Currently re-reading two books when I picked up thrift store copies.
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart Ehrman; an excellent book on textual criticism of the New Testament.
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe; the tenth anniversary edition which has some additional material.
Finished The Vixen War Bride, by Thomas J. Doscher, which was okay, and Tomboy Bride: One Woman’s Personal Account of Life in the Mining Camps of the West, by Harriet Fish Backus, which was interesting.
Next up: Totalitopia Plus…, a story collection by John Crowley; and Holdouts, by Thomas J. Doscher, which is the sequel to Vixen War Bride.
Finished Platform Decay by Martha Wells. I liked it a lot, would have liked more ART but Murderbot having to cope with children was well worth the price of admission.
The Echoing Universe Emma Chapman
The story of radio and radar astronomy, starting with probing the moon and working outward through the solar system and on to distant galaxies.
Although it was written for the broadest possible audience (at least twice she explains that a hydrogen atom consists of one proton and one electron) I found it interesting and worthwhile.
Finished it. It was OK but not great.
Now I’m reading Yorktown 1781 by Brendan Morrissey, one of the excellent Osprey short military histories, about the last major campaign of the American Revolution. There’s more nitty-gritty about the organization and structure of the American, French and British armies than I’ve seen elsewhere. Good stuff.
Finished Totalitopia Plus…, a story/essay collection by John Crowley. Not recommended. Also finished Holdouts, by Thomas J. Doscher, which is the sequel to Vixen War Bride. It was a little better than the first book.
Next: Close Encounters with Humankind: A Paleoanthropologist Investigates Our Evolving Species, by Sang-Hee Lee with Shin-Young Yoon; and Children of Promise: African-American Literature and Art for Young People, edited by Charles Sullivan.
Next month: Betcha thought I’d forgotten!