What I'm reading ...

I have started Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin. I read the author’s book about his great uncle and enjoyed it - learning some good history. I am hopeful that this book will similarly deliver. Here’s the blurb:

In the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time.

On the first, she ventured further south than any human had ever been. On the second, she vanished with her 129-strong crew in the wastes of the Canadian Arctic, along with the HMS Terror.

Her fate remained a mystery for over 160 years.

Then, in 2014, she was found.

This is her story.

The Goldfinch - by Donna Tartt

This was a very long book [881 pages!], so it took me a while. But it was quite well timed as I was on holiday for a lot of the time I was reading it. It’s a long book because it covers a long and complex story, in which I found myself pleasantly lost. A lot of the story is inside Theo’s head - his thoughts and impressions. Although this was interesting, I think there was maybe just a bit too much. I think there is a great 650 page book in here …