More catching up with reviews. I did buy two historical novels in England as well, plus some Big Finish DW audios, but I couldn't resist acquiring four Beatles-related books I had heard from and read excerpts of, but had not read before, since they were all available in paperback. Two memoirs (Alistair Taylor's With the Beatles and Tony Bramwell's Magical Mystery Tours), one book of academic essays (The Cambridge Companion to The Beatles), and because I was in such a great mood that I felt ready to confront an entire book devoted to that most depressing of subjects, You Never Give Me Your Money about the Beatles break-up and subsequent decade. (Actually the book is about the subsequent decades, but given that two thirds of it covers the 70s and the rest hurries through the other decades after John's death, I think the description is fair.) Which means, oh patient readers, you're in for more Beatles talks and reviews.

( It's a thousand pages, give or take a few, I'll be writing more in a week or two... )