May saw a slight increase in books read, with less pressure from work and other interests. But with S. back in hospital again there was still less time and desire to read than usual.
Cowboy Feng’s Space Bar and Grille — Steven Brust
A strange book but that was just right for me when I read it, this quite cozy adventure set against a backdrop of succesive nuclear holocausts.
To Reign in Hell — Steven Brust
Brust does Paradise Lost. Another strange novel, but a good one.
Early Medieval Settlements — Helena Hamerow
A excellent archaeological/historical overview of settlements and their evolution in North-West Europe during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. This is history on a much smaller scale than the books I have been reading about this period, but it complements them well.
Foreigner — C. J. Cherryh
The next novel I read in my Year of Reading Women project. The usual Cherryh story of a young man trust in a crisis beyond his control, with no power but a whole of responsibilities.
The Second Anglo-Dutch War — Gijs Rommelse
AKA the war in which we beat the English like a redheaded stepchild. A good overview, somewhat hampered by its origins as a ph.d thesis.
The Complaints — Ian Rankin
The first post-Rebus novel I’ve read of Rankin. The hero is younger, less cynical but the plot could’ve fitted a Rebus novel as well. This is not a complaint on my part, pun not intended.