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user-inactivated · 3474 days ago · link · · parent · post: Let's have a conversation! Been a while since we did "what have you been reading lately?"
I've been trying to read:
- Legacy of ashes : the history of the CIA by Tim Weiner I've been actually reading:
- Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson ... I really want to like Legacy of Ashes. I find the content really interesting, but something about the presentation just makes it really hard for me to process. It's a weird combination of conversational tone and footnote heavy content which, for whatever reason, just doesn't work for me. There are so many figures introduced that it is hard to keep track even if I could grok the style. So I've been rereading the Baroque Cycle for the third time. Still on the first volume, but it is a work I really love. Repeat reading has fleshed the world out a lot for me.