Castell: admittedly a bit disappointing though enjoyed parts
- For the Love of Mars by Matthew Shindell: an interesting look at our changing thoughts about the Red Planet over time
- The Ugly History of Beautiful Things,
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The geography is confusing me--how does one get to a village in Tibet by ship? And even the northernmost part…
Oh, this sounds interesting!
Locus reports that John Marsden died early today. Marsden authored the 7 book series that started off with the novel…
Mmmmm!
I *do* have pear trees... hmmm.