What are you reading? April 14, 2018

Here's what I am reading.  Feel free to comment with what you are reading.

• Started this week
• Dark Lanterns by Aaron Solomon. A mystery set in 16th century France.  Quite good!  I am on p. 265.
• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. The first of the Flavia de Luce mysteries, featuring the 11 year old genius.  I am on p. 41.
• In progress this week
• Medieval Europe by Chris Wickham.  1000 years in 250 pages.  Seems like a very good introduction to the period. I am on page 41.
• This Idea is Brilliant edited by John Brockman.  Short essays on a wide range of ideas by experts. I am on p. 65.
• The Mathematical Theory of Bridge by Emile Borel and Cheron Andre. Probability and bridge. Lots of math. I am on page 121.
• Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker. Why the Enlightenment is still important, why life is still good.  I am on p. 55.
• Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and eco-speculation  by Daniel Jose Older.  Solarpunk is a new and optimistic sub-genre of science fiction.  I am on p. 9
• A New History of Western Philosophy by Anthony Kenny. This is a very good history of the subject, well written and clear.  Kenny follows an unusual strategy in that he takes two approaches: He first covers each era in a more-or-less chronological order, then he looks at the big topics of that era in a systematic way.  I am on p. 539, in the Enlightenment.
• Scrivener for Dummies. I am on p. 186.  Scrivener is a tool for writers. 
• The Drawing of Trump and its Postponement by Fred L. Karpin.  I am on p. 43. A classic on the play of the hand in bridge. 
• Finished this week

• Command Decision by Elizabeth Moon.  My review.