Also discovered Rick Atkinson recently. This is my third book by him.

Third book in the series. I feel like I know the prime ministers.

This is a memoir by the model who starred in the “Cherry Pie” music video in the 80s. I was expecting a fun, sexy beach read, but walked away from it feeing sad. She was obviously raised to think her job is to be pretty. She seems to have no other ambition.

D.H. is a riot! Who knew?

This is awesome. “The Magicians”, in a school for spies, sort of.

This book is fun!

Thoughtful insight about pop culture and nostalgia

This brings back so many memories.

I‘m a junkie for Beatles books. This one is by a guy involved in the production of some of their later albums. He doesn‘t like George Harrison

Yes. I‘m alive.

At this time last year, I was reading Hue 1968, about the decisive battle in the Vietnam War. This book is about the events that led up to the war.

About halfway through. Very thorough and fascinating

First post in a while.

“According to one journalist, ‘[Donovan] was as un-sexy as anyone could get and still be identifiably one gender or another‘”

Holy crap why didn‘t someone tell me about this book sooner? I‘m enthralled.

“Tonight feels like a board game co-designed by M.C. Escher on a bender and Stephen King in a fever”

“People are masks, with masks under those masks, and masks under those, and down you go”

This book is fascinating.

My favorite lines: “when you get aroused playing Scrabble, that‘s love, baby”; “Richard, take a drink. You are so goddamned dull when you‘re not drinking”

This book is fascinating. I‘m riveted.

These people are utterly ridiculous.

I love language. I love learning about how languages evolve. I love words. Lately, I've decided that I'm going to obtain a PhD in linguistics. Therefore, this book is the bomb.

Informative, but Hoskyns is a tad snarky for my tastes.