	I carry no phone An aspiring Luddite In a wired world. Mastodon Verification Link	Jeff Berry is an early adopter of the Internet and the Web, a late adopter of Twitter, and declines to adopt Facebook. With the death of Google+, he migrated to the Fediverse. He admins a medievalist Mastodon instance. He hates cell-phones.

Books, Bibliography and Other Things Bibliophilic

Bibliophilia, bordering on bilbiomania, seems much of a piece with the general theme of this whole website - hey, "aspiring," remember? While the advent of e-readers does not offend me in the way that, say, a table full of people in a restaurant ignoring each other while they text does, I personally have little interest in them. I like books, physical objects that don't require batteries or wi-fi.

Manscript studies and palaeography feature strongly in my academic career, and they deserve their own page.

For a few years now, off and on, I've been writing book reviews for The Armchair Critic. Almost none are of new books. Some are classics, some are old favorites and some are, quite frankly, pretty random. You can start with this double review of two books by George Macdonald Fraser if you like.

Reviews

Engima by Robert Harris, review on The Armchair Critic, 9 JUN 2011
Blind Faith by Ben Elton, review on The Armchair Critic, 23 NOV 2010

Related Odds and Ends

Arkham Horror
- Dunwich Horror, expansion for Arkham Horror
- Curse of the Dark Pharoah, expansion for Arkham Horror
- The Lurker at the Threshold, expansion for Arkham Horror
- Miskatonic Horror, expansion for Arkham Horror
- Innsmouth Horror, expansion for Arkham Horror
- Black Goat of the Woods, expansion for Arkham Horror
- The King in Yellow, expansion for Arkham Horror
- Kingsport Horror, expansion for Arkham Horror

Bibliography for This Site

Beard, James; Beard On Bread, 1973.
David, Elizabeth; Elizabeth David Classics, 1980.
Fearnley-Whittingstall, Hugh; The River Cottage Meat Book, 2007.
Greco, Gina L. and Christine M. Rose; The Good Wife's Guide (Le Ménagier de Paris), 2009.
Grocock, Christopher and Sally Grainger;Curye on Inglisch, 1985.
Henderson, Fergus; The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating, 2004.
Hillman, Howard; Great Peasant Dishes of the World., 1983.
May, Robert; The Accomplisht Cook, 1685. NB: I have the facsimile edition. There are cheaper copies out there which are scans of microfilms or such, their quality varies a great deal. Caveat emptor.
Ruhlman, Michael and Brian Polcyn; Charcuterie, 2005. I reviewed this book in 2007. It got an A.
Scully, Terence; The Viandier of Taillevent, 1988.