Being from the Greater Chattanooga Area, I thought this would be a neat little book to have. I picked it up at Ruby Falls when I took my kids there. I enjoyed reading about all of these familiar places. I would like to visit some of these that I have not been to. I wish the book was longer and included more places, but it was a cool little book to get to add to my collection. 

 I bought this book on Kindle while I was on vacation in Charleston. I really enjoyed the stories in this book, and especially enjoyed driving by some of the places mentioned. I would love to see more of these places when I have more time and have no pre scheduled activities. This book also had some really neat historical facts in it, it wasn't just simply ghost stories. 

 This book has some really neat ghost stories, rumors, and creepy places in it. I love a good paranormal book, and am a believer in the paranormal. I got this book, along with a couple of others, while I was vacationing in Charleston. I love learning about the places I visit, and figured I should learn about the creepier side of things. I liked this book and the content. 

 This is a comprehensive look into Hatchepsut. I really like learning about Ancient Egypt, and all of the Pharaohs and mythology. Joyce Tyldesley always does a good job in her writing style and research. I always learn a lot from her work. 

 This book is about a series of murders that occurred in the mid 1990s in San Francisco. I got this book from the library, and I am glad that I didn't pay for it. This was not the best book that I have ever read, certainly not the best one by this author. I was slightly bored throughout, and was annoyed with the people in the book. 

 We all know what the word courtesan means, and Harriette Wilson was premier among them in her day. She entertained all manner of important figures- writers, actors, nobles and political figures. She had a staggering number of lovers, which she candidly spoke about in her memoirs, which she wrote after her glory years. I was a little bored with the writing style, but I didn't expect a whole lot out of it. It really was quite interesting. 

 Harold II was born around 1022 in Wessex, England. He began his political career by supporting King Edmund Ironside, but switched his support to King Cnut when he was made Earl of Wessex. He was involved in a lot of battles over English lands. He was appointed Earl of East Anglia, and then Earl of Hereford. He served under King Edward (The Confessor). He was involved in murder, was shipwrecked, and generally scheming. He was crowned King upon the death of Edward, who had not named a clear successor. He wound up being killed at the Battle of Hastings, having only been king for just over nine months. His death was the end of Anglo-Saxon rule in England. There are a couple of rumors about his death, one of which was that he was he was killed via arrow to the eyeball. Another was that he was killed by four knights and his body was dismembered, which is probably more likely.

This book was really good. I thought the research was well done. I learned so much about Harold. I had never covered him in any of my history courses, which seems like a shame and also weird. I really learned a lot about Harold and the Battle of Hastings. This was an enjoyable read. 

 Once again, Jean-Claude and Anita Blake are having some problems with the vampire council. Nothing shocking there. We learn about The Harlequin, spend some time with Edward (thank goodness) and Olaf. Richard and Jean-Claude get violent, and I find it a shame that Richard isn't dispatched hastily. I know I make my intense dislike of Richard clear in basically every comment I make, but I hate him and that is just not going to change. There is, of course, a ton of sex with plenty of people, which I am starting to find tiresome. Is it not exhausting to have that many dicks floating around you? Do you ever have five seconds to yourself that doesn't involve a dick or thinking about one of the seventeen people you are involved with? Wears me out. The second half of this series is really lacking for me, but I slog on in hopes that it will even out. 

 I got this book at a second hand shop, as well as the next four. I am not a big series reader, but this caught my interest, and I thought I would give it a try. We first meet Anita Blake, who is working as a necromancer. I loved the whole idea of raising the recently dead to ask questions and settle litigations, etc. She investigates some vampire murders, and we also meet (my favorite) Edward, who helps in this endeavor. I really enjoyed this book and looked forward to continuing this series. 

 I bought this book with my Audible credits a couple of months back. I finally got around to listening to it. I had put it off, because it was a 20+ hour listen.

I knew barely anything about gulags until this book. Mostly, my knowledge was that people were sent to these prisons for basically any kind of reason, real or imagined. They were starved and tortured, and it was a hard existence. A lot of people never left, and a lot that did were broken people in more than one way. This book offered a really comprehensive look at the structure of a gulag, the experiences people endured or were likely to endure, and the means of incarceration. I learned so much from this book. I think having read this will really put the books about personal accounts of those who experienced the gulag have a greater impact and more context.