Eric's Beijing Diary

Another lecture at the Bookworm tonight. This time it was a lecture by Peter Hessler, author of River Town. Peter Hessler writes for the New Yorker, and has just written another book called Oracle Bones. Can't tell you anything about the lecture, though, because I didn't go. I generally don't go over to the Sanlitun Bar Street anymore than I have to, and I was just over there Tuesday night. I would have liked to hear the lecture, but enough is enough. So I'm sitting here in the coffee bar plunking away on my laptop.

Probably a good thing I decided not to go tonight. Found a good book at the O2 Bookstore this evening. It's a biography of Alexander II, the Czar of Russia during the 19th Century. It is written by Edward Radzinsky. I'm pretty sure I have read a book by him before. I think it was his book on the murder of Nicholas and Alexandra. He's a good writer if you are interested in Russian history.