What are you reading now?

[George K]

Finished Sinclair's "Lifespan" today. Most engaging and thought-provoking. He tends to get a bit preachy toward the end - I enjoyed the "science" parts more

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[Aqua Letifer]

[George K]

@Aqua-Letifer said in What are you reading now?:

What a fun read! I'm only about ¼ of the way through, but it's great!

It's full of stuff like this (on page 3):

“Hey, Walt. You ain’t gonna believe this shit. . . .” He didn’t sound particularly drunk, but Bob’s a professional, so you never can tell. He was silent for a moment. “Hey, no shit, we got us a cool one out here.”

[George K]

Wonderful language...

“ It was brain-tanned leather, as soft as a horse’s nose, and the color of butter melting in the sun. The minute glass trading beads were Maundy yellow, a faded mustard tint I recognized as over a hundred years old.”

If you've ever felt a horse's nose, you know what that means.

[taiwan_girl]

I just finished "Moon of the Crusted Snow"

It was an interesting book, but for some reason, i didn't think it was greatly written. It is a very atmospheric book, set in a native village (or rez) in the far north of Canada, in the near present or future. The village has been recently connected to the "outside" world, but something happens, and they lose power, phones, etc. They soon learn that the "outside" world is falling apart.

Like I say, it seems like this was maybe a "rookie" attempt at writing. I read the whole thing and enjoyed it, but it seems like it could have been a bit better.

[Larry]

[George K]

@George-K said in What are you reading now?:

Finished Sinclair's "Lifespan" today. Most engaging and thought-provoking. He tends to get a bit preachy toward the end - I enjoyed the "science" parts more

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That was a fun read. As Aqua points out, it's substantially different from the TV series, but both hold up well.

I've enjoyed Ben MacIntyre's books ever since reading "Operation Mincemeat."

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" The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War."

[Aqua Letifer]

Not White Fragility.

[Aqua Letifer]

Reread. (I'm rolling a warlock, so, why not. Seemed appropriate.)

[Jolly]

[LuFins Dad]

@Aqua-Letifer What was that book you were mentioning on Police Brutality (and I don't mean White Fragility)

[Larry]


[Aqua Letifer]

@LuFins-Dad Talking With Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell. It's sort of about that. I'd say it's more about the gaps in our thinking that lead to national news events (like police brutality, sexual assault on college campuses, etc.), and why those gaps exist in the first place.

Listening to the Audiobook is fun. It's much more like a podcast than a reading of the book itself.

[George K]

@Aqua-Letifer said in What are you reading now?:

@LuFins-Dad Talking With Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell.

I really enjoyed that book. I found the part about criminals and recidivism particularly disturbing.

[Larry]

[jon-nyc]

I’d never read that, Larry, I can’t bear shitting in the woods.

[Larry]

The pages tear out easy...

[George K]

@George-K said in What are you reading now?:

I've enjoyed Ben MacIntyre's books ever since reading "Operation Mincemeat."

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" The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War."

Finished it, and it was everything I was hoping for. This is a book that could have been some damn fine spy fiction novel. Totally engrossing, and it reveals the struggle to establish, maintain, protect, and finally exfiltrate the KGB colonel who fed information to MI6 for more than a decade.

I love Macintyre's books. This was just about as good as "Operation Mincemeat."

If you're looking for a great cold-war spy story, look no farther than this.

[George K]

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