What are you reading?

[fumei]

Just finished Walter Isaacson's Leonardo. I thought it was one of the best biographies I have read; he is an excellent writer. Was very very impressed. So I went and got his Genius Biographies: Benjamin Franklin, Einstein and Steve Jobs.

It was hard to decide which of the three to start with, I opted for Einstein.

I read about 8 or 9 books a month, including a lot of biographies. Isaacson is superb.

Another superb biography is Conrad Black's Roosevelt.

[M19]

[rdeane]

Now reading Kim by Rudyard Kipling as part of the Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling (Kindle edition).

[pegleghowell]

"Brodeck`s Report" by Philippe Claudel.
"Titus Groan" by Mervyn Peake.
Always like to have a couple of books on the go."Titus is a re-read...great book!.

[Jeremy]

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid.

[Dirk Hofman]

“Devil in the White City” tells two stories of the Chicago World’s Fair, documenting the vision, planning, and execution of the event, while telling the gruesome story of a serial killer who operated in the context of, and used the buildup of th fair to do his work. Grimly fascinating.

[nacluth]

Originally Posted by M19

I would like to hear if this is worth reading as Amazon keeps promoting it to me.

Just finishing up 1Q84. Only really for fans of lots of words.

[Mr. Paul]

Interesting study of the resilient and adaptable bug world during the past half billion years or so ...



There are so many interesting books I haven't gotten to yet, I don't pay much attention to new releases, but this one is next up ...

[bkwrm]

Currently reading Emily Wilson's new translation of The Odyssey.

[Dru Edwards]

Originally Posted by M19

What a cool cover and title. What's the main premise?

I'm just starting Richard Bachman's (Stephen King) Blaze.

[Greg Rappleye]

I'm reading three current books about poets and poetry:

Half-Light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 by Frank Bidart

A Little Book of Form by Robert Hass

James Wright: A Life in Poetry by Jonathan Blunk



Greg Rappleye

[M19]

Originally Posted by Dru Edwards

What a cool cover and title. What's the main premise?

Very, very complicated. Conflict between group of "last" humans on colony (cryo-sleeper) ship and an evolving race of intelligent spiders (prior humans visitors were trying to force-evolve a new humanoid race but missed the mark!). Computers with uploaded human intelligence going bonkers. Rebellion on the colony ship. Male spider uprisings.

Confused? No doubt. The narrative alternates between the "normal" humans and the "arachna-humans."

[tippy5]

The Hacking of the American Mind

The science of the corporate takeover of our bodies and brains.

[D. Shelton]

Best explanations of higher orders of reality I've come across. He was a physicist who studied with Einstein, and also a philosopher and mystic of sorts.
Articulate enough in all those areas to bring clarity , and some measure of certainty, about how our typical views of a fragmented cosmos are inaccurate, and how it is better understood as an undivided whole .

[RP]

I'm reading Portrait of a Phantom, the story of Zeke Schein's acquisition of a supposed third photo of Robert Johnson....