What BOOK are you reading right now?

I haven't a notion of when my ancestors arrived here. On the paternal side, they were poor folks from Georgia before they came to Texas. On the maternal side, beyond Oklahoma, becomes a fog. It's good that you know your history. It keeps you better grounded for the future.

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/the-most-decorated-unit-in-american-history-442nd-regiment/ All this while the white majority put us Japanese Americans into concentration camps without being charged with any crime. Also, their ignorance of the US Constitution on, "equal justice under our laws." The Most Decorated Unit in American History — (442nd REGIMENT)
By Duane Vachon - September 6, 2015

That cartoon is not that far fetched. Our son is an avid reader, and one of his bedroom in Austin is flooded with books. He's also the supervisor at the University of Texas reference library.

2nd Dec 2018... got 2 going at the same time. Karin Slaughter's "Genesis" got a bit too gruesome to handle so took a break and plowed into Lee Child's "Die Trying". Earlier I finished "Wild Fire" by Ann Cleeves... the Shetland series. Loved the TV series of Shetland. Read Lee Child's "A Wanted Man" and his latest "Past Tense". Not that anyone really cares of course.

Well, I read Lee Child. In fact, Past Tense will be the next book I read. I too have had books that were too depressing. Greg Iles comes to mind. He's an excellent writer, but a bit too much for me.

Read the Quran/Koran. Still believe in women's rights?

I`m currently reading The Lord Of The Flies. Greatest book ever. Check my comments on it here — https://pamhaag.voog.com/blog/lord-of-the-flies-book-report/comments

Finished:
Joyride Vol. 3, a disappointing end to a pretty solid and rollicking scifi trilogy.
Royal City, Vol.1: Next of Kin, an unorthodox ghost story/semiautobiographical(?) family story on loss and addiction. Affective emotionally but ultimately not my cup of tea. I would still recommend this graphic novel to serious readers who usually hold their noses up high in disdain for superhero novels as being emotionally and politically irrelevant to "real life."
Tales from the Inner City (odd title) but a surreal and oddly majestic work of experimental short story telling. Must experience this one (without any heads up on its contents).

Currently reading:
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Intelligent life after homo sapiens? Don't bet on primates to succeed millenniums into our bleak, dead end of a future.

When breath becomes air by Paul Kalanithi. This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living?

tsar, I'm still wating for a book about intelligent life during homo sapiens. I should live so long.

I've started on The Looking Glass Wars. After a great prologue, the first chapter irritates me already. It's the story of the girl on whom Alice in Wonderland was based, a fictional girl, to be sure. But the first chapter begins with wars and intrigues and I hope it soon moves beyond, because this stuff bores me. If you have read it I could use some encouragement.

I got Thomas Dolby's "The Speed of Sound: Breaking the Barriers Between Music and Technology: A Memoir".

Loving it, the amount of paths he crosses of other notable musicians is amazing. Some I knew (like Lene Lovich) others I had no idea (Bruce Woolley, Barry Andrews from XTC, Mick Jones from Foreigner, Michael Jackson) to name just a few from the first couple of chapters. Had no idea he was developing audio tech, thought he was just an early adopter.

When I saw Bowie playing at the Milton Keynes Bowl back in the late 80s/early 90s, Dolby was in Bowie's band.

Southampton boys The Men They Couldn't Hang were one of the supports, but they never even got to meet Bowie.

I've started rereading Letting Go by Philip Roth. I read it when a was in college (a LONG time ago), and I remembered liking it. So far so good.

When Twitter is a force for good:
Stephen King’s Tweet Prompts Book Review Rethink by Portland Paper

I just started reading "The Reykjavik Assignment" by Adam Lebor. The reason I bought this book are 1. I paid $1 for it, and 2. I have visited Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland some years ago. I'll try to report back on this after I read through some of the chapters. If it's boring, I may toss it.

What's a 'reactionary tweet'?

Kind of what it sounds like. Stephen King tweeted his reaction to the status that the newspaper was cutting its own book review policy. The term reactionary tweet ... is kind of unnecessary as most tweets are statements reacting to other things happening in the world.

I was confused because the dictionary definition of reactionary is: opposing political or social progress or reform.

And that's not usually where King's tweets come from