History
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Note 106 – Naples – Buried History
Yes, I’m finally posting this 2 months after the fact… Viking Ocean’s Mediterranean Odyssey Day 7 of 13 Weather Report Partly Cloudy, Low to mid-70s Today’s Plan Dave and I are taking the Viking optional tour, Ancient Herculaneum, in the morning. Keith and Paula are going on the Viking optional tour, Naples, Above & Below:…
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Note 98 – September 2025 Books
Total Books: 5 Total Pages: 1344 Longest: 384 Shortest: 94 Genres: 3 (Fiction – 2, History/Memoir – 1, Mystery – 2) A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz This is the 3rd in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series in which the author plays sidekick to former DI Daniel Hawthorne as his biographer of sorts. This…
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Note 97 – August 2025 Books
Total Books: 5 Total Pages: 1563 Longest: 443 Shortest: 118 Genres: 5 (Fiction – 1, History – 1, Historical Fiction – 1, Mystery – 1, Science – 1) Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson Living near the Texas Gulf Coast all my life, I grew up with a healthy respect for tropical storms and hurricanes. Any…
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Note 62 – January 2025 Books
Total Books: 6 Total Pages: 2305 Longest: 472 Shortest: 202 Genres: 3 (Fiction – 3, Historical Fiction – 2, History – 1) The cold winter days and nights of January lead to many pages read! And I didn’t even count the two travel related books I scanned in preparation for a trip later this spring…
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Note 60 – December 2024 Books
Total Books: 5 Total Pages: 1401 Longest: 578 Shortest: 70 Genres: 3 (Fiction – 2, History – 1, Thriller – 2) The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine I read a lot of good books this year, but I absolutely could not put this one down from the start until I finished which resulted in…
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Note 58 – October 2024 Books
Total Books: 4 Total Pages: 1579 Longest: 433 Shortest: 326 Genres: 2 (History – 1, Thriller – 3) This month’s reading comprised 3 thrillers (one each from the legal, psychological, and archaeological sub-genres) from some of my favorite authors and 1 historical account for my monthly non-fiction selection. Ernest Dempsey’s The Inventor’s Tomb, his 23rd…
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