March 2026 Reads

Still reading Cosmos by Carl Sagan.

>1 mnleona: When that book first came out in the early 1980's, I bought three of them for Christmas presents. Love the book and the TV series also.

>2 perennialreader: We did watch the series. He was such a brilliant man and I find the book impressive. Good thing I own it because it will take some time to finish.
I just checked and found some of the TV series on You Tube. Free channel

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB5CA6AF3C067115B

I am also reading Inca Gold by Clive Cussler.
I used to volunteer and I was also paid staff at a museum in St. Paul, Minnesota, years ago. My area when I volunteered was the Maya. I once asked the curator, who did his research in Chiapas, Mexico, why no wheel. He said no beasts of burden. On page 178: "The Mayans did adopt the wheel for children's toys but never for practical use. Not surprising when you consider they had no beasts of burden until the Spanish introduced the horse and oxen."
I have always liked Clive Cussler books and buy when I see them at a thrift store or a library sale.

Starting to read Pumpkin Patch Peril by Meredith Curtis. A Christian cozy mystery.

Just started Flaubert's Parrot. I can't remember why; I saw a very positive mention of it somewhere. So far it's pretty interesting.

Finished
Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade
and started
The Lions’ Run, new one by
S Pennypacker

Currently reading Bound for destiny by James R. Trammell

Just finished re-reading The Necropolis Railway by Andrew Martin, an amateur detective story featuring a young railwayman in 1903. In case you're wondering, there was a real Necropolis Railway which transported coffins and mourners from a separate station in Waterloo to Brookwood Cemetery from 1854 until 1941. I believe this is the first of a series.

Currently reading Castle of the Wolf by Sandra Schwab. A historical romance.

>10 GrammyTammyM: Sounds interesting. I like castles and historical books. Just a silly note, my school mascot was/is the Lobo or wolf.

Finished Inca Gold by Clive Cussler. I have a lot of his books and always give them a 5 star. I have been to Peru and my major was Anthropology/Archaeology so always an interest for me.

Currently reading Mother's Day, Muffins, and Murder by Sara Rosett a cozy mystery

Just finished The Blackpool Highflyer, the second in the Jim Stringer Steam Detective series by Andrew Martin. I like the railway content and the period slang. It's a little slow going, perhaps because he tries to write in the style of the period, but that in itself is interesting.

Reading A Savage War of Empire, a long and beefy historical novel about the French and Indian Wars--it's filling a gap in my American history knowledge, and I'm enjoying it, but it's so densely packed with detail I have to take it in short bursts.

Current book is a fantasy -
TO RIDE HELL’S CHASM
by Janny Wurts

>15 gmathis: I am reading No Small Thing, a Novel of the American Revolution by Harold Coyle.

>17 mnleona: I was interested in that one, too.

finished reading Poisoned by Gilt by Leslie Caine and now reading an oldie Amanda by Kay Hooper