What are you reading?

CHAS

The Living and the Dead - Christoffer Carlsson
Swedish mystery
I expect to read more of his work

Daniel

I'm not reading anything. I'm watching history videos. My latest obsession is the Byzantine Empire.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire

dolmansaxlil

I recently finished Divinity 36 and am now on the second book in the trilogy. It is sci-fi, though definitely not typical sci-fi. It took me a bit to decide I liked it but I fell in love with the characters and now I am completely hooked.

I’m also reading the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. I just started book 2. It is definitely targeted at folks who are gamers - specifically dungeon crawlers. I don’t know that it would be of interest to anyone here but I am loving them!

AndyD

If you haven't already read this absolute gem of a book, it takes only 10 minutes and it is deliciously funny, from the Title page on.

wtg

Started this but didn't finish before it was due at the library. I put another hold on it so I can finish it. Definitely an interesting read.

From snake-oil salesmen to crypto grifters, the gripping story of charlatans—and why we fall for them

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https://www.moisesnaim.com/charlatans

jon-nyc

I was rarely a read-more-than-one-book-at-a-time guy but I seem to be now. I generally have something I'm listening to, and something I'm reading in bed at night.

In the last week I finished Andrew Ross Sorkin's 1929. Fantastic book. It takes you through the crash and its aftermath in narrative form, telling the story through a handful of principals. It is not an in-depth study of the depression, more about the crash and the legal aftermath and congressional action culminating in Glass Steagel. Its a pretty short book, shorter than it seemed on kindle since over half is endnotes. I was surprised when the book ended and kindle said I was only 43% of the way through.

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I also finished listening to Chernow's new bio of Mark Twain. I enjoyed the book, and never considered putting it down, but I'm going to be honest and say it was a bit of an endurance test. (in fact I think that phrase made it into the NYT review of it). It is 1200+ pages, and the narration was 44+ hours. It could use editing down to maybe 60% of its current length.

Having said all that, he was a fascinating man with a fascinating life and I'm glad I read it. I didn't know all that much about him. There are two Mark Twin houses in Connecticut that operate as museums, I may go see them at some point.

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