I'm in the [very stressful] process of moving house at the moment so my 'personal library' is mainly boxed up. I have frazzled nerves and brain so any intellectual, or even slightly taxing, reading is out of the question for a bit. Currently reading 'The Mammoth Hunters' by J.M. Auel - this is the third book in her 6-book 'Earth's Children' series. Set towards the end of the last Ice-Age, when modern humans and Neanderthals shared Europe with mega fauna. It follows a modern human woman raised by a Neanderthal Clan then living with her own kind. A fictional tale that is well researched and can be thought-provoking. I'm reading it because it's easy reading and I re-read the series every few years or so, usually when snuggled and warm indoors as all that ice & snow makes me feel cold otherwise! Little snippets throughout the series discussing everything from geography, history, the ascent of man, archaeology, artifacts, building techniques to human relationships, plant-lore/ancient medicinal practices, cave art, culture/religion/Mother Nature, climate change etc - some issues that seem to have been relevant from year dot. A good storyteller (a little repetitive in places but otherwise quite well written.
