Currently reading
A London Family, 1870-1900: A Trilogy
The Cellist of Sarajevo
Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
All the Names
A History of the World in 100 Objects
Down the Garden Path
Virtue Betray'd, Or, Anna Bullen
Year of Wonders
Swallows and Amazons
Illusion in java
WHY: bought this for D for Christmas and wanted to read it myself! Based on a true story, this novel is about young Mary Anning who finds an unusual fossil on an english beach. The local religious folk aren't too happy about it and of course the male-dominated science community isn't about to take her seriously. She finds a friend, supporter and sometimes competitor in older, prickly Elizabeth Philpot, who shares her passion for beach-combing for fossils.