Tell me what you're reading

Or watching, listening to, etc.

In just a few days, we’ll start reading The Remains of the Day together. Here’s the schedule:

• June 30: Prologue, Chapters 1 & 2

• July 7: Chapters 3-5

• July 14: Chapters 6-7

• July 20: Members-Only Zoom Call, 8 PM Eastern

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Today, though, I want to ask you what you’ve been reading. I’ve found that every time I open up a thread for this, I’m impressed by the diversity of this community’s reading habits. You always surprise me.

So, leave a comment and tell me what you’re reading. Or read the comments and find some good books to read.

This week, I finished Guy Gavriel Kay’s A Song for Arbonne, a work of semi-historical fantasy set in a fictional counterpart of Italy. I also started Brandon Taylor’s Real Life and continued reading Fatal Discord: Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind.

I also enjoyed new music from The Beths:

And I greatly enjoyed this new video from my friend Bridger on the influence of philosophy on apocalyptic fiction: