Re: Speed Reading

David Loftus wrote:

By the way, what're you reading now?  I finished Ackroyd's new
Shakespeare bio and am nearly finished with Neil Gaiman's _Anansi
Boys_. Next up, Rafi Zabor's _I, Wabenzi_ and Nate Blakeslee's _Tulia:
race, cocaine, and corruption in a small Texas town_.

I'm wrapping up the Dorothy Dunnett "House of Niccolo" series, I'm close to the end of the eighth and last book, "Gemini". If you're interested in early renaissance history, good writing, and damned good storytelling, then the whole set is highly recommended.

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