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Second book I found about Northampton in this used bookshop

Used bookstore find in Stroudsburg

Considering there can't be many primary sources to read to support writing such a book on an-almost-half-millennium-old set of voyages, this is a great story. Some of the winter parts can get slightly repetitious "and then there was a storm, and then they ate another fox, and then.." but I'm sure that exactly reflects the dull nature of being icebound. William Barents himself isn't known too well in the sources, as he was mythologised a while after.

The author also adds variety by interleaving in explanations of scurvy or technology and trade levels, which helps.

Can't face going back to this. I enjoyed the first but it's just too broad. Always more people.

@D-Tim also very literal strong female characters

Loved his book on Erebus enough that it seemed an easy pick

Another enjoyable Discworld. But unlike The Truth and Going Postal, I just don't really understand the story. It doesn't have much tension in it, and certainly the bank does not the attention of the post office. Whereas a dog carrying a vibrator is the same joke in about four scenes.

Incredibly intense short story about women through the ages seeking abortion. A technologically surveilling society now or in the near future could exert even more control over women's bodies.