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I'm trying to get through Thomas Picketty's "Capital in the twenty first century"
An interesting and somewhat provocative view on capitalism by a French economist.

I got a book called Thor for Christmas, so I'm reading that.

It is an autobiography about the Norwegian cyclist Thor Hushovd, who won the World Championships and a dozen or so stages in the TdF....

Both.
I must confess that my Kindle is the one that sees the most use these days.
Especially after the Kindle Paperwhite 2 came out.
Makes reading in a dark room ever so pleasant.
That and the...

Yeah, the whole trilogy was a very good read. I'm curious to hear how you guys find them!

I'm half way thru Greg Iles latest Penn Cage novel called Natchez burning.
Iles writes easy going and entertaining crime/legal thrillers.
Good summertime reads.

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Yeah, those are some true classics!

Funny you should mention reading books like that to your kid.
I recently started reading the classics to my own kids, age 9...

I just finished reading this one:
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
by Jon Meacham.

A good read and a fascinating man during interesting times.

I've been listening to the unabridged audiobook 'Wheelmen' the last couple of days.
I'm just over halfway thru it by now.
So far it is pretty interesting.

I'm not sure how much they have affected regular book sales, but from what I have read about it over here, it has done so quite significantly.
For me personally, I have hardly bought a paper based...

This weekend I'm reading Nick Hornby's Slam.
I like this writer,he keeps it light and humorous, but still has something to say about society today.

I'm reading Greg Iles, footprint of God.

Iles has provided me with quite a few "easy summer reads" the last couple of years.

Not exactly masterpieces, but decent crime nonetheless:)