What are you reading?

[edinatlanta]

That Karason looks interesting. Have you read Polar Star by Martian Cruz Smith?

Nope never heard of it, in fact! But it sounds kinda awesome!

Good poiunts. Ironically, its written by someone that's pretty hated himself

Yeah I mean, I don't want to belabor this discussion too much and I think I posted this in another review but Bolton has to be the smartest guy in the room (that doesn't make him unique in any way). You're also not getting a school of thought when you hire Bolton, you just get Boltonism. So the book amounted to him proving he's the smartest guy in the room and justifying everything he did which WAS OBVIOUSLY CORRECT FROM THE START. I did think a lot of the sausage making about how government works at that high a level was interesting and wish there was more about his managerial decision and how to streamline decisionmaking etc.

 

[dragon8]

Just read Kirsten Grind's, "The Lost Bank. The Story of Washington Mutual-The Biggest Bank Failure in American History."

Everyone got greedy on the home loans.

 

[Cancel_Abloh]

Now I can't get away from Nikolay Gogol - great russian author

 

[wojt]

Very long and somewhat repetitive after a time but all is forgiven because it's a very good and well researched book.

 

[dragon8]

Just finished "The Untold Story Of The Family Behind The Jewelry Empire, The Cartiers" by Francesca Cartier Brickell.

Its a very fascinating book about the Cartier family and they meet all the most interesting people in history when they build their empire. The author is a descendent of the family.

 

[mhip]

I'm caught up on the Murderbot series...
It's great.

 

[javyn]

It's as exciting as it looks

 

[Fueco]

 

[edinatlanta]

that author decided at some point in his life: I am gonna become a ghengis khan fan boy. and he followed through.

 

[Fueco]

that author decided at some point in his life: I am gonna become a ghengis khan fan boy. and he followed through.

Well, he was an anthropology professor... Being a Genghis Khan fanboy is probably less depressing than being a Braves fan.

 

[lawyerdad]

Nope never heard of it, in fact! But it sounds kinda awesome!

All of Smith’s Arkady Renko novels are fun.

 

[OldTown]

The nonsense taking over the streets these days and the politicians aiding into it all have made me start reading 1984. It's amazing just how much of it can be overlapped with a certain movement these days.

 

[wojt]

The nonsense taking over the streets these days and the politicians aiding into it all have made me start reading 1984. It's amazing just how much of it can be overlapped with a certain movement these days.

Orwell is amazing. Last year I've read his non-fiction books The Road to Wigan Pier, Down and Out in Paris and London and Homage to Catalonia, basically one after another cause they were so good, both insightful and entertaining.

 

[dragon8]

Just finished "The Iron Triangle. Inside the Secret World of the Carlyle Group" by Dan Briody.

Never got to finish this book and finally did. I need to work for this place.

 

[lawyerdad]

Orwell is amazing. Last year I've read his non-fiction books The Road to Wigan Pier, Down and Out in Paris and London and Homage to Catalonia, basically one after another cause they were so good, both insightful and entertaining.

I really liked Keep The Aspidistra Flying as well.