vivdunstan | Current reading

I thought I’d start a semi regular post here about what I’m currently reading.

I mainly read on my Kindle, with a dozen or so books on the go there right now. But my main ones are:

Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt, the second in the Wheel to Time series. I’m approaching 2/3 through now, and liking this more than the opening book. It is quite hard to resist the temptation to peek at spoilers!
Mary Tamm’s Second Generations autobiography book 2. Which is going to be sadly curtailed, but is a compelling read, and very well written.
The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel, about the astronomy work done by a group of very skilled women in 19th century Harvard, including Dundee’s own Williamina Fleming. Quite fascinating stuff, and something I can relate to, having studied astronomy for 2 years of my undergraduate degree, and only thwarted in my attempts to study it to honours by St Andrews having just newly scrapped the CS&Astro combo.

I also have some physical books that I am battling with by the bed, including a recent coffee table book about Somerset, an omigosh photograph book of the treasures from the tomb of Tutankhamun, and a popular Russian schoolbook (albeit in translation, thankfully!) about a genie finding himself in Soviet era Russia.