What are you reading?

[terri]

I recently finished All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr. Beautifully written book about a very hard time in history.

Thanks to @otherprof for recommending it!

 

[NnamAries]

A travelogue by Zukiswa Wanner.

 

[Dikkie]

Some said Catch-22 was a good read... So I started in this last week.

However, there's a mini-series now from this book, with Hugh Laurie and George Clooney...
Catch-22 (TV Mini-Series 2019– ) - IMDb

 

[Warhorse]

The Fix, by David Baldacci.

 

[limr]

In the middle of The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. It's a good solid 700+ pages (hardcover, natch), font relatively small, and the writing is really good. I love when I can really sink into a book like this.

The book I brought with me in case I finish The Goldfinch while still on vacation is The Badass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer.

From the Amazon description:
"The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu is the wonderfully gripping story of Abdel Kader Haidara and the hundreds of ordinary Malians who, at great personal danger, endeavored to save the ancient fabled manuscripts of Timbuktu from destruction by Islamic jihadists."

 

[limr]

So, I finished The Goldfinch on the boat.

Then, I had to read the 1st edition of Our Man in Havana that I found at our stop in Boston. (I did insist on having a proper daiquiri while reading the book, though the drink pictured is actually Cunard's version of a Tom Collins, which I found better than their twist on the daiquiri.)

After finishing that, I started Hagseed by Margaret Atwood, found in a little cafe/bookstore in Halifax.

I have to interrupt that temporarily to read True Grit for my book club meeting on Friday. (Sorry, no pic for that. For the sake of time and convenience only, I downloaded an electronic copy and am reading it on my Chromebook. Would make for a boring picture.)

 

[Ysarex]

 

[RVT1K]

I've got two in progress although I have read both before.

At work, to read during lunch, I have "The Fossil Trail, How we know what we think we know about human evolution" by Ian Tattersall

At home I'm working on "The Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin.

 

[BitGid]

"On Photography" by Susan Sontag. It is a long read, and not nearly as philosophical or fundamental to the motivations of a photographer as Barthes (already mentioned here); however, the book feels expansive and covers historical concepts that explain the current landscape.
Cheers

 

[terri]

I've been toggling back and forth between Life With Picasso, by Francoise Gilot and a writer named Carlton Lake, and In Search of Our Mother's Gardens, by Alice Walker.

Despite his being an arrogant, sexist little ass, she treats him quite fairly and her observations and explanations about his art processes are really quite good. She also has some hilarious stories involving his eccentricities and general home life that are a lot of fun. It was a different time, in so many ways.

Walker has interested me since reading a short story in an American Lit class, though I admit I thought I might be bored by the essay style. I need not have worried; she is a brilliant and captivating writer. I'll likely be taking a deep dive after this one.

 

[Batista]

The City and the City. Pretty entertaining for me, also I love detective stories.

 

[mishele]

My Statistics textbook! I would like to highly recommend it to anyone that has insomnia!

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[Original katomi]

The “from snap shots to great shots” series currently “ photographing wildlife” not the version how to photo wild things and live to tell about it lol
That and reading railway books
Seem to spend a lot of time here reading, does that count

 

[Designer]

Seem to spend a lot of time here reading, does that count

No.

 

[CherylL]

The Paris Wife - Hemingway's first wife Hadley. She was originally from St. Louis. Historical fiction.

I read a bunch of WWII books of women spies and the Tattooist of Auschwitz. Fascinating reads, but got depressing. Switched it up and now reading a few beach reads.