Still there, alive

All went well in Orléans, I think. Mr Magic was his usual super-nice self and told me that my conference was good. Nobody asked tricky questions, the "big names" didn't shoot – Mr JC was nice and said he enjoyed my paper! – and I got praises from strangers afterwards. I came back exhausted and have been in a larval state since then.

I've been kinda skipping my flist these days, or quickly scrolling,  for I haven't seen The Avengers yet and there's a lot of Avengers talk on LJ. I will go and see it on Tuesday with P-H, out of old Whedon loyalty (and because sister_luck  told me to!!!). I am not into superheroes and comic books but I have heard this movie isn't too bad.

But less with fiction and more with research and science. We all know that stars' death creates life but the particulars remain fuzzy for most people. I found this fascinating article today.

Bear with me, when I was a teenager I wanted to be either a veterinary or an astrophysicist!

Let's go historical

Being a historian, I'm very picky when it comes to historical fictions, either in books or on screen. Usually, when a book is accurate history-wise, it is lacking in terms of literary qualities...and vice-versa. It's difficult to find historical novels that are actually great books so it is not a genre that I read much.

BTW this post was prompted by selenak 's last entry in which she mentioned an article from The Observer about a top ten historial novels.

So I wondered...what would be my top ten?

Here is the answer:

( My favourite 10 historical novels )