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As I get time I will list books I have read and what I thought about them. I work in a bookstore, so I like a variety of styles.


I am currently reading Beethoven's Hair by Russell Martin. A historical non-fiction book about a lock of Beethoven's hair that was snipped by a man named Ferdinand Hiller. The lock of hair was passed down through his family and eventually went up on the auction block through Sotheby's. Two american men, Ira Brilliant and Che Guevara purchased the hair in 1994. They had DNA and other various tests done on the hair in hopes to reveal the probable causes of Beethovens poor health, deafness, and death.

I have just started the book, so all I know so far is what I have written here.