What are you reading in 2024?

[Tradd]

David Copperfield is shorter than Bleak House!

[happystuff]

Taking a break from Les Misérables and am reading Born A Crime by Trevor Noah. I'm enjoying it.

[iris lilies]

I find Dickens not worth the time to plow through.

[Tradd]

I find Dickens not worth the time to plow through.

Pickwick is fun! I always read A Christmas Carol at the holidays. Bleak House is said to be the first detective novel. I enjoy it.

[littlebittybobby]

okay------there is lots and lots and lots and LOTS of fiction about the hollowcost era. Lots. It's kinda like the JFK 'sassanation, which has a core of credible, intelligently-written books on the subject, and literraly dozens and dozens of schizo-conspiracy buff books. Yup. But yeah---along that line, WW2(which IMHO became WW2 & got a lot more people killed & saw more destruction because of the intervention of the English-speaking world)---I been re-reading a book that at one time graced the shelves of Walmart, called: "Killing Patton". I started it a couple years ago, and it was slow-going because even though I found it interesting and thought-provoking, I had to spend a lot of time doing side-reading on many of the people/places/ things that were discussed in the book, and it does leave you with doubts/questions. I guess I'm what nice people would refer to as a revisionist. The title of the book suggests that General Patton was set up; it is more likely an example of what is popularly known as "Karma". Also, according to the book(and other sources), during the so-called Battle of the Bulge in Europe, you had General and future Presy-dent Eisenhower ensconced in a comfy french Vila with his charming female assistant(that he promoted to a very high rank), smoking 4 packs a day and drinking whatever was available. He was under MUCH pressure from the big shots in D.C. to "win the war" by the end of 44. A goal that did not happen. In fact, no one really "Won" that war. Nope. Hope that helps you some.