Weekend Reading Update - November 11, 2023 

Yay, the sweater is back! All is right with the world. I love that you are prioritizing actual reading time and that you're gaining a lot out of it. That's way more important (and interesting!) than seeing a list of books read off.

I like the idea of books being in multiple videos...I pretty regularly feel differently about books in the beginning vs in the middle vs finishing them so it's definitely interesting to hear about how you feel about them during different stages of reading

Hi, Micah. I just watched you on Steve’s channel. What a delight. I really enjoy your chats. And, your discussion about low production has REALLY got me thinking about my own videos. I’d say I do minimum editing, but still! Editing. I’ve had the channel for about a year. Yeah, I think your conversation has influenced me and I’m excited!

Micah great book channel.

Both of those books sound really interesting. I might see if my library has The Sleepwalkers in, sounds fascinating. One should never stop learning right.

I appreciate your reading homework about WW1. I’m doing a similar thing after I’ve been reading a chapter a day all year of War and Peace. Now that I’m almost done, I’ve turned to the 1812 Napoleon in Moscow book because I need the history. I’m so interested!

Thanks for checking in. I recently started "Baluta" by Daya Pawar, one of the first Dalit autobiographies published. Like you, I have frequently found myself perusing Wikipedia or Google maps to get my bearings. Not sure the latter helped much, but I find it fascinating to wander the streets of Mumbai from the safety of home.

I'm currently reading The Sleepwalkers too.

I just saw Banville's The Sea in a little free library and passed it up. Perhaps that was a mistake...

Always good to hear an update from you! Take care!

It's good to hear from you. I'm too tired to say anything more useful than that.

Hi Micha! Huge Banville fan here. His prose is luxurious as you say and his stories are thoughtfully put together. Even his crime fiction/mystery series written under the pen name Benjamin Black starring Quirke the pathologist is fantastic. Maybe check out Christine Falls. Thanks for the update and happy reading.

Off topic, but. Do you have any recommendations for the Russo Japanese War?