What book r u reading?

[Spice]

I just started another by Kathleen O'Neal Gear. It's the last unread I have of hers, so I'll need to start surfing the used book sites. This one is a standalone entitled Sands in the Wind.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

Just curious, do you believe that he can do what he claims? [communicating with the dead, from what I understand]

Yes, I believe him.

 

[Spice]

I've picked up by second Frank Yerby novel of the weekend. FYI, Yerby was the first African American author to hit a million in sales. For his work to be mid-20th century romance, he weaves in some very insightful literary gems. To truly appreciate them, however, the reader must know a bit about his personal struggles.
Currently reading:
The Old Gods Laugh

 

[Spice]

Tonight I begin one I've been putting off for years. Though said to be very good, it's also said it's disturbing.
The Lovely Bones,
by Alice Sebold

 

[jbg]

I just finished reading A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential CampaignbyEdward J. Larson. Obviously well-researched I felt the author was attempting to fill pages with needless detail. On the plus side, he seemed to favor John Adams, who until recently has been underrated. I don't think Jefferson was taken to task enough for his adulation of the French Revolution. Not great, not terrible, a solid "3" on Goodreads.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Crockett Cousins by Kathryn E. Jones. (genealogy work)

 

[Mock Turtle]

This book looks like it might be worth a read, given that it tells about how pioneering female medical staff became more appreciated as to their efforts during the First World War, and as to females later gaining the vote in the UK. Two female (suffragette) doctors basically worked in Europe during the opening events of WW1 before being offered the chance to run their own hospital in London, and mostly staffed by females. I'll probably not be buying it as I got most of what occurred from a radio programme a day or so ago:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Endell-Street-Trailblazing-Remarkable-Military/dp/1786495848

When the First World War broke out, the suffragettes suspended their campaigning and joined the war effort. For pioneering suffragette doctors (and life partners) Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson that meant moving to France, where they set up two small military hospitals amidst fierce opposition. Yet their medical and organisational skills were so impressive that in 1915 Flora and Louisa were asked by the War Ministry to return to London and establish a new military hospital in a vast and derelict old workhouse in Covent Garden's Endell Street. That they did, creating a 573-bed hospital staffed from top to bottom by female surgeons, doctors and nurses, and developing entirely new techniques to deal with the horrific mortar and gas injuries suffered by British soldiers. Receiving 26,000 wounded men over the next four years, Flora and Louisa created such a caring atmosphere that soldiers begged to be sent to Endell Street. And then, following the end of the war and the Spanish Flu outbreak, the hospital was closed and Flora, Louisa and their staff were once again sidelined in the medical profession. The story of Endell Street provides both a keyhole view into the horrors and thrills of wartime London and a long-overdue tribute to the brilliance and bravery of an extraordinary group of women.

 

[Mock Turtle]

Have just started reading 50 Codes That Changed The World (2022) by Sinclair McKay, which as per the title is all about codes and ciphers that have been used throughout history. Not sure I will manage to do any of the many test examples but I did manage the probably easiest one - as to fitting a list of answers into an appropriate blank crossword puzzle.

 

[Spice]

I have one more chapter in a children's book I never read as a child and I'm loving it! It's a story of acceptance and inclusion and a great "read it to your children" selection.

 

[The Hammer]

Not books, currently. Research articles.

I'm going to be sad when I graduate in December, because I'll lose access to the online university research catalog.

 

[The Hammer]

"Reconstructing Neanderthal diet: The case for carbohydrates"

"Dental calculus indicates widespread plant use within the stable Neanderthal dietary niche"

"Plant foods and the dietary ecology of Neanderthals and early modern humans"

Some may sense a theme here

 

[Hooded_Crow]

Not books, currently. Research articles.

I'm going to be sad when I graduate in December, because I'll lose access to the online university research catalog.

It might be worth asking the uni library if you could continue to have access after you graduate. The university I went to allowed me to apply as an ex-grad for free. You might be restricted to only some areas, but worth a try.