It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a bookish meme
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gather to share what
we have read this past week and what we
plan to read this week. It's
a great way to network with
other bloggers, see some
wonderful blogs, and put new titles on
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Still running at least three books behind. Can't seem to catch up this year....
Books Read (click on titles for review):
Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers
The Perfect Landscape by Ragna Sigurdardottir
The Diplomat & the Gold Piano by Margaret Scherf
The Lady Vanishes (aka The Wheel Spins) by Ethel Lina White
The Diplomat & the Gold Piano by Margaret Scherf
The Lady Vanishes (aka The Wheel Spins) by Ethel Lina White
Currently Reading:
AND (one fiction & one non-fiction)
A Perfect Red by Amy Butler Greenfield: Recounts the colorful
history of cochineal, a legendary red dye that was once one of the
world's most precious commodities. Treasured by the ancient Mexicans,
cochineal was sold in the great Aztec marketplaces, where it attracted
the attention of the Spanish conquistadors in 1519. Shipped to Europe,
the dye created a sensation, producing the brightest, strongest red the
world had ever seen. Soon Spain's cochineal monopoly was worth a
fortune. Pirates, explorers,
alchemists, scientists, and spies -- all joined the chase for cochineal,
a chase that lasted more than three centuries. A Perfect Red tells
their stories -- true-life tales of mystery, empire, and adventure, in
pursuit of the most desirable color on earth.
Books that spark my interest:
Holiday Homicide by Rufus King
The Hollow Chest by Alice Tilton
84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
The African Queen by C. S. Forester
Hammett Unwritten by Owen Fitzstephen
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