Reading Update

Where did July go??  Things have been very busy here at the fort, with our big event weekends occurring during the high tourism month.  Here’s a list of recent reads:

July:

Deathwish (urban fantasy)

Temeraire Series (books 4-7): Empire of Ivory, Victory of Eagles, Tongues of Serpents, and Crucible of Gold

Ents, Elves, and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J. R. R. Tolkien

Gifts and Consequences

Portlandtown

C. S. Lewis in a Time of War

Coveted

August:

Star Wars Allegiance

A Study in Sherlock  (modern authors go Holmes, including Neil Gaiman)  This was a really fun collection to read.  There were only one or two stories I wasn’t all that fond of, overall it was great.  There was a combination of period and modern settings for the stories.

 

I’m currently reading 5 books, 2 Tolkien related (there’s a reason for that, more info in the next post). 

Jack 1939 (alternate history) JFK working as a spy for FDR as WWII erupts across Europe

A Foreign Country (spy)

The Silmarillion

J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century by Tom Shippey

Alice in Wonderland