The Deuce: Maybe? I think that would make it worse. Easy to skim and skip paragraphs while reading

Thursday Book Thread - DT December 18, 2025, 10:14:50

Sci Fi….I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the Bobiverse series by Dennis E. Taylor* - PapaDels December 18, 2025, 19:33:21
Haven't read but just bought for future mrsDoc, Mona's Eyes. Looked good* - ibdoc December 18, 2025, 13:41:09
I just finished "James" by Percival Everett, It was fantastic. Can't recommend it enough* - IlliniRunner December 18, 2025, 13:01:24
- So much acclaim for that book, but the concept sounds so tired to me - DT December 18, 2025, 13:53:37
  - I thought it was overrated - Potomac December 18, 2025, 14:00:54
Read Under Heaven by Guy Kavriel Kay. First time reading one of his books - gvibes December 18, 2025, 13:01:23
just started Project Hail Mary... after ~60 pages I'm both amused and infuriated by it - ijustkrushalot December 18, 2025, 12:52:58
- Agreed. I got about 80% done and decided that was good enough* - longsnapper December 18, 2025, 14:46:13
- oh, and I've slogged through two of the Wheel of Time books - ijustkrushalot December 18, 2025, 12:53:55
  - The first, what, three or four are OK IIRC? It becomes a serious slog though* - gvibes December 18, 2025, 12:56:56
    - I thought the first 5 were great, 6 was meh, then 7-11 were bad. But the final 3 redeemed it - DT December 18, 2025, 13:59:13
      - Ok what im hearing is maybe switch to Book on Tape for 7-11* - ijustkrushalot December 18, 2025, 14:08:22
        
        Maybe? I think that would make it worse. Easy to skim and skip paragraphs while reading - DT December 18, 2025, 14:11:18
When the Cranes Fly South - Lisa Ridzen - memyselfandillini December 18, 2025, 12:47:15
Lilith, by George MacDonald - larue33 December 18, 2025, 12:32:51
American Kings by Seth Wickersham* - bjl63 December 18, 2025, 11:44:23
i just found in a drawer Given Up for Dead: American GIs in the Nazi Concentration Camp at Berga - lcubed December 18, 2025, 11:34:09
Some selected non-fiction I read this year - Potomac December 18, 2025, 11:30:44
- I mostly liked Fate of the Day. It was well done and the level of research was astonishing, but... - bjl63 December 18, 2025, 13:58:42
  - that's what you get with Atkinson - gotta be prepared for considerable military detail* - Potomac December 18, 2025, 14:01:39
    - You might like the trilogy John McManus wrote about the US Army in the Pacific - DT December 18, 2025, 14:06:59
- I’d like to read King of Kings. - DT December 18, 2025, 12:01:06
Been listening to The Baseball 100* - Gene Parmesan December 18, 2025, 11:25:39
- It was a fun read, plus I've always been a big fan of Posnanski's writing* - bjl63 December 18, 2025, 13:59:28
- Consider his related "Why We Love Baseball" if you haven't read that - Potomac December 18, 2025, 11:37:07
Still slonging trhough Imperial while listening to "Miracle and Wonder" about Paul Simon - Chilango December 18, 2025, 11:19:02
My reading seems much more pedestrian :) ... - shua December 18, 2025, 11:10:30
- The Blacktongue Thief prequel (Daughter's War) is better IMO. Between Two Fires - gvibes December 18, 2025, 12:58:48
  - Thanks, I'll have to check that out* - shua December 18, 2025, 13:02:24
- I just started The Will of the Many after finishing The Devils. - assassin December 18, 2025, 12:48:33
  - yeah, I avoided mentioning Dungeon Crawler Carl :) Read it and now listening to it* - shua December 18, 2025, 13:02:05
    - I finished it, and then just immediately started all over. I wasn't ready to be done yet* - assassin December 18, 2025, 13:11:47
- I just finished Mick Herron’s first novel, Cemetery Road - DT December 18, 2025, 11:56:44
I'm not sure when the last check-in was. I haven't read much, mostly busy or podcasts the past few - ghost_of_clt December 18, 2025, 10:42:08
Fatelessness is on my "wish list" and has been for awhile. * - OWWDig December 18, 2025, 10:38:56

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