What are you currently reading?

San Antone · April 10, 2026, 01:19:26 PM

The Man with a Load of Mischief (Richard Jury Mysteries Book 1)
by Martha Grimes

steve ridgway · April 11, 2026, 05:39:12 AM

Brian Cox & Andrew Cohen - Wonders of Life

Moving on to the story of life.

Iota · April 11, 2026, 11:21:35 AM

Brian Cox himself is one of the wonders of life as far as I'm concerned. I find anything even vaguely scientific presented by him is unfailingly fascinating and enthusing.
I've not yet experienced him in print and may delay that encounter yet awhile. Hope you're enjoying it.

steve ridgway · April 12, 2026, 04:07:53 AM

Quote from: Iota on April 11, 2026, 11:21:35 AMBrian Cox himself is one of the wonders of life as far as I'm concerned. I find anything even vaguely scientific presented by him is unfailingly fascinating and enthusing.
I've not yet experienced him in print and may delay that encounter yet awhile. Hope you're enjoying it.

Chapter 1 was very good. The books of BBC TV series are usually informative but easy reading; I want a basic and non-demanding overview of the big picture before getting on to the large university textbook.

San Antone · April 12, 2026, 04:41:30 AM

Gallows Court (Rachel Savernake Golden Age Mysteries Book 1)
by Martin Edwards

Bachthoven · April 12, 2026, 09:24:53 PM

This is quite an interesting historical fiction novel, and one can tap a link on the Kindle app on an iPad and listen to the piece of music by Chopin in question.

Philo · April 13, 2026, 09:08:10 AM

Lazarsfeld & Henry's Latent structure analysis

ritter · Reply #14627 - Re: What are you currently reading?

I was in Paris last week to close a deal I had been working on for months, and we had a very pleasant dinner at the restaurant Drouant, which is famous for being where the deliberations for the granting of the Prix Goncourt (France's most distinguished literary prize) are held since 1914. We could visit the private upstairs dining room where the jury meets, and the walls are decorated with the covers of the winning novels (some firmly established classics, others almost completely forgotten today).

I bought last year's winner, Laurent Mauvigner's La Maison vide ("The Empty House"), which one of my colleagues at the dinner recommended vividly for its style. The French Wikipedia article on the book describes it thus: "Family fresco and meditation on memory, the book traces one hundred and fifty years of history through the silences, wounds and disclosures of a French rural lineage". Its 740 pages are rather intimidating, but I'll give it a try.