Quarantine Edition Part 8:

Almost 80% done with my yearly reading goal.

Themes and Variations by David Sedaris

Non-fiction: essay, humor, e-book

A short essay on themes of book signing tours that the author has been on.

Thomas Aquinas: A Life from Beginning to End by Hourly History

Non-fiction: Biography, e-book

A quick read about the life of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Native American Mythology: Captivating Myths of Indigenous Peoples from North America by Matt Clayton

Non-fiction: History, E-book

A collection of myths from various groups of Native Americans for North America (largely from what is now the USA) They attempt to include peoples from all major areas (plains, North West, etc) and divide the stories up into themes. 

Hannibal Barca: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History

Non-fiction: History, Biography, E-book

As most all anyone knows about Hannibal is that time he took war elephants over the Alps, this has a fair amount of information that I did not already know, even if this book is quite short.

Atlantis: Myths, Legends and History by KIV Books

Non-fiction: History, Mystery, E-book

This book first goes over the main points of the story of Atlantis as told by Plato, and then talks about different locations that people have thought were Atlantis and how they fit or don't what Plato said.

Cleopatra: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History

Non-fiction: Biography, E-book

A quick look at the life of the last Pharaoh of Egypt. 

The Odd Fellow: A Mystery by Ian Honeysett

Fiction: Short Story, Mystery, E-book

As this story is about a small town priest who thinks that there is something up with one of his new parishioners and then goes about solving a mystery that no one asked him too, this book reminded me a bit of a Father Brown Mystery, although this takes place in the 1770's.

 Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure by Cecil Castellucci , Jason Fry

Fiction: Pop-Culture 231 pages

This story takes place after Han is frozen in carbonite and before he is rescued. (So between episode V and VI.) In this book the Rebels find out that the Empire is making another Death Star.  And so Princess Leia is send on a mission to make the Empire think that the Rebels are collecting in a area far from where their main force's are working on finding a way to stop the new Death Star.