What are you reading?

[TommyAshley]

Brady v Belichick. The Dynasty Debate

very interesting and sounds very familiar. I guess what they say about history……

 

[Uncmba2]

Last month I read "Original Sin." You know, the one that got all the buzz in the spring. I recommend it, as long as you are willing to be somewhat angry in the process.

Two other recent ones were by acclaimed historian Rick Atkinson. One was his second volume on the American Revolutionary War, and the other was volume three of his WW II trilogy.

As something completely different, I just checked out John Scalzi's old "Red Shirts" novel. I saw him speak for the second time at a local book festival this spring, the same as where I listened to Rick Atkinson. Scalzi is quite entertaining in person. Because I had already read his most recent books, I went back in his catalog.

Love Rick Atkinson. I really got a lot out of his two books on the Revolutionary War. As a former Navy Officer, it reminded me of our strategy in Vietnam, where we were all powerful but never really controlled any territory outside the coastal areas.

 

[Mr Winterville]

Just started Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger. Seems like it’ll be a good cold weather, scenic, whodunnit. I like books like this when the weather starts getting colder.

 

[Potomac]

Because I read "Original Sin," I wanted to read Kamala Harris's "107 Days" to see if she said much interesting or relevant. She didn't. Not a good book.

 

[kik84]

Us Fools, by Nora Lange.

 

[TommyAshley]

IT.

finally. Started it when it came out. Still working on it. lol.

 

[nhheel]

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson. Fantastic book, well-researched and written, describing the "Great Migration" of African Americans from the southern US to the Northeast, Midwest and West from 1915-1970.

Brilliant book. Have you read Caste?

 

[nhheel]

I'm currently reading Black AF History by Michael Harriot.

 

[Smittyunc1]

Just finished The Corner by David Simon and Ed Burns.

 

[Aguia Vitoria]

Brilliant book. Have you read Caste?

No I haven't. I'll put it on my 2026 list of books to read.

 

[Mr Winterville]

Louise Penny’s The Beautiful Mystery. I’ve stopped and started this one a couple of times. It’s a Gamache mystery and not bad but also not as good thus far as her stories set in Three Pines.