In this series I note what I am reading and people comment with what they're reading. Sometimes, on Sundays, I post a special edition on a particular genre or topic.
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Just finished
Tragic by Robert K. Tannenbaum. Another in the Butch Karp series. I just started it, but this doesn't seem like one of the better ones in the series.
Now reading
Leibniz: An intellectual biography by Maria Rosa Antognazza. Leibniz was co-inventor of calculus (with Isaac Newton) but he also made contributions to law, philosophy, physics, economics, chemistry, geology, medicine, linguistics, history and more. This book is good, but fairly dense.
21st Century Science Fiction ed. by David Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden. A collection of shorter length SF from the first decade of the 21st century.
The Yamato Dynasty by Sterling Seagrave. The "secret" history of Japan's emperors, especially during World War II and after. A bleak story of how the Japanese people have been manipulated and how MacArthur made people lie about war crimes.
Citizens by Simon Schama. The French Revolution. I found the prologue confusing, but it's getting better as I get into it.
I play bridge and I decided to start listing bridge books I am reading
Card Play Technique by Victor Mollo and Nico Gardner. One of the classics of bridge literature. Subtitled "The art of being lucky". Very well written, intended for that huge class of bridge players called "intermediate".
Just started
The Skin Collector by Jeffrey Deaver. Another in the Lincoln Rhyme/Amelia Sachs series. For those who don't know, Rhyme is the foremost expert on crime scenes. He is also a quadriplegic, so he directs investigations by others. All the elements of a Deaver plot are here: Truly nasty crimes, brilliant detective work, a ticking clock.... and lots of interplay among Rhyme, Sachs (his lover and partner), Thom (his aide) and the others in his team. Recommended but grisly.
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