What are you reading at the moment?

I read it, thoroughly enjoyed it. Very typical of his other books. Which is your favorite?
Oh nice, good to hear. I feel like I want to get the audiobook... They always make nice stories for long journeys on planes or trains. I've only read his Robert Langdon books, but I think my order of fav would be:

1. Angels & Demons
2. Inferno
3. The Da Vinci Code
4. The Lost Symbol
 
Oh nice, good to hear. I feel like I want to get the audiobook... They always make nice stories for long journeys on planes or trains. I've only read his Robert Langdon books, but I think my order of fav would be:

1. Angels & Demons
2. Inferno
3. The Da Vinci Code
4. The Lost Symbol

Exactly the same order as I would have it minus Origin. I do need to re-read The Da Vanci Code and The Lost Symbol to refresh my memory of them. I would put Origin at number 3. I would be interested to know your thoughts of it.
 
Busy week this week, I bought a few books called Pocket Museum, basically picture books with 200 artefacts from three civilizations (Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome). They are books to revisit and thumb through as opposed to read and be done with. Very inspiring and impressive how skilled the Ancients were, one that sticks out to me is The Boxer of Quirinal. The handy bit was that it lists where the statues or bowls are housed, so you know where to visit if you want to see them in person.
 
Just wow:

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In the past two weeks I have read both The Iliad and The Odyssey, very happy to finally have both scratched off my reading bucket list. Whilst I enjoyed both, I found The Odyssey the better of the two, it seemed to flow better and was a page turner for me, although I am familiar with the gist and Greek Myths.

The Iliad I found to be a bit of a slog to get through, I didn't read up on it beforehand so it was quite different to what I was expecting, especially where it ended, I assumed that it would feature the Trojan Horse and the sack of Troy. Very visceral compared to the Odyssey, which is to be expected given the subject matter. Seemed to be a drag at parts though I was really happy to see Hector meet his end, really hate him as a character!!! It got easier to get through towards the end.
 
Paul Strathearn. ‘Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance'. Revisiting this for a Florence trip later on this year (Santa Maria Novella Officina Profumo in Via della Scala beckons too).
I will be dangerously close to the SMN shop in Piccadilly tomorrow Stephen. I must resist, I must resist, I must resist.............
 
Finished HHhH by Laurent Binet this week, took me a while to warm to it but by the end I couldn't put it down. What threw me was the way it is set out, part story then the authors observations whilst writing the story it was really jarring but by the end it became a favourite.

I have Mendelssohn is on the Roof by Jiří Weil lined up next, a book that is recommended to people who enjoyed HHhH.
 
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