Thought we'd refresh this thread with books read and suggestions.

I saw this book on the shelf at Christ Hospital last Friday. I'm reading: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuri Harari. It's about how and why Homo Sapiens became the only humans to survive.. Also Salt: A world history. By Mark Kurlansky. About the history and impact of NaCL.

4 hours ago, Breds82 said:

I saw this book on the shelf at Christ Hospital last Friday. I'm reading: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuri Harari. It's about how and why Homo Sapiens became the only humans to survive.. Also Salt: A world history. By Mark Kurlansky. About the history and impact of NaCL.

Both are excellent. I’ve read almost everything Mark Kurlansky has written and it’s all been good but Salt was so good! Sapiens was in depth and took awhile but was also a terrific read. 

Rereading a classic.

"Meyer Wolfsheim? No, he’s a gambler.’ Gatsby hesitated, then added coolly: ‘He’s the man who fixed the World’s Series back in 1919.’
‘Fixed the World’s Series?’ I repeated….’Why isn’t he in jail?’
‘They can’t get him, old sport. He’s a smart man.’"

I love Son Volt. This was a short set of vignettes from lead singer Jay Farrar. Really enjoyed it!

Around the holidays read a book of James Joyce short stories, Dubliners.

Now reading a book of Chekhov short stories.

Just Finishing We've Got Issues by Dr. Phil. It is clear he has been biting his tongue for about 15 years and is now letting us all now how he truly feels.

On 2/20/2025 at 12:24 AM, gchs_uk9 said:

The River of Doubt was a great book. I may well have to check this one out.

I generally don't get too crazy in extra-cirricular reading but I've been on a tear for a few months in addition to reinstalling the Libby app on my phone and actually making a point to have the presence of mind to turn on audio books while I'm doing tasks that allow my mental focus to stick to the audio book.

I'm almost 100% nonfiction with my reading...which I realize bores a lot of folks.

I've had this book in my luggage for probably 5 years now and read 60-75% of the way through it on trips about a half dozen times or so, but finally finished the whole thing. Super interesting book.

American Buffalo - Steven Rinella

I've read Night by Elie Wiesel every year or so since I was a teenager. I grew up two houses down from a couple who survived the Holocaust and in addition to learning an awful lot of life lessons from them, I've always found Holocaust literature to be extremely edifying and sobering for me when I start feeling anything other than grateful for the life I've been lucky enough to have.

I had a chance to meet and shake the hand of Elie Wiesel once when I was in college, and I still think about that more often than most would probably imagine. I decided to go ahead and read his whole "trilogy" this last time. Only took about 2 days to get through all three of them.

Just now, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

I've read Night by Elie Wiesel every year or so since I was a teenager. I grew up two houses down from a couple who survived the Holocaust and in addition to learning an awful lot of life lessons from them, I've always found Holocaust literature to be extremely edifying and sobering for me when I start feeling anything other than grateful for the life I've been lucky enough to have.

I had a chance to meet and shake the hand of Elie Wiesel once when I was in college, and I still think about that more often than most would probably imagine. I decided to go ahead and read his whole "trilogy" this last time. Only took about 2 days to get through all three of them.

And the Elie Wiesel trilogy led me to reading this. Written by a Jewish doctor who was conscripted into medical work at Auschwitz.

I Was A Doctor In Auschwitz - Dr. Gisella Perl

In The Heart Of The Sea - Nathaniel Philbrick