Bred Any Good Rooks Lately?

Kurben

not_nadine said:

Re reading the shining yet again.
Also.

Starting stranger in a strange land. Robert A Heinlien. I've never read it , but i've heard about it so much 

Its for a reason you heard about it. Quite like it myself.

Grant87

GNTLGNT said:

.....Chiz has written another banger.....

Started this one today!

Kurben

Read Dominus by Steven Saylor. Its a historical fiction. The lead is the imaginary Pinarii family and their up and downs from Emperor Marcus Aurelius to Constantine the Great. Most of them are senators bur during this period of 160 years or so the importance of the senate become less and less. This is the third in his trilogy of the Pinarii. The earlier books were Rome and Empire where Rome was set in the republic and Empire during the golden age of the empire with emperors like Augustus, Hadrian and Trajan. Here we see the decline of the empire that really started with Marcus Aurelius son Commodus. It is all well described and well written. Good book.

Kurben

Reading Dinosaurs by Robert Barrett and Darren Naish. About, you guessed it, the evolution and survival of dinosaurs. Originally written in 2018 but they have added newly discovered facts and illustrations to this 2023 edition. They are also including the birds here (justly so since they are dinosaurs) and discusses their evolution from the landliving dinos and their relationship to eachother. Its not centered on any part of the world which is good since most dinos were all around the globe. Very well written and not too technical but still not dumbed down. They are talking about clades and phylogeny but they explain terms that might be difficult. Really enjoying it.