Reading Wednesday
May. 22nd, 2013 04:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brigdhWhat did you just finish?
The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic- and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson. Sometimes I do not understand how humans managed to survive until the invention of modern medicine. Discoveries from this book: in 1849, 1 in 20 of the houses surveyed in London had human waste piling up in the basement. Also, acceptable ways to treat dirty water: let it sit for a few days until the dirt (...and other things) sank to the bottom. Totally drinkable now!
Seriously, humanity, how did you all not die of cholera?
Saraswati Park by Anjali Joseph. Part of my 'Read 50 books about South Asia' effort, which I had been neglecting the last month, but I'm back on now. This was a really beautiful novel, but left me feeling a bit unfulfilled at the end. I liked reading it, but I'm not sure what the point of it all was; nothing much happened, nor did the characters change in an describable way. Ah, well. Enjoyable!
Graveyard Dust by Barbara Hambly, because yes, I still want to read nothing except Benjamin January books. This one is the third in the series, and features Benjamin's sister being accused of poisoning someone, thus forcing him to investigate to prove her innocence. This one also features a lot of scenes of Benjamin, Rose, and Hannibal hanging out, making jokes in Ancient Greek, and sharing groceries while cooking lunch together, and I really want there to be endless OT3 fic that basically repeats that exact set of things over and over again. Maybe with fewer scenes of Hannibal coughing up blood; he has to be able to breathe to have sex.
What are you currently reading?
Sold Down the River by Barbara Hambly: Benjamin and Hannibal go under cover as slave and master!
The Englishman's Cameo: Murder mystery in 1600s Delhi!
The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic- and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson. Sometimes I do not understand how humans managed to survive until the invention of modern medicine. Discoveries from this book: in 1849, 1 in 20 of the houses surveyed in London had human waste piling up in the basement. Also, acceptable ways to treat dirty water: let it sit for a few days until the dirt (...and other things) sank to the bottom. Totally drinkable now!
Seriously, humanity, how did you all not die of cholera?
Saraswati Park by Anjali Joseph. Part of my 'Read 50 books about South Asia' effort, which I had been neglecting the last month, but I'm back on now. This was a really beautiful novel, but left me feeling a bit unfulfilled at the end. I liked reading it, but I'm not sure what the point of it all was; nothing much happened, nor did the characters change in an describable way. Ah, well. Enjoyable!
Graveyard Dust by Barbara Hambly, because yes, I still want to read nothing except Benjamin January books. This one is the third in the series, and features Benjamin's sister being accused of poisoning someone, thus forcing him to investigate to prove her innocence. This one also features a lot of scenes of Benjamin, Rose, and Hannibal hanging out, making jokes in Ancient Greek, and sharing groceries while cooking lunch together, and I really want there to be endless OT3 fic that basically repeats that exact set of things over and over again. Maybe with fewer scenes of Hannibal coughing up blood; he has to be able to breathe to have sex.
What are you currently reading?
Sold Down the River by Barbara Hambly: Benjamin and Hannibal go under cover as slave and master!
The Englishman's Cameo: Murder mystery in 1600s Delhi!
