What BOOK are you reading right now?

I'm reading an exciting new book "Finding Yourself in the Town of Geniuses" by Valentina Knurova. Delightful combination of non-fiction, fiction, fantasy and self-help.
Reading this book, you will go on an amazing journey through the world of geniuses. You will meet Professors from the University of geniuses, play magic cards with Fate, interview Salvador Dali, visit the “Change yourself” shop and the Square of complaints about life.
The author presents her thesis: We can all be geniuses in some aspect of life.

Given that Anthony Bourdain's name comes up in this thread most often when I do a site search, I'll drop this off here.

RIP

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Getting Schooled, Garret Keizer
Real Talk for Real Teachers, Rafe Esqyith
another go at Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood

My daughter is reading the Atwood, and I thought it’d be fun to do a cross-country book club.

The whole trilogy is in my favorite books of all time list.

a friend is in Manhattan for a dance thing this week
she didn't realize she'd be going past Les Halles on one of her walks

among the tributes posted on the door / wall

Finished recently:
Agatha: The Real Life of Agatha Christie by Anne Martinetti;

Reread Just Kids by Patti Smith. Not quite as affective in audiobook as in paperback, Patti Smith is a decent narrator of her own memoir but something... is lost in the translation ... or the writing really wasn't as powerful as initially felt in the first read.

Currently nearing the end of The Jennifer Morgue (Laundry Files, #2) by Charles Stross. It's a supernatural hoot and a blast.

I'm not sure if I mentioned "Killers of the Flower Moon", I finished that a while ago but it's incredibly disturbing but absolutely important to read.

Right now I'm trying to finish "Come Retribution", its about the Confederate Secret Service and the Assassination of Lincoln. It was written by three of my colleagues from NSA...and it reads like an intelligence study, because thats how they process information and draft the finished product. I'm enjoying it, but it's chock full of info and it's taking time to digest.

I'm currently reading The Snowman by Jo Nesbo. If you like detectives, I recommend it with confidence!

The whole Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake (found it in one volume on a Poros hotel's bookswap shelf in Kefalonia).

Often namechecked with Lord Of The Rings. I'm midway through the final book and I'm losing interest. Not awful at all but I'm not sure I'd recommend it to anyone, sorry Harold Bloom.

I never finished Titus Alone. Got about half way through it too. Someone told me Peake went mad while he was writing it.

I liked the first two volumes though.

Jinx private.

Eight Pillars of Prosperity
Building Wealth and Being Happy
Pocket Mentor
Michel Foucault's Knowledge/Power
Verbal Judo

Currently back into Russian stuff and reading Oblomov by Goncharov.

Just finished OUTPOSTS by Simon Winchester. It's about the colonies of the British Empire. It was interesting for me because I have visited some of the places mentioned in the book like the BVI, Tangiers, Hong Kong, London, Gibraltar, Pitcairn (didn't land, but the citizens came on board our ship to tell us about their life.) Also, most of us know about Fletcher Christian of Mutiny on the Bounty. Most of the people living there is named Christian, and they are Seventh Day Adventists. My siblings are Seventh Day Adventists. It was a good-interesting read.

I haven't updated this thread for too long.


Spooky New York: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore by Schlosser, S.E.: Easy bedtime reading. Not really spooky.

Heart-Shaped Box by Hill, Joe. Recommend this one. Will try and read more of his work. He definitely has his own voice (completely seperate from his iconic horror father, Stephen King).

The Fold by Clines, Peter: Sequel to 14. Hard science fiction with a HP Lovecraftian twist. Rating it an Awesome possum.


Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day by Loory, Ben *

The Fuller Memorandum (Laundry Files, #3) by Stross, Charles: Highly recommend the entire Laundry Files series. Cheeky James Bondesque thrillers if all the baddies came from the mind of HP Lovecraft.

Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel I by Sin, r.h.: Don't bother unless you're a literal feminist millenial. Not terrible but too self help. I definitely wasn't the target audience.

New and Selected Poems, Vol. 2 by Oliver, Mary: DEFINITE RECOMMENDATION

Reread The Mote in God's Eye by Niven, Larry. Didn't hold up very well on the second read.

The Dead Mountaineer's Inn by Strugatsky, Arkady: Not my cup of scifi tea. Didn't satisfy my crime noir itch either.

14 by Cines, Peter: This definitely satisfies my cravings for HP Lovecraft (keep in mind its set in present day). HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.


GRAPHIC NOVEL:
Harrow County, Vol. 3: Snake Doctor by Bunn, Cullen: Definitely not scary. Will not go out of my way to read the first two volumes or any new ones that come out. Not bad. Just shrugworthy. Love the art style.

Lifeformed: Cleo Makes Contact by Lowery, Matt Mair . I really liked it. Most likely, further volumes read via the NYPL.

Spill Zone (Spill Zone, #1) by Westerfeld, Scott: Really mesmerizing and utterly mindsshattering read. DEFINITE RECOMMENDATION.

Because I am writing a western novel, I am reading Luke Short's Vengeance Valley, for help in terminology and lingo.

"Origins" by Dan Brown

I’ll give you a little sample...
Alas, the moon rises and the night turns to fright; there’s no twinkle, twinkle little star out tonight. The laughter of demons that roam through my mind and the smile of Satan fills me with fear. His tongue lashes my sweat, his breath lashes my ear. He loves to feed off my fear.


https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/storybook-tommy-richards/1129817171?ean=9781546264385

https://www.amazon.com/Storybook-Bedtime-Tales-Grave-Snatchers/dp/1546264388/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542761595&sr=8-1&keywords=tommy+richard+storybook

Enjoyed tremendously!

I’ve read that! It’s hillarious!

Finished:
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency #1) by John Scalzi;
The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker;
Joyride Vol. 2 by Jackson Lanzing.

Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley;
Ring (Ring, #1) by Koji Suzuki.

No Access New York City: The City's Hidden Treasures, Haunts, and Forgotten Places by Jamie McDonald. Pretty tame/generic city guide with more than a few spelling and grammatical errors that didn't deserve to be name dropped in the NY Times.