What was the last book you read?

Currently reading Under the Banner of Heaven. Very fascinating nonfiction about Mormonism.

Hannah Hart - Buffering. I liked this, but boy is "I love My Drunk Kitchen, I bet this is hilarious and full of cheesy puns" the wrong way to go into it. It's not devoid of humor, but she definitely doesn't shy away from some of the heavier issues that have come up in her life, such as growing up in poverty, having a schizophrenic parent, self-harm, and realizing you're gay when you were raised in a religion that teaches that your orientation is a sin. It does have a positive message overall though, because it's about someone who lived through all this stuff and managed to have a successful career doing something creative - in this context it's extra interesting to find out that the very first My Drunk Kitchen episode wasn't made with hopes of reaching a big audience, but to cheer up one particular friend of hers.

A side story novella by Ellen Hayes, "Tuck Season, Wabbit Season, Tuck Season". Sadly unfinished, but a good read nonetheless.

A book of nuclear power plant safety But only for a stinking project

Nineteen Eighty-Four. The second time I've read it overall, but the first was when it was assigned reading in either middle school or high school. I decided to give it a fresh read because it's always coming up in political discussions, especially lately.

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Hero Type by Barry Lyga. It was pretty good.

The last decent Jack Parlabane book by Chris Brookmyre, "The Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks". It resonates with me on so many different levels I'm thinking of making a lawsuit about him stalking me.

BTW, memo to Mister Brookmyre - much as I love your books in general, switching the perspective used in your Parlabane books from first-person to third-person is jarring, to say the least.

Shadow of Victory, the latest book in David Weber's Honorverse series.

Good. Finished it in two days, and it isn't a short book so it must have been.

A Brief History of Time.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned by Michael J. Fox.

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''If this goes wrong...'', a collection of stories from authors past and present (mostly the former) that basically answer the question "What could possibly go wrong?".

And the Band Played On, a depressing look at the '80s AIDS crisis.

The last one I completed was Animal Farm, last week.

The last one I'm reading is Michael Pollan's In Defense Of Food.

I just finished reading Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin

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Dead Girl Walking, by Chris Brookmyre.

Finally.

Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book

Yes, it exists. It is extremely awesome and hilarious. (And it only cost like 9 bucks.)

Black Widow, by Chris Brookmyre. All is NOT as it seems...

And Then There Were None. Loved it, and now I'm interested in reading more of Christie's work. Maybe Murder On The Orient Express next?

Currently trying my hand at Arsene Lupin - Gentleman Thief. I've read a few of the stories before, but now that I have a physical copy, I'm anxious to read more.

Last night I finished reading Journey to the West.

The Sum Of All Fears.

Bump. I just finished another entry on my reading list: Donna MacMean's The Trouble with Moonlight.

Just finished Five Days That Shocked the World: Eyewitness Accounts from Europe at the End of World War II by Nicholas Best. Despite the clickbait-ish title, a really good book about the very end of WWII in Europe. The five days are from April 28th, 1945 ( the day Mussolini was executed) to May 2rd (the day of the final German surrender.)

The last book I finished was Winter by Marissa Meyer.

The Unique and Its Property, by Max Stirner.

The new translation done by Wolfi Landstreicher.

Grantville Gazette Volume 1.